Has the Obama Administration Finally Discovered Latin America?

President Barack Obama is sending Vice President Joe Biden on a swing through Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad & Tobago later this month. Which means two things:...

In Latin America’s Second Largest Rainforest, an Indigenous Tribe Fights for Its Land

Deep inside the verdant expanse of Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere Reserve—the western hemisphere’s second largest rainforest—a group of Mayangna indigenous...

Why Latin America’s Homophobic Leaders Should Stop Their Gay-Bashing

We tend to think of mean-spirited homophobia as the political purview of right-wing conservatives. But Nicolás Maduro showed us that, in Venezuela at least, it...

Why the Election of Pope Francis Is Important for Latin America

From the moment Spain’s first boat arrived on the shores of the Western Hemisphere, the Catholic Church’s influence permeated the region, and its longstanding...

Latin America Would Like a Latin Pope, Odds Slim

(MEXICO CITY) — Latin America is home to the world's largest Roman Catholic population, but hopes that the next pope will come from the region appear faint,...

Santiago Summit: Can Latin America Now Lecture Europe About Economics?

Latin America brings historic confidence to its economic summit with the battered EU in Chile this weekend, but its own precarious problems lie just beneath the...

U.S. Marijuana Laws Ricochet Through Latin America

President Obama has yet to deliver a clear response to the November decision by Colorado and Washington to legalize recreational marijuana use -- asked whether...

Tale of Two Corruptos: Brazil and Mexico On Different Transparency Paths

Mexico complains, often rightly so, about being overshadowed by Brazil, but Transparency International's corruption index is a potential reminder of why one...

How Latin America May Lead the World in Decriminalizing Drug Use

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has never soft on crime. The 30-year military veteran rose to power last year on the wings of his law-and-order platform,...

Impeachment of Paraguay’s President Reveals Underlying Injustice in Latin America

Paraguayans felt unusually hopeful in 2008 when they elected the former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo as President. It ended 61 years of rule by the...