The Trump Administration Unabashedly Embraces the Monroe Doctrine The Trump Administration Unabashedly Embraces the Monroe Doctrine
Despite other foreign-policy disagreements, a consensus is emerging among Republicans: The US must take an ultra-hawkish approach to Latin America.
Jan 30, 2025 / Guillaume Long
At CPAC Argentina, a Preview of Donald Trump’s Second Term At CPAC Argentina, a Preview of Donald Trump’s Second Term
A far-right international extending from Lara Trump and Steve Bannon to Jair Bolsonaro and Javier Milei joined reactionaries across Europe to promise no safe quarter for the left....
Dec 6, 2024 / Jacob Sugarman
The Nonstop Gay Sex Party on the Mexico City Subway The Nonstop Gay Sex Party on the Mexico City Subway
The city’s metro hosts—and authorities unofficially sanction—a queer institution unlike any other.
Dec 2, 2024 / Feature / A.W. Strouse
Can BRICS Rise in a World Threatened by War? Can BRICS Rise in a World Threatened by War?
The group’s appeal is only growing since its recent expansion, but it must now deal with a world on the brink.
Oct 15, 2024 / Sarang Shidore
AMLO Has Broken His Promise to Families of the Disappeared AMLO Has Broken His Promise to Families of the Disappeared
On the 10th anniversary of the forced disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, victims’ families say the outgoing Mexican president has betrayed them.
Oct 9, 2024 / Ann Louise Deslandes
It’s Hard to Be a Leftist Leader in Colombia It’s Hard to Be a Leftist Leader in Colombia
Since taking office in August 2022, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has pursued an ambitious agenda—with mixed results.
Aug 15, 2024 / Gabriel Hetland
What’s Next for the Left in Venezuela? What’s Next for the Left in Venezuela?
If revolution is to win again in Venezuela, its backers at home and abroad must first recognize that they lost.
Aug 8, 2024 / Alejandro Velasco
Senator Robert Menendez and the Corruption of Cuba Policy Senator Robert Menendez and the Corruption of Cuba Policy
His retirement may bode well for US-Cuba relations—if Kamala Harris can retire Trump.
Aug 2, 2024 / William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh
The Maduro Government Is Probably Stealing the Election in Venezuela The Maduro Government Is Probably Stealing the Election in Venezuela
But maintaining economic warfare by the US—including sanctions—only hurts the Venezuelan people.
Jul 30, 2024 / James North
Wayne Smith Devoted His Career to Dialogue and Diplomacy Wayne Smith Devoted His Career to Dialogue and Diplomacy
The former Foreign Service officer liked to say “Cuba seems to have the same effect on American administrations as the full moon has on werewolves.”
Jul 15, 2024 / Obituary / Peter Kornbluh and William M. LeoGrande