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Chilean President Gabriel Boric will be pragmatic and economically focused on his first visit to China, with the energy transition on top of his to-do list with Xi Jinping.

Boric Needs to Tread Smartly on First Visit to China

The Chilean president will be pragmatic and economically focused, with the energy transition on top of his to-do list with Xi Jinping.

Using a referendum to reform Uruguay's constitution for partisan ends poses a significant and growing risk to the nation’s democracy.

Uruguay’s Challenge: Populism Without Populists

Plebiscites to reform the Constitution for partisan ends pose a growing risk to the nation’s reputation for policy stability.

Will This Be the Year Mercosur Breaks?

Multiple threats, including a deadline for a deal with the EU, menace Latin America’s longest-lived regional bloc.

How a Faded 1980s Party Explains Argentina’s 2023 Election

All three leading candidates have ties to the “Ucedé,” which has pushed a free-market agenda for decades.

Un Puente Dorado para el Gobierno de Maduro

Quienes detentan el poder necesitan incentivos para participar en una posible transición democrática. Las investigaciones penales sobre corrupción y otros delitos conexos pueden proporcionarlos.

A Golden Bridge for the Maduro Government

Those in power need incentives to engage in a potential democratic transition. Criminal investigations into corruption and related crimes can provide them.

Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo speaks to supporters.

Guatemala: A Strategy to Protect Bernardo Arévalo

International support will be key to ensuring Guatemala’s president-elect takes office, despite corrupt forces working against him.

On Trade, Petro Should Emulate Lula, AMLO

A former Colombian planning minister writes that instead of revising trade agreements, his country and others should focus on solving market and government failures.

Republican Threats on Mexico Could Carry a Huge Cost

Even if it’s just rhetoric, Republican candidates’ discussion of military force against Mexican cartels risks souring relations across the region.

Two Issues That Will Reveal the Real Claudia Sheinbaum

Mexico’s unusually high fiscal deficit and the complex energy sector demand a clearer vision from the presidential hopeful ahead of 2024.

What Caused Peru’s Economic Downfall?

Social cleavages have turned politics into a fight for spoils, draining the country’s productive potential, writes a former minister of economy and finance.

Supreme Electoral Court Justice Benedito Goncalves, left, speaks with Supreme Federal Court President Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha in court in Brasilia in June at the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

Courts, a Last Line of Defense for Latin American Democracies

Judiciaries have, with some exceptions, been a check on leaders trying to concentrate power.

What the World Gets Wrong About Latin America’s Foreign Policy

Assumptions about the region’s homogeneity and limitations on the international stage don’t hold up, writes one expert.

President Alejandro Giammattei and president-elect Bernardo Arévalo at a government transition event.

The Tough Road Ahead for Guatemala’s President-Elect

Recent raids show the daunting challenges facing Bernardo Arévalo as his anti-corruption strategy takes shape.

Javier Milei is one of Argentina's leading presidential candidates. He is a populist who calls for sweeping policies like dollarization.

Milei’s Path to Dollarization: Riddled with Doubts

Replacing the Argentine peso with the U.S. dollar might take years if it happens at all, experts say.