Global South

Never has the United States been so isolated in the continent as in this century. While Obama tries to appear as a defender of democracy facing regimes such as Venezuela and Cuba, we're…
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Thomas Shannon’s willingness to meet with Brazilian Senator Aloysio Nunes just days after the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff sends a powerful signal that Washington is on board…
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment campaign — which the government has correctly labelled a coup — is an effort by Brazil’s traditional elite to obtain by other means what…
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A movie showing the plight of Mexicans who enter the United States in search of work is expected to become an indictment of Republican candidate Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
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The Puerto Rican Senate and the House of Representatives have both passed an emergency declaration authorizing the governor to suspend payments on $72 billion in public debt.
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If you are following the news of political turmoil in Brazil, it may be difficult to get a grasp of what is really going on. This often happens when there is an attempted coup in the…
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The government of Venezuela has often denounced an “economic war” against it. The primary weapon of mass destruction in this war is the black market for the dollar.
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Two developments stand out from the events of last week in Venezuela: the release of official economic data after a year of a statistical blackout, and the smooth presentation of the…
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If the authorities in Washington are now trapped between their anti-Cuban legislation and their fear of a massive arrival of Cubans, it is their duty to find a solution, and it is…
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Members of the Central America Integration System agreed on Monday on a plan to begin removing the thousands of Cuban migrants who are now marooned in Costa Rica and facilitating their…
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