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Brazil's First Working-Class President Returns Following Remarkable Comeback

Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva has been elected as Brazil's next president, following a close run-off election last Sunday. Lula’s victory marks a political reversal for Latin America's largest country…

Majalla 04 November 2022

Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro protest his defeat in the presidential runoff election, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Thousands of supporters called on the military Wednesday to keep the far-right leader in power, even as his administration signaled a willingness to hand over the reins to his rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

With Bolsonaro Tamed in Defeat, Brazil Steps Back From Brink

In the run-up to Brazil’s presidential election, many feared a narrow result would be contested and spell the death knell for Latin America’s largest democracy. So far, however, the worst fears…

AP 02 November 2022

US America and China flags on chess king on a chessboard. (Getty)

Competition Can Be Good for the Developing World

The United States and China are locked in a contest for influence over the rest of the world. The new great-power competition looks in this sense very much like the one that took place during the…

Branko Milanovic 05 June 2021

Latin America's COVID-19 Nightmare

Latin Americais now the part of the world most affected by COVID-19, both by confirmed cases and by deaths. The region is reeling from overburdened health systems, worsening economic…

Diana Enriquez Sebastián Rojas Cabal and Miguel A. Centeno 11 September 2020

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, and President Hassan Rouhani, left of him, praying near the coffin of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran. (Reuters)

Iran’s Revenge Plans Could Reach Latin America

For the majority of his 20-year career at the top of Iran’s Quds force,Qassem Soleimanimethodically operated in the shadows to build Iran’s vast network of proxies, militias and allies across the…

Yasmine El Geressi 11 January 2020

Why Latin America Was Primed to Explode

In a world aflame with protest,Latin Americastands out as a raging ten-alarm fire. FromBoliviatoEcuador,HaititoHonduras, the closing months of 2019 have seen enormous, sometimes violent…

Moisés Naím and Brian Winter 01 November 2019

The Venezuelan Refugee Crisis Is Not Just a Regional Problem

Venezuela’s refugee crisis is the largest in Latin American history. Worldwide, it is now second only to that of Syria. A staggering four million Venezuelans have fled their homeland, the majority…

Cynthia J. Arnson 02 August 2019

Huawei employees wait for a shuttle bus at the company's Bantian campus on April 12, 2019 in Shenzhen, China. (Getty)

Huawei Heads South

TheU.S.government is on the warpath against Huawei. For months, the Trump administration has pressured its allies inEuropeto exclude the Chinese technology firm from their 5G telecom systems,…

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