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Mexico’s Pacification Myth: Falling Homicides Hide Rising Disappearances and Shifting Violence
Mexico's government celebrates a 37% drop in homicides, 37,000 arrests, and record drug seizures as proof that the country is…
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Eighty and Entrenched: Daniel Ortega’s Bunker Birthday and the Nicaraguan Autocracy Time Built
Daniel Ortega turned 80 on November 11, and the celebratory hashtags sounded like a succession rehearsal. His long rule was…
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Latin America Tests Washington's Credibility as China Redraws Maritime Rules
From the South China Sea to the Caribbean, power politics rhyme. When Washington flexes unilaterally in Latin America, it weakens…
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Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz Faces a Nation on Empty: Gas, Dollars, and Trust Running Out
Sworn in Saturday, President-elect Rodrigo Paz inherits a country short on fuel, foreign currency, and patience. Promising a diplomatic thaw…
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Chile Turns Right as Crime Anxiety Reshapes Political Map
Once Latin America's safest country, Chile now votes under the shadow of fear. Crime, migration, and nostalgia for strongman rule…
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Venezuelan Lives in Limbo: How Policy Shifts and War Fears Collide in the U.S.
When Temporary Protected Status expired, the end didn’t sound like gavel or siren—it smelled of coffee and cardboard. Across the…
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Chile’s Two Weeks of Silence: When Democracy Turns Off the Lights
At midnight, the silence begins. Fifteen days before Chile's presidential election, a sweeping ban on publishing opinion polls descends like…
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Mexico’s Reckoning with Consent After the Assault on Its First Woman President
For years, Mexican women have marched for safety, shouted for justice, and mourned those lost to violence, and this week,…
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Argentina’s Painful Reforms Are Paying Off — and Latin American Voters Are Taking Notice
Argentina’s midterms were supposed to punish austerity. Instead, they rewarded it. Against every political instinct in the region, Javier Milei…
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Colombia’s Invisible Narcos: The Secret War Over Truth, Power, and the New Drug Economy
Fifteen years ago, a man folded his newspaper in a Panama City café and quietly surrendered to two U.S. agents.…
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