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Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador attends a parade marking the 113th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution with his secretary of defense and secretary of the navy on November 20, 2023.
Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador attends a parade marking the 113th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution with his secretary of defense and secretary of the navy on November 20, 2023. Henry Romero/ Reuters
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Can Mexico’s Next President Control the Military?

by Will Freeman March 29, 2024

The country’s military brass has a larger role governing Mexico than at any time in the past eighty years. It’s creating a dangerous dependency that won’t be easy to break. Read More

Guatemala
Guatemala's Protests Go National, Plus Meddling Ex-Presidents and a Thaw in U.S.-Venezuela Relations
Guatemala’s protest movement goes national; Latin America’s meddlesome ex-presidents; U.S. border crisis and geopolitical turmoil are taking the pressure off Maduro.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman October 16, 2023 Latin America’s Moment
Mexico
Latin America This Week: September 29, 2023
Mexico will define the success of the U.S. State Department’s new synthetic drug initiative; In the Dominican Republic, politics trumps economics; Brazilian military mostly supported democracy.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman September 29, 2023 Latin America’s Moment
Latin America
The GOP's Posturing Will Push Latin America Into China's Arms
Reviving the Monroe Doctrine would take a time machine.
Blog Post by Will Freeman September 26, 2023 Latin America’s Moment
  • Brazil
    Latin America This Week: September 20, 2023
    At 32 years old, Mercosur faces an existential crisis; Petro signals a big shift on drug policy; Massa’s last-ditch election spending will hobble the next government.
    Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman September 20, 2023 Latin America’s Moment
  • Mexico
    Latin America This Week: September 14, 2023
    AMLO ups spending, favoring the middle class and the military; Uruguay’s financial stability attracts investment—and crime follows; Peru’s democratic backsliding is passing the point of no return.
    Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman September 14, 2023 Latin America’s Moment
  • Latin America Studies Program
    Latin America This Week: September 7, 2023
    Petro’s latest scandal could reenergize Colombia’s lackluster conservative opposition; foreign direct investment in Latin America defies global downturn.
    Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman September 7, 2023 Latin America’s Moment
  • Argentina
    Latin America This Week: August 31, 2023
    BRICS becomes BRICS+, though not all may join; Latin America looks West, not East, for its technology; more frequent droughts promise more slow downs in the Panama Canal.
    Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman August 31, 2023 Latin America’s Moment
  • Colombia
    Petro’s Total Peace Plan Turns One: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
    Petro’s peace plan is neither a total failure nor a total success, for now.
    Blog Post by Will Freeman and Steven Holmes August 30, 2023 Latin America’s Moment
  • Guatemala
    Guatemala Chose a New Pro-Reform President. Can He Stem Corruption and Migration?
    Guatemala’s outsider, pro-reform candidate won against the odds, but can he govern?
    Blog Post by Will Freeman August 28, 2023 Latin America’s Moment
  • Latin America Studies Program
    Latin America This Week: August 22, 2023
    In Guatemala, money can’t buy elections; external factors drive Latin America’s economic upside.
    Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman August 22, 2023 Latin America’s Moment