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On balance, Piñera’s four speeches were more positive than negative—a perhaps surprising finding, given what is now clear about the depth of Chile’s crisis.

Like other northern Mexicans, the LeBarons are a thoroughly cross-border community.

Invoking a Christian god as the source of political power, while commonplace in many countries, is a departure in Bolivia after Evo Morales’ 14-year tenure.

Chile is one of the world’s most unequal countries, with less equitable income distribution than neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.

By summoning Dessalines, Haitian protesters implicitly contrast the achievements of that revolution —freedom, universal citizenship and racial equality— with the disappointments of the Moïse government.

In addition to introducing an asylum application fee, the government wants to hike the cost of other immigration petitions and applications by as much as 532%.

On November 12, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the Trump administration’s decision to end the program.

This faith-based distress at humanity’s poor stewardship of God’s creation has some powerful and outspoken proponents in Brazil.

Yerba mate is a wildly popular leaf that is dried, steeped like tea and drunk hot or cold across Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.

An ancient dam in the Cordillera Negra. (Photo by Kevin Lane/Author provided)

Policymakers, political scientists like myself and all Americans can start to understand the ban’s effects.

Day of the Dead can be traced back to the native peoples of central and southern Mexico, the regions where I conduct my archaeological research.

My recent research —and that of others— shows that communities with more residents of color are more likely to rely on revenue coming from traffic tickets and other minor fines.

President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will cut the number of refugees it will accept to 18,000 in fiscal year 2020.

Though the postwar years saw a relative flowering of democracy in Latin America, the Rio Treaty was not envisioned as an instrument for advancing democracy.

The suggestion that El Salvador can protect asylum seekers is misleading.

While there is little certainty as to its origin, many scholars believe the statue arrived in Portobelo in the 17th century.

What can be learned from the failures and successes of Latin America’s leftist parties and governments in the very recent past?

Cuba is no longer the Americas’ lonely outpost of communism. This Caribbean island has become a nation of entrepreneurship, democratic aspiration, even pro-Americanism.

The U.S. is acting in violation of its own law governing treatment of refugees, the U.S. 1980 Refugee Act. The Q&A below illustrates what the U.S. should be doing, under law—and what it isn’t doing.

If the Gran Chaco forest continues to be leveled at the current rates, it will recede before most people even knew it existed.