Latin America

The pandemic has worsened all the factors driving migrants north, not least from Mexico.

Transparency, accountability, and trust matter now more than ever.

Strengthening global ties is the best way to escape a pandemic-induced recession and help the country’s poor.

The Organization of American States is an important forum for regional diplomacy and has become more assertive in promoting the rule of law, human rights, and fair elections as some states face domestic upheaval.

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy. This week: foreign policy is AWOL in Las Vegas; Bloomberg and Warren talk about Latin America; and foreign policy advisors.

His shady associates and wrongheaded policies are making a bad problem worse.

The president's softer approach to criminal gangs just suffered a serious setback in Sinaloa.

The U.S. government is struggling to respond to another large wave of migrants fleeing poverty, violence, and corruption in the Central American region.

With elections approaching, Argentina faces yet another debt crisis.

Dealing with Central American migrants, rising crime and faltering energy supplies will require more U.S. help.

Adjunct Senior Fellow Catherine Powell presided over a CFR roundtable, “Bringing a Gender Lens to Immigration: Domestic Violence–Based Asylum and Family Separation” with Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Immigrants’ Rights Project, and Sandra Park, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project.