Controversial deals with the U.S. have supercharged demonstrations, but the government seems capable of avoiding a repeat of 2023.
Panama’s Protests Test President Mulino on Multiple Fronts
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Mat Youkee, Adolfo Berríos Riaño
China Doubles Down on Latin America
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Fernanda Magnotta
The recent China-CELAC forum underscores how LAC must position itself strategically amid shifting geopolitics.
Latin America’s Rightward Shift
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Michael Reid
The right looks well-placed in important votes coming up across the region.
Flows of Guns and Money Are Dooming Haiti
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Robert Muggah
Anarchy is not inevitable. Action on weapons trafficking and illicit finances will be critical over the coming months, an expert writes.
Panama’s President Mulino Is Right to Cooperate with the U.S.
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Carlos Ruiz-Hernández
Performative resistance to Trump might be gratifying, but it would undermine Panama’s most critical strategic interests, writes Mulino’s former deputy minister of foreign affairs.
To Fight Organized Crime, Latin America Needs a Regional Security Force
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Ana Janaina Nelson, Benjamin N. Gedan
Escalating violence is a cross-border crisis that demands collective action.
What Bukele Wants from Trump
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Douglas Farah
The Salvadoran president’s controversial deals with the U.S. are calculated to preserve his reputation at home as the economy stumbles and evidence of a gang truce mounts.