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El Chapo Capture: What Happens When the Kingpin Falls?

March 6, 2014

U.S. officials are propping up the capture of Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman as a major drug war victory. They're wrong.

Zapatistas at Twenty

January 14, 2014

There are two tests of social change movements: endurance and regeneration. After two decades, Mexico's Zapatista movement can now say it passed both.

At the UN, a Latin American Rebellion

October 4, 2013

Latin American leaders are reclaiming a right to differentiate their views from Washington's—and refusing to render it diplomatic tribute.

Brazilians’ Demands: From Lower Bus Fares to a Fair Society

June 24, 2013

With a million people demonstrating in the streets of Brazil, everyone's scrambling to understand how a 20-cent bus fare hike turned into a social revolt.

U.S. Efforts to Block Democracy in Venezuela Harm Hemispheric Relations

May 2, 2013

The U.S. government stands alone among major world governments in refusing to recognize the results of the recent Venezuelan presidential election

Chavez: Washington Nemesis, Latin American Hero

March 12, 2013

What scared Washington most about Chavez was not his failures or idiosyncrasies. It was his success.