Latin America
Latin America’s Revolution of the Right
From virtually the moment he and his band of bearded rebels rode into Havana in 1959 until his death from natural causes in 2016, the most iconic leader in Latin America was Fidel Castro. With his trademark military fatigues, slender Cohiba cigars, and marathon speeches vilifying Uncle Sam, Castro captured the imaginations of aspiring revolutionaries and millions of others around the world. Never content to merely govern Cuba, Castro worked tirelessly to export his ideas.
Brazil’s Election Won’t Fix What’s Broken
Reckoning with the country’s real crisis.
Brazil’s Election Won’t Fix What’s Broken
Reckoning with the country’s real crisis.
The Two Shocks Upending Latin America
Why the region must brace for a new wave of turbulence.
The Abandoned Order
Learning to live in a post-American world.
China’s Quiet Quest to Dominate Latin America
Small projects, big influence.
Trump Is Remaking Latin America
The short-term results and the long-term risks of the “Donroe Doctrine.”
The United States’ Missed Opportunity in Latin America
Economic security begins closer to home.
Venezuela Needs Regime Change
The narrow path to a democratic transition.
Cuba Refrozen
Cuba’s downing of the Brothers to the Rescue planes halted the thaw in relations that had seemed slow but inexorable. That suits Fidel Castro perfectly. Anti-Americanism hitched to a very Cuban sense of doomed defiance is the only sentiment he has going for him now that faith in socialism is dead and his regime is peddling tried-and-failed solutions for the ramshackle economy. Ironically, Castro’s sovereignty fetish has driven Cubans into dependence on Miami, as well as into poverty and crime. But the Maximum Leader, who has outlasted eight U.S. presidents, is a wily tactician. A post-Castro Cuba does not seem imminent.