AQ tracks key indicators and political and economic trends to watch in 2026.

AQ’s editor-in-chief dives into the archive of U.S.-Latin America relations, and emerges with four takeaways.

A longtime PDVSA executive discusses what political and economic steps are necessary for the Venezuelan oil industry to begin its long recovery

Washington has three ways to provide sanctions relief to the country and PDVSA. The cases of Syria, Sudan, and Iraq serve as historical references.

With Maduro removed, the U.S. faces the difficult task of limiting the influence of China, Russia and Iran without triggering instability.

Volatile relationships with Washington and Caracas are crucial wild cards in the upcoming presidential race.

Andrés Martínez-Fernández of the Heritage Foundation on what the capture of Nicolás Maduro might mean for the country and beyond.