LATIN AMERICA BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE
Chinese spy balloons were spotted in the skies of the Caribbean, while Iranian warships sailed into the South Atlantic. Incidents that may seem isolated are correlated with several conflicts taking place in Central and South America as Great Power.
CHINA EXPANDS STRATEGIC PORTS IN LATIN AMERICA
Brazil is on the brink of its most important election in recent history. On October 2, Brazilian voters went to the polls for the first round of the general election. In an outcome that shocked some, incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro.
PETRO AND THE BOLIVARIAN HURRICANE
Gustavo Petro’s victory in Colombia’s presidential election on June 19 consolidates the gains the Latin American left has made in recent years. Despite distancing themselves from Petro during his campaign.
UKRAINE WAR’S LASTING LATIN AMERICA EFFECTS
Gustavo Petro’s victory in Colombia’s presidential election on June 19 consolidates the gains the Latin As Russian missiles continue to rain down on Ukraine, the consequences of war are also being felt thousands of miles away.
PUTIN’S LATIN AMERICA GAMBIT
While the world watches Russia’s military movements on the Ukraine border, Vladimir Putin has been busy building leverage in Latin America. The recent arrival of 68 Russian military “technicians” and advisors to Venezuela.
LATIN AMERICA’S NEO-SOCIALIST WAVE
Last year’s super-election cycle in Latin America opened up new opportunities for socialist leaders and their extra-regional allies. President Pedro Castillo made an irregular visit to Beijing’s embassy in Lima shortly after being inaugurated as Peru’s president.
MEXICO MOVES CLOSER TO CUBA AND VENEZUELA
The VRIC is consolidating in Mexico. In the past month, Mexico City hosted the ongoing negotiations between the Venezuelan opposition and the regime and welcomed Cuba’s dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel.
ALL EYES ON PERU AND COLOMBIA
Whether it’s the flared tensions between Israel and Hamas, or the current crisis and social unrest in Colombia, it is increasingly clear that democracies worldwide are under assault by brutal disinformation.
ANOTHER BORDER CRISIS, COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA
In the last few weeks, multiple congressional delegations have gone down to the U.S. southern border to assess the humanitarian crisis. The horrifying scene has captured the media’s attention with kids packed into holding facilities “like sardines.”
LATIN AMERICAN LAWFARE
On Monday, March 8th, Bolivia’s former president and leader of the coca federations, Evo Morales, took a surprise trip to Buenos Aires. Less than a week later, former President Jeanine Añez was arrested.
