Steven Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die, talks about Brazil’s election, strategies for the Venezuelan opposition, and the lack of female authoritarians.

AS/COA Online offers regular updates on the course charted by the new administration in Latin America’s largest country.

AS/COA Online takes a look at upcoming presidential races in Argentina, Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, and Uruguay.

The region’s GDP is expected to grow 1.7 percent but uncertainty looms, given global trade tensions, an oil-price drop, and other factors affecting emerging markets.

Venezuela’s diplomatic relations are straining to a breaking point as Nicolás Maduro prepares to begin a new term on January 10, 2019.