On 1 December 2018, Andrés Manuel López Obrador will be inaugurated the next Mexican president. AMLO, a leftist, previously served as mayor of Mexico City from 2000 to 2006, and his election indicates two things about voters: that they want to change the dynamic between Mexico and the U.S., and […]
This is the second installment in a two-part series. For the first part, click here. Colombia Colombia’s political landscape is ripe for drastic change. The legislative elections in Colombia, held in March 2018, were a major loss for outgoing president Juan Manuel Santos and his Social Party of National Unity […]
Practically since its inception, the United States has professed its vested interest in strong self-government in Latin America. That interest varied from the idealistic — “We consider their interest and ours as the same, and that the object of both must be to exclude all European influence from this hemisphere,” […]
Between headlines of the White House’s latest administration-ending scandal and Robert Mueller’s progress in the Trump-Russia probe, vital news about a rising superpower slipped completely under the American media’s radar. In the World Bank Group’s 2018 Ease of Doing Business Index rankings, which rewards better business environments and simpler regulations, […]
