The Americas Archive

No matter how justified, arrest warrants targeting Nicolas Maduro only remind him he must hang on to power in Venezuela at all costs.

The U.S. domestic gun problem is also fueling an illegal gun-trafficking problem in the Caribbean. France can do more to address it.

Honduras says it wants to fight deforestation. To really do so, it will need to support environmental activists, many of whom face deadly violence.

Mexico’s security has deteriorated under AMLO. Now his final moves in office may limit President-elect Sheinbaum’s ability to change strategies.

Nowhere have the political consequences of inflation been more visible than in the Global South, where it has led to unrest.

President-elect Sheinbaum promised that it’s “women’s time” in Mexico. To deliver, she’ll have to break with AMLO’s legacy.

Ecuadorians voted overwhelmingly to ban oil drilling in Yasuni park. Following through will hobble Noboa’s ability to finance his agenda.

Nicaragua’s autocratic president is weaponizing—and profiting off of—the mass migration of its citizens and those from other countries.

President Xiomara Castro won election promising to tackle Honduras’ narco-corruption problem. A new scandal suggests she’s part of it.

Trump has long made the perceived “crisis at the border” his signature issue. In the 2024 election, it may work against him.

A judge issued an arrest warrant for Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, the latest in a monthlong campaign of repression.