Latin America Brief

Brazil trails many of its neighbors in trying to tackle gender parity. Advocates are pushing Lula to change that.

The world’s existing mechanisms to help developing countries through debt crises are coming up short.

What a New York court case revealed about the war on drugs.

In an unprecedented step, Nicaragua moved to strip hundreds of dissidents and former political prisoners of their citizenship.

The dry heat has worsened deadly forest fires in Chile and caused expensive droughts in Argentina’s and Uruguay’s agriculture sectors.

On a visit to South America, the chancellor pitched partnership rather than exploitation.

Members of the customs union Mercosur pledge to ease internal trade and explore new deals abroad.

Though they may seem out of place in the ultra-rich Swiss haven, Lula’s and Petro’s ambitious policy proposals depend on foreign investment.

Mexico could benefit from U.S. overtures on semiconductor manufacturing—if its government gets on board.

The old-new Brazilian president’s first days in office suggest environmentalism will be central to both his foreign and domestic policy.

As Maduro nears a decade in power, Washington and South American countries may try something new.

Hit by economic shocks and the threat of a new Cold War, the region spent this year recalibrating its place in the world.

The government is set to tweak its baseline contract with fuel companies after criticism it got fleeced.

Peru’s president started his Wednesday by trying to dissolve Congress and was ousted by sundown.

Gulf states have embraced the soft power of Latin American soccer in their campaign for global influence.