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Michael Shifter

Michael Shifter is the president of the Inter-American Dialogue.

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Ricardo Ospina, a journalist at Caracol TV, and Mauricio Claver-Carone, a senior director at the U.S. National Security Council, speak at the 2019 Concordia Americas Summit in Bogotá on May 14, 2019.

Latin America Won’t Give In to Trump Without a Fight

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Michael Shifter, Bruno Binetti

August 18, 2020, 12:33 PM

US presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) delivers a joint press conference with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico City on August 31, 2016.
Donald Trump was expected in Mexico Wednesday to meet its president, in a move aimed at showing that despite the Republican White House hopeful's hardline opposition to illegal immigration he is no close-minded xenophobe. Trump stunned the political establishment when he announced late Tuesday that he was making the surprise trip south of the border to meet with President Enrique Pena Nieto, a sharp Trump critic.
/ AFP / YURI CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

The Trump Explosion and the Fallout in Mexico

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Michael Shifter

November 12, 2016, 12:22 PM

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Will FARC and Colombia Return to the Battlefield?

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Michael Shifter

October 4, 2016, 9:05 AM

Nicaraguan President and Presidential Candidate Daniel Ortega (R) speaks with his wife Rosario Murillo during delivery of property titles in Managua on October 31, 2011. Nicaragua will hold presidential elections on November 6. AFP PHOTO/Rodrigo ARANGUA / AFP / RODRIGO ARANGUA (Photo credit should read RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images)

Nicaragua Is Turning Into a Real-Life ‘House of Cards’

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Michael Shifter

September 5, 2016, 5:00 PM

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech during a rally in Caracas on June 14, 2016.
The US and Venezuelan governments said Tuesday they would launch new high-level talks as the South American country struggles with a political and economic crisis. / AFP / FEDERICO PARRA (Photo credit should read FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images)

The Diplomatic War to Topple Venezuela’s Strongman

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Michael Shifter

June 17, 2016, 8:00 AM

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