Bad Bunny’s naming of ‘Canadá’ at the Super Bowl exposed Canada’s tendency to imagine itself as peripheral to Latin America, when its people and culture are central to its reality.
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From the 1960s onward, dissident Cubans in exile have sought to undermine the government in Havana − often with US assistance.
Mexico has been following the same rulebook of engagement with the cartels for much of the past two decades, with very limited success.
Members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel have set up roadblocks and attacked property and security forces in the days following their leader’s death.
The Trump administration’s message to Havana is blunt: negotiate a deal on US terms or face collapse.
Diasporas are often treated by media and policymakers as monolithic blocs, but the reality is more complicated.
In Colombia’s coca-cultivating Catatumbo region on the border with Venezuela, community care and survival efforts amid escalating violence are in a state of emergency.
Panama has been the centre of a power struggle between the US and China since the start of Trump’s second term.
The performance is a Puerto Rican manifesto of love and resistance in the time of Trump.
Bolivia’s new government has buried 20 years of socialist rule with reforms promising ‘capitalism for all’.
Reggaeton star’s comments on ICE have added to a conservative backlash to NFL’s choice of entertainment. But his appeal in Latin America is seen as a big plus.
The Aztec empire succumbed to its own imperial arrogance, alienating neighbours who ultimately helped bring about its downfall.
After the regime ‘disappeared’ their children, Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Maya relentlessly demanded justice – and exposed the atrocities of a dictatorship.
High school students in the US often learn about Latin America through the lens of the US, as a main character that exerts power.
However, there is a more profound lesson we can learn from Brazil: Democracy depends on more than institutions.
The ideology named after former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez became more authoritarian under Nicolás Maduro. Can the country’s new leader steer it back toward democracy?
Beijing may benefit from the US retreat from international norms and a vision of a world split into ‘sphere of influence.’
Prolonged economic crisis and an authoritarian government has led 8 million Venezuelans to emigrate.
As the situation in Venezuela unfolds, Cubans will watch closely.
After decades of hostility, Venezuela’s support became crucial to Cuba’s survival.
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