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This Sunday, Brazil Is Choosing More Than Its Next President

Brazil's 2026 election has been largely framed around the presidential race, and understandably so: this month, Brazilians choose between candidates whose platforms differ sharply....
Giulia Branco Spiess

Three Reasons Why It Matters to Exert Proportional Pressure on Nicaragua

Ahead of September 2026's OAS meeting of foreign ministers, this blog by Manuel Orozco examines the legal and diplomatic options available to hold Nicaragua accountable for its authoritarian rule and...
Manuel Orozco

Two Years After Mexico’s Judicial Reform: What Has Changed—and Why It Matters for the United States

In September 2024, Mexico embarked on one of the most radical judicial transformations undertaken by a contemporary democracy. Promoted by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and backed by his...

Luis Carlos Ugalde
Paulina Creuheras

A Mixed Bag in Mexican Remittance Growth

Mexico is showing stronger growth, projected at 2.5% in 2026, compared with the year before (-3.9%). However, the recovery is narrower than it appears. Most of it is due to...

Manuel Orozco
Eduardo Levy

Implications for the OAS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Nicaragua

Ahead of September 2026's OAS meeting of foreign ministers, this blog by Manuel Orozco examines the legal and diplomatic options available to hold Nicaragua accountable for its authoritarian rule and...
Manuel Orozco

The Code and the Content

Mexico Program Fellow Gilberto García-Vazquez examines how the binding constraint on North American integration has shifted from tariffs to verification, and what that means for the Juárez–El Paso corridor....
Gilberto García-Vazquez

The Perils of a Planned Succession

Nicaragua is today the most authoritarian regime in the Western Hemisphere and a family dynasty....
Luis A. Rivas
Manuel Orozco

When Financial Infrastructure Becomes Humanitarian Infrastructure—How remittances can speed Venezuela’s humanitarian and economic recovery

Last month, the U.S. Treasury provided much-needed regulatory relief for financial institutions supporting Venezuela’s economic recovery and reconstruction after the recent devastating earthquakes. Together with sanctions licenses issued earlier this...

Claudia Garavini
Manuel Orozco

Lives in Motion: the role of civil society in protecting migrant children in Latin America

Coordinated by the Inter-American Dialogue and the Fundación Eugenio Mendoza (FEM), with support from the FEMSA Foundation, VEM aims to strengthen the ability of organizations to coordinate and cooperate with...
Mercedes Davico
Antonio Fonseca
Sarah Stanton

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