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The Truth About Trump and Latin America

There’s far more sympathy for Trump’s worldview than you might think, writes AQ’s editor in chief.

Which Latin American Countries Got Safer in 2017?

The region is still the world’s most murderous, but some countries saw improvement.

Latin America’s Unusual Leadership Vacuum

This year’s “electoral supercycle,” and the race to succeed Washington and Caracas as the hemisphere’s big players.

Latin America First?

Special Report Time for a Cleanup Corruption will be the defining issue in Latin America’s 2018 elections. Anti-establishment nationalists like Jair Bolsonaro and Andrés Manuel López Obrador stand to benefit – unless more moderate candidates also embrace the cause. System Failure: Behind the Rise of Jair Bolsonaro By BRIAN WINTERHow a retired Army captain rose … Read more

The One Big Trend in Latin America’s Coming Elections

“Anybody who tells you they know who will win is misinformed,” a Mexican political analyst recently told me in a debate about next year’s presidential elections. In a scenario where only 2 percent of Mexicans trust political parties and only 4 percent believe the country is on the right track, she said, anything can happen. … Read more

Bajo amenazas, dos Mexicanas lideran el Top 5 de AQ de periodistas latinoamericanos

Read in English | Este artículo está adaptado de la más reciente edición impresa de AQ. Haz clic aquí para ver el resto de nuestra lista. La búsqueda de la verdad suele costar cara en América Latina. Y esto es más que evidente en México, que está entre los países más peligrosos del mundo para … Read more

18 en Latinoamérica: Navegando el apoyo – y las restricciones – de la iglesia

Read in English Es sábado por la tarde y Lesly está saludando amigos frente a un edificio de cuatro pisos en las afueras de Lima. Brazaletes de color turquesa cuelgan de sus dos muñecas mientras que saluda y charla. Un bombo retumba al fondo y un cantante prueba el micrófono, comenzando los ensayos para la … Read more

How Latin American Governments Favor the Old

This article is adapted from AQ’s print issue on youth in Latin America. In economics it’s known as a demographic windfall—when, in the course of a nation’s development, diminishing birth rates mean fewer hungry mouths to feed relative to the number of young people in their working prime, with still comparatively few retirees living off … Read more

18 in Latin America: Navigating the Church’s Supportive – and Restrictive – Embrace

How Can Latin America Keep Its Entrepreneurs At Home?

This article is adapted from AQ’s print issue on entrepreneurship. To see our AQ Top 5 list of young entrepreneurs in Latin America, click here. When Bruno Santiago first came up with his idea for a business travel app that combines commercial and private jet databases, he sat down and wrote a list of pros and … Read more

How Trump Benefits China in Latin America

The timing was perfect, and the symbolism could not have been stronger. A mere week after Donald Trump’s upset victory stunned the world, Xi Jinping traveled to Lima for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and projected China as a bastion of stability, predictability and openness. With the U.S. increasingly skeptical of globalization, Xi promised … Read more

For Latin Americans, Trump’s Outsider Win Is a Familiar Story – With a Twist

Donald Trump’s victory on Nov. 8 may represent the arrival of a true outsider to the U.S. presidency, but the rise of political newcomers is old hat in Latin America. Since the mid-1980s, by my count 21 outsiders have either won the presidency (13) or come in second place (and three of the eight who … Read more