Category: Regions
April 8, 2023 > Alfredo Eladio Moreno
China, the Americas, and Lithium — A Tale of Investment in Emerging Markets
NEW YORK — Year-to-date, Chinese investments in Latin American lithium — as measured by the price tag of projects and acquisition value — have surpassed investment levels in 2021, according […] Read More >
April 8, 2023 > Miquel Vila Moreno
The U.S. Is Overstating China’s Influence in Latin America
This story was republished with permission from World Politics Review. Heightened tensions between the U.S. and China have many observers likening their strategic competition to a geopolitical struggle reminiscent of the […] Read More >
March 24, 2023 > Jacob Kessler
Here’s What You Need to Know Ahead of the Lula-Xi Meeting
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is scheduled to travel to China on April 14. After initially postponing the trip due to contracting pneumonia, he will meet with Chinese […] Read More >
March 20, 2023 > Mie Hoejris Dahl
Colombia-Venezuela: How the Rapprochement is Going
CÚCUTA, Colombia — Sitting on different sides of a white line that marks the border between Colombia and Venezuela on the Atanasio Girardo bridge — previously known as “Tienditas” — […] Read More >
March 3, 2023 > Isabela Dias
Ron DeSantis Wants to Make Transporting Migrants a Felony
This is the same man who flew 50 asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard. This story first appeared in Mother Jones. Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a legislative proposal to “fight against Biden’s […] Read More >
March 2, 2023 > Evan Robinson-Johnson
Border Patrol app excludes vulnerable asylum seekers, advocates say
After his dad was nearly killed during political turmoil in Cuba, Yoandry fled to Nicaragua, then to Mexico. He made it all the way to the U.S. border south of […] Read More >
March 2, 2023 > Michael McDonald
Costa Rica shuns first regional environmental treaty
Costa Rican lawmakers on Feb. 1 voted to keep the first regional environmental treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean off the legislative agenda, effectively killing the chances that the […] Read More >
February 28, 2023 > James Bosworth
Mexico’s Pemex Could Be Another Casualty of AMLO’s Energy Nationalism
This story first appeared in World Politics Review. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine combined with the geopolitical instability it caused made 2022 a great year to be an oil major. Supply chain […] Read More >
February 23, 2023 > Isabela Dias
“Ludicrous and Life-Threatening”—Biden Just Announced a Transit Ban for Migrants
And it looks a lot like Trump’s. This story first appeared in Mother Jones. After weeks of anticipation, the Biden administration has finally followed through with the plan to revive a policy first proposed […] Read More >
February 21, 2023 > Barbara Fraser
Peruvian turmoil recipe for green-policy rollbacks?
Advocacy groups worry Peru’s Congress will take advantage of ongoing political and social strife by enacting bills that spur deforestation, undercut protections for isolated indigenous people, and cramp the government’s […] Read More >