![Latin American leaders have been far more critical of Israel's military campaign in Gaza than peers in Europe and North America.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1774774379-300x200.jpg)
The Israel-Hamas War Is Inflaming Polarization in Latin America
The region’s leaders have been far more critical of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza than peers in Europe and North America.
![Small Caribbean countries are bulwarks of Taipei’s influence abroad. Can it keep hold of them?](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1249518445-300x200.jpg)
Can Taiwan Hold On to its Caribbean Allies?
Small countries are bulwarks of Taipei’s influence abroad.
![Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is seeking a diplomatic balance amid the Israel-Hamas War. As Brazil presides over the UN Security Council this month, the president has an opportunity to reassume a role as global diplomat.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1693130920-300x200.jpg)
Lula’s Quest for a Diplomatic Balance Amid Israel-Hamas War
As Brazil presides over the UN Security Council this month, the president has an opportunity to reassume a role as global diplomat.
![Chilean President Gabriel Boric will be pragmatic and economically focused on his first visit to China, with the energy transition on top of his to-do list with Xi Jinping.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BoricChina-300x200.jpg)
Boric Needs to Tread Smartly on First Visit to China
The Chilean president will be pragmatic and economically focused, with the energy transition on top of his to-do list with Xi Jinping.
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Republican Threats on Mexico Could Carry a Huge Cost
Even if it’s just rhetoric, Republican candidates’ discussion of military force against Mexican cartels risks souring relations across the region.
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What the World Gets Wrong About Latin America’s Foreign Policy
Assumptions about the region’s homogeneity and limitations on the international stage don’t hold up, writes one expert.
![Cai Wei is the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Director-General for Latin America.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Cai-Wei_Color-corrected-300x200.jpg)
The Quiet Official Behind China’s Policy in Latin America
What Cai Wei’s travels tell us about China’s priorities in the region.
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How BRICS Expansion Will Impact South America
The BRICS transformation into a Beijing-led alliance poses a challenge for Brazil and Argentina.
![Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, right, and Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, in São Paulo in May](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HaddadLula-300x200.jpg)
Brazil’s Economic Uptick Is Boosting Lula’s Foreign Policy
Good news at home is freeing up the president to engage abroad, with success at an Amazon summit but enduring controversy elsewhere.
![Indigenous leaders and OTCA member countries' representatives at a meeting in Brasilia in July.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/OTCA-300x200.jpg)
Can Amazon Basin Presidents Find Consensus on Protecting the Forest?
AQ talked to Kleber Karipuna, member of the organizing committee of the OTCA presidential summit, on the challenges facing the region—from crime to carbon markets.
![Oresidente Lula fala à imprensa durante a cúpula da União Européia e a CELAC em julho.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1537182691-1-300x200.jpeg)
Lula é antiamericano?
É complicado, escreve o editor-chefe da AQ.
![Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, during the European Union (EU) and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday, July 17, 2023. The EU sees the summit as a key chance to reboot the bloc's relationship with the sub-continent as it competes for influence with China, tries to broaden support for Kyiv in its defense against Russia, and seeks to secure access to critical raw materials needed for its digital and green energy transitions. Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg via Getty Images](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1537182691-300x200.jpeg)
Is Lula Anti-American?
It’s complicated, writes AQ’s editor-in-chief.
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A Spotlight on Chile’s “Feminist Foreign Policy”
What it means, why it’s important, and what challenges remain.
![Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's president, attends a news conference following the Group of Seven (G-7) leaders summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sunday, May 21, 2023. Zelenskiy suggested his country had lost control of the eastern city of Bakhmut after months of fierce fighting, but described it as a Pyrrhic victory for Russia. Photographer: Louise Delmotte/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Images](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1256710033-1-300x200.jpeg)
Por qué América Latina aún merece un papel en Ucrania
Hasta ahora, los esfuerzos diplomáticos de la región han sido ignorados o calificados de pro-Moscú. Eso es un error, escribe un destacado profesor.
![Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's president, attends a news conference following the Group of Seven (G-7) leaders summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sunday, May 21, 2023. Zelenskiy suggested his country had lost control of the eastern city of Bakhmut after months of fierce fighting, but described it as a Pyrrhic victory for Russia. Photographer: Louise Delmotte/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Images](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1256710033-300x200.jpeg)
Why Latin America Still Deserves a Role on Ukraine
The region’s diplomatic efforts have so far been ignored or described as pro-Moscow. That’s a mistake, a leading professor writes.