South America

Foreign Policy asked nine global experts for their takes on the administration’s agenda.

The unpopular Brazilian president suggests he could challenge the results of next year’s election.

Pedro Castillo, who takes office this month, will likely face a renewed governability crisis as president.

The Biden administration ships millions of vaccines to the region as its public health crisis worsens.

International observers have stood by as Haiti’s political crisis escalated.

Rooting out graft may be good politics at home, but it won’t fix Latin America’s socioeconomic woes.

Historic dry spells are straining life and business in the two countries, where presidents are aloof to climate change.

Deforestation is devastating the Amazon, but Beijing has the political and economic leverage to stop it.

Vaccine champion Chile is already considering booster shots, underscoring the bumpy road to herd immunity.

Kamala Harris’s recent trip to Latin America missed a brewing crisis in Panama’s Darién region.

As negotiations between the government and the strike committee stall, what can Colombia expect in the last year of Duque’s presidency?

Black and Indigenous citizens have been excluded from the country’s narrative of growth.

Pedro Castillo ran as an anti-establishment leftist. Here’s why he won’t govern like one.

And Latin America is poised for a windfall.

Too many Latin American countries are stuck in a cycle of protest and reaction.

Beijing has increased its leverage in the region—but Washington can still stage a comeback.

A slate of weak parties has brought a little-known political organizer to the brink of the presidency.

International law blocks direct action on sovereign vessels even if they’re violating U.S. sanctions.

An overloaded health system struggles to deal with a deadly second wave of the coronavirus.