“Russia can create difficulties for the US in many different regions of the world,” including Latin America.

That is a pretty succinct description of Russia’s interests in the region.

Understanding the state of Argentina’s dramatic economic stabilization program requires more than fiscal data.

The primary surplus in March was the third in a row, no small feat.

But structural reforms are stalled in Congress and opponents of austerity are mobilizing.

Enforcing Red Notices against the Iranian masterminds of the 1994 massacre in Buenos Aires would demonstrate that there are costs of state-sponsored terrorism.

Argentina should not be left alone in seeking justice and deterring future terrorist attacks.

“Experts also point to the need for greater mobilization of the academic sectors, particularly in the areas of chemistry, physics, geology, and mining engineering to meet the labor demands that will come from surging interest in mining.”

“One of the signal challenges will be ensuring that resource nationalism, export restrictions, and industrial policy initiatives do not result in market distortions, inefficient trade barriers, and costly protectionism.“

The Western Hemisphere could “de-risk mineral supply chains,” but “truly resilient cross-hemisphere mineral value chains will require sustained public and private investment in the research, technology, and infrastructure necessary to create a value-added ecosystem.”

On top of low investment and low productivity growth, Latin America now faces low growth of its labor force, IMF reports. One solution: better integrate women into the labor force. Today, only 52% of working-age women hold formal sector jobs compared to 75% of men.

“Having one bombastic autocrat yelling online is annoying. Having multiple presidents fighting with each other as if they’re trying to win a reality show means that governing and cooperation do not occur.”

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This crisis has lasted so long, frog-in-boiling-water indifference is inevitable. Kahn’s visit is a reminder that 4 decades into the 3rd wave of democratization, Venezuela is under investigation for crimes against humanity and suspected of an Operation Condor-style assassination.

.World Politics Review is right, bad blood over Ecuador’s raid on Mexico’s Embassy is not merely theatrical. It could “make it harder to enlist a regional response to Ecuador’s security crisis, which will be necessary to tackle the transnational dynamics involved.”

Milei’s solid popular support gives him greater leverage in Congress, but it also provides perverse incentives not to compromise; conflict with the “casta” is on brand and La Libertad Avanza is convinced it will perform well in the midterms even amid a stalled legislative agenda.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold a historic hearing on climate change. In advance of the last Summit of the Americas, I wrote in Foreign Policy that Latin America was a “pioneer of environmental protection through international law.”

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In the 1st quarter of the year, > 2,500 people were killed or injured in gang violence in Haiti, BINUH reports, a 53% increase compared to the first three months of 2023.

Elon Musk is not feuding with Lula, but rather with Brazil’s Supreme Court. Still, he has become a hero to Lula’s critics, Bruna Santos Bruna Santos (宝煊), director of our Brazil Institute, explained. On Sunday, Bolsonaro supporters were “waving flags featuring Musk’s image.”

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Director of the Brazil Institute Bruna Santos (Bruna Santos (宝煊)) and Benjamin Gedan (@benjamingedan), Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program discuss the tension between X and Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes in Brazil.

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“We have undertaken a radical change in our country’s international policy. We have decided to espouse the ideas of freedom, which are the foundation of the West and have brought so much prosperity to the world.”