The dilemma facing the Argentinean President in his dealings with President-Elect Donald Trump are quite different to the two men’s previous connections in 1980s New York.

While the new peace deal between the Colombian Government and the FARC is a welcome development, there is danger of losing the elements in the defeated Peace Deal that addressed rural poverty and introduced structural changes to the country. 

The Comisión Económica para América Latina’s (CEPAL) recent report on social inequality in Latin America provides both an evaluation of the region’s attempts to address inequality and a caution that there is still much more to be done.

In Latin America, and El Salvador in particular, politics and corruption often seem to go hand in hand—the former rarely exists without the latter. But this does not have to be the case.

As President Peña Nieto approaches the 5th year of his presidency there is an apparent blindness that characterizes his leadership approach.

President Nicolás Maduro is the problem currently facing Venezuela.

In recent municipal elections Chile confirmed the rightward shift observed in several Latin American countries.

Legalization of marihuana has not brought about a solution to previous problems associated with the drug and is leading us into an uncertain future.

In Guatemala, nothing seems to be going right. The health system is in shambles. The highways are in even worse shape. The Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Finance are unable to do their jobs and the education system is paralyzed in a standoff between teachers and the government.

The beginning of the public phase of the dialogue with the National Liberation Army (ELN) of Colombia began in Quito amidst uncertainty over agreements with the FARC.