List of South America articles
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A man plants flowers next to the G-20 logo. It’s Time to Trust the Global South
As Europeans debate who will fill the U.S. role on the world stage, an answer may already be apparent.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro alights from the plane upon his arrival at the Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rice on January 28, 2015. Maduro Needs a Golden Parachute
The only way to avoid war in Venezuela may be if its leader doesn’t fear leaving office.
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Carmela Medina and Alejandro Carranza, parents of Alejandro Carranza, a Colombian man who allegedly died when the US bombed a boat supposedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, pose for a photo at their house in Santa Marta on October 21. Why Trump’s Justifications for Drone Killings Fall Short
Whatever the administration says, the U.S. is not actually at war with nonstate actors
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Rep. Brian Mast turns his head to listen as Rep. Gregory Meeks speaks during a Capitol Hill hearing. Should U.S. Development Loans Go to Rich Countries?
The U.S. Development Finance Corporation was created to help alleviate global poverty. Trump has other ideas.
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A group of people stand arm in arm and sing joyfully. They hold flags that read "No" decorated with a rainbow. How Chile Was Persuaded to Vote ‘No’ to Dictatorship
Revisiting Pablo Larraín’s feature film about the advertising campaign that sent Pinochet packing.
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US Secretary of State is seen standing next to the foreign ministers of Canada and France. U.S. Allies Turn Against Trump’s Drug Boat War
Western partners are distancing themselves from the U.S. operation.
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A wind turbine is seen in silhouette at dusk or dawn against a hazy sky. Other buildings and smokestacks are visible in silhouette in the background. Making Sense of the World Energy Outlook
The energy transition is not inevitable—but neither is business as usual.
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Machado looks directly into the camera, smiling, as she holds one hand over her heart. She wears rosary beads and stands among a crowd of people beneath a blue sky with a few scattered white clouds. The Voice of Venezuela’s Opposition
María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize—but the fight for democracy is far from over.
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Protesters wearing masks depicting US President Donald Trump and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro take part in a protest in defence of retail employment and national sovereignty at 25 de Marco, a popular shopping street in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 18, 2025. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on July 17 slammed Donald Trump's threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on Latin America's largest economy as "unacceptable blackmail." (Photo by Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP) (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Getty Images) How Venezuela Fits Into Trump’s Strategy for Latin America
And how the region is navigating a changed United States.
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A rainbow stretches across a partly cloudy sky outside a large building in the venue for COP30. Small groups of people mill about on the plaza beneath the rainbow. Brazil Tries to Keep Climate Cooperation Alive
At COP30, the global energy transition is moving forward without the United States.
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Members of the United States Marine Corps, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225, work at José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 13. Trump’s ‘War on Drugs’ Will Work About as Well as the Last One
You can’t bomb your way out of an illicit market.
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Chile's presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party waves a national flag during his closing campaign rally at Movistar Arena in Santiago on November 11, 2025. Chile Is Making an Unprecedented Right Turn
It’s Latin America’s traditional beacon of stability—and the next country to vote for the far right.
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U.S. soldiers man their security position in Panama City during Operation Just Cause. The Nostalgic Delusion of 1989
The U.S. military buildup around Venezuela has drawn comparisons to past regime change in Panama. But Washington cannot invade its way to democracy in Caracas.
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The USS Gravely is seen in the waters off of the Port of Spain. Latin America’s Disjointed Reaction to Trump’s Drug Boat War
The region is facing historic levels of fragmentation, one expert said.
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Mounted riot police stand by around the National Congress where security was reinforced due to a protest against President Michel Temer, in Brasilia, on August 2, 2017. Violence Is the Heart of Brazilian Politics
An extraordinarily deadly police raid in Rio was anything but an aberration.
