South America

It’s a new low for his government’s catastrophic pandemic response.

The Peruvian president’s first months in office have been characterized by chaos, extremism, and—critics say—sheer incompetence.

After high-profile resignations, Biden diplomats scramble to shore up stability in Haiti and stem migration.

Latin American leaders—and pop stars—are ensnared in the Pandora Papers leak.

The newly announced Build Back Better World initiative weighs its prospects in the region.

BRICS may be a young institution, but it shouldn’t be underestimated.

Freelance imperialists in the 1800s left behind weak institutions and racist legacies.

Chile’s constitutional rewrite aims to extinguish the lingering legacy of the 1973 coup.

Can urging from Washington make one of Latin America’s biggest polluters go green?

Reconciliation and vaccination have earned Guillermo Lasso a 73 percent approval rating. Can it last?

A U.N. official calls efforts in the region “a model of solidarity.”

Will the pandemic’s delta phase be more equitable?

Rich countries’ pandemic policies are sucking growth and capital out of the developing world.

U.S. international security cooperation urgently needs an overhaul by Congress.

Female leaders saved more lives in Brazil and reinvented stimulus policy in Argentina.

Increased economic inequality has only added to widespread discontent.

Maduro’s abject failure is consequential for the nation, the region, and the world.