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Venezuela
January 24, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
Please Don’t Let Venezuela Be Trump’s Shutdown Distraction
Nicolás Maduro has presided over a humanitarian nightmare. But there are huge risks to dabbling in regime change.
January 1, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
Batista’s Revenge
Sixty years to the day after the Cuban Revolution transformed the right-left struggle in Latin America, far-right Jair Bolsonaro became Brazil's president.
August 17, 2018
Miguel Salazar
People really are plotting to kill Nicolas Maduro.
August 8, 2018
Jacquelyn Kovarik
Fighting for Democracy: A Lesson From Bolivia
Evo Morales has done remarkable things for his country. But now, he is rejecting term limits—and Bolivians are taking to the streets to stand up for the rule of law.
June 6, 2018
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Ioan Grillo
When Democracy Isn’t Enough
Elections and free markets haven’t solved the real problems in Latin America.
May 30, 2018
David Dayen
Fears of the Next Recession
What will it do to the many millions of Americans who still haven't recovered from the last one?
May 21, 2018
Heather Souvaine Horn
Venezuela is on the brink, and the U.S. might push it over.
May 11, 2018
Peter Vanham
Why Do-Gooders Love Development Statistics
Sure: dictators do, too. But development stats, properly weighted, can be a tool for change.
April 26, 2018
Alex Gladstein
Why Dictators Love Development Statistics
They're an easily faked way to score international points.
August 1, 2017
Francisco Toro
The Last Hope for Venezuela Is Also a Frightening One
As the country descends into dictatorship, who will stop Nicolás Maduro?
April 18, 2016
Daniela Blei
Is the Latin American Left Dead?
From Brazil to Argentina, the region is moving right. But one nation shows a path forward for the left.
February 20, 2015
Joel Gillin
Venezuela's Unpopular President Just Threw a Mayor in Jail
April 2, 2014
Francisco Toro
The Most Outrageous Lie in Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's New York Times Op-Ed
March 16, 2014
Paul Berman
The Revolutions of 1989 Are Not Over
And neither is the resistance to them.
March 12, 2014
Enrique Krauze
The End of the Latin-American Dictatorship is Nigh
Is the age of the Latin American dictator over?
March 10, 2014
Francisco Toro
The Venezuelan Protests Are Playing Right Into the Regime's Hands
March 4, 2014
Francisco Toro
How Venezuela Turns Butter Vendors Into Currency Manipulators
The reason for those epic supermarket lines
February 28, 2014
Carlo Davis
The U.S. Was Ready to Impose Sanctions on Ukraine. Why Not Venezuela, Too?
February 24, 2014
Rodrigo Linares
Venezuela's Bloody Crisis Was Years in the Making—and Could Have Been Avoided
February 24, 2014
Emiliana Duarte
The Venezuelan Government Uses This Trick to Control Media Coverage
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