Artificial intelligence promises unprecedented efficiency, but without safeguards, it threatens to entrench inequality and empower authoritarianism.
Americas Quarterly
AI in Latin America: Smart Cities or Surveillance States?
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Natalia Cote-Muñoz
AQ Podcast: How Crime Is Affecting Latin American Politics
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AQ Online
How criminal infiltration of formal economies and politics is shaping elections in Latin America.
The Geopolitics of Trump’s War on Drugs
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Robert Muggah
Decertifications, terror labels, and episodic strikes risk alienating the partners Washington needs.
Why Trump’s Tariffs Are Doing Limited Harm in Latin America
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Arturo C. Porzecanski
Except for Mexico, the region will not be significantly impacted.
China’s Quiet Security Push in Latin America
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Brian Fonseca, Nicole Writt, Martin Brown
Beijing is finding success by offering security cooperation very different from that of the U.S.
Paraguay’s Boom Has Yet to Fully Deliver
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Laurence Blair
A year after reaching investment grade, the country is growing fast but many Paraguayans feel left behind.
AQ Podcast | Brazil: Bolsonaro’s Trial
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AQ Online
An analysis of the implications, in Brazil and abroad, of the trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro