Will Donald Trump shape the Mexican president’s domestic agenda?
Dealing with Donald Trump is a nightmare for many world leaders, not least Mexico’s. Yet Claudia Sheinbaum has been doing une...
Panama’s giveaway game
Editor’s note (March 14th): After this story was published it was reported that the Trump administration is exploring militar...
Canada’s security complex has woken up to Trump’s menace
“These are dark days,” Canada’s prime minister-designate, Mark Carney, told a hushed gathering of party faithful on March 9th...
Mark Carney must keep an expansionist America at bay
As Mark Carney celebrated his crushing win in the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as leader of Canada’s Liberal Party—and thus...
Mark Carney, the Liberal who will lead Canada
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include Mark Carney’s election as leader of the Liberal Party, and thus Canada’...
A new kind of Brazilian music is poised for a global boom
The world is watching Brazil after the country won its first Oscar for “I’m Still Here”, a film set in Rio de Janeiro during ...
Canada’s Trumpian nightmare is the Liberal Party’s dream
Editor’s note (March 6th): Since this article was published, Donald Trump announced that tariffs on Canadian goods covered by...
Mexico claims US gunmakers sold weapons to cartels
On March 4th, hours after Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 25% on Mexican exports to the United States, Mexico’s government st...
The bravest woman in Latin America?
It is not unusual for Diana Salazar, Ecuador’s attorney-general, to be followed by unfriendly compatriots. Her security retin...
The matadors’ last stand in Colombia
Bullfighting, like boxing, once offered young men a path out of poverty. Take César Rincón, Colombia’s champion matador. From...