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Latin America’s Demographic Opportunity Plus Arévalo’s First Four Months

by Will Freeman and Shannon K. O'Neil May 28, 2024

Latin America’s openness to migration may offset downsides of aging populations; Arévalo’s reform agenda for Guatemala inches forward, but roadblocks are multiplying. Read More

Mexico
Organized crime fuels Mexico’s election violence, plus Europe’s Southern Cone cocaine pipeline
Organized crime’s hold on local governments fuels record election violence; Europe’s cocaine pipeline shifting to the Southern Cone.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman April 24, 2024 Latin America’s Moment
Mexico
Can Mexico’s Next President Control the Military?
The country’s military brass has a larger role governing Mexico than at any time in the past eighty years. It’s creating a dangerous dependency that won’t be easy to break.
Article by Will Freeman March 29, 2024 Latin America’s Moment
United States
Summer Migration Uptick Likely to Inflame U.S. Politics, Plus Brazil’s Risky Bet on Soy
Migration will rise this summer, inflaming U.S. politics; Brazil’s risky bet on soy.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman March 28, 2024 Latin America’s Moment
  • Haiti
    Haiti Mission Lacks Interlocutor Plus Peruvian Congress Purges Top Judges
    No interlocutor for Haiti mission’s international troops and Peru’s “pact of the corrupt” is succeeding where Guatemala’s failed without international pressure.
    Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman March 12, 2024 Latin America’s Moment
  • Mexico
    Mexico’s Electoral Campaigns Kick Off Plus Latin America’s Resilient Democracies
    Mexico’s electoral campaigns officially begin with AMLO’s legacy at play plus Latin America’s democracies are challenged but resilient.
    Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman February 27, 2024 Latin America Studies Program
  • Ecuador
    Can Ecuador Avoid Becoming a Narco-State
    Criminal groups have captured parts of the state. A broad political coalition must fight corruption and root them out.
    Blog Post by Will Freeman February 14, 2024 Latin America’s Moment
  • Colombia
    Complications in Colombia’s AG Selection, Plus Milei’s Electoral Reform Failure and El Salvador’s Opposition Collapses
    Colombia’s process to select a new attorney general is not going smoothly; electoral reform an early failure in omnibus fiasco; and the collapse of El Salvador’s opposition is bad news for Bukele
    Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman February 9, 2024 Latin America Studies Program
  • Mexico
    Proposed Judicial Reforms Hasten Democratic Erosion, Peruvian Guns Fuel Ecuador's Violence, and Arévalo's New Cabinet
    Judicial reforms look to erode—not consolidate—democracy; Peruvian guns fuel Ecuador’s violence; and Arévalo delivers a technocratic, centrist cabinet
    Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman January 26, 2024 Latin America’s Moment
  • Peru
    The Organized Crime Threat to Latin American Democracies
    Governments have learned to manage many threats, but they are failing to curb the growing power of organized crime.
    Blog Post by Will Freeman January 2, 2024 Latin America’s Moment
  • Latin America
    Amazon Deforestation Down But Little to Show for COP28, Plus Venezuela-Guyana Tensions
    Region will struggle to maintain progress on deforestation. In Dubai, pledges don’t match financial commitments for Latin America. Maduro uses self-manufactured Essequibo crisis to crack down on the opposition.
    Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman December 22, 2023 Latin America Studies Program