ANALYSIS
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Latin America Counts Its Barracks While the World Re-Arms Again
As major powers strengthen their fleets, budgets, and borders, Latin America shows up in military rankings not as a battlefield…
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Brazil Watches Lula’s Edge Shrink as Old Certainties Fade Fast
Americas Quarterly reports that Brazil’s election race has tightened quickly, as economic progress clashes with corruption concerns, digital challenges, religious…
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Latin America Watches Cuba’s Prison Gesture and Washington’s Old Reflexes
Cuba's plan to release fifty-one prisoners comes at a tense moment, where Vatican diplomacy, internal pressures, and renewed US pressure…
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Cuba Waits as Power Whispers Through One Family’s Closed Doors
Reuters says rumors of secret U.S. talks with people close to Raúl Castro have raised old questions in Cuba, where…
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Boric Leaves Chile With Protected Seas and Unsettled Political Tides
As Gabriel Boric leaves La Moneda, Chile is left with a large new marine protection area, a difficult final assessment,…
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Colombian Left Bets on Indigenous Woman Power as Violence Shadows Ballot
Iván Cepeda's selection of Indigenous senator Aída Quilcué as his running mate changes how we see Colombia's May 31 vote…
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Colombia Picks Its Pieces as the Presidential Race Finally Hardens
Colombia’s latest vote did not choose a president, but it exposed the battlefield ahead: a strengthened left, a revived right,…
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Ecuador Becomes Washington’s New Front in Latin America’s Drug War
U.S. operations in Ecuador open a new chapter in the region’s drug war, but the secrecy around targets, tactics, and…
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Latin America Hears Washington’s Old Drug War Drums Beating Again
Washington is again asking Latin America to fight drugs with soldiers. The language sounds familiar, but the region beneath it…
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Colombian Amazon Rainforest Pays When Coca Routes Move Like Water
In the Colombian Amazon rainforest, the damage goes beyond just fallen trees. A U.N. agency warns that drug cultivation and…
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