Central America & Caribbean Archives - Page 4 of 48

Guatemala's President-elect visits Honduras, where President Xiomara Castro cut ties with Taiwan in favor of greater economic ties with China.

Guatemala Nears a Pivotal Moment on Taiwan

The next administration will face strong incentives from China to ditch Taiwan. The U.S. has an opportunity to step in.

Luis Abinader, Leonel Fernández and Abel Martínez will compete in the Dominican Republic's 2024 elections.

Meet the Candidates: Dominican Republic

Incumbent Luis Abinader leads in the polls ahead of the Dominican Republic’s 2024 elections on May 19.

Meet the Candidates: Panama

Panama’s 2024 elections, shaped by last year’s protests, will take place on May 5.

Latin America’s Fertility Decline is Accelerating. No One’s Certain Why.

The unexpected trend, if it continues, may affect politics and budgets for years to come.

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is a popular incumbent ahead of elections in 2024.

Luis Abinader: The (Rare) Popular Incumbent

Elected on an anti-corruption platform, the Dominican Republic’s president is bucking a regionwide trend.

Luxury Properties: The Caribbean’s New Tourism Dilemma

Critics say developers are buying up pristine beaches. Governments see exclusive real estate as the future of the economically vital tourism industry.

Nayib Bukele is expected to win El Salvador's 2024 president elections.

Meet the Candidates: El Salvador

Nayib Bukele continues to dominate the field ahead of elections on February 4.

A Supreme Court ruling on Central America’s largest open mine has essential implications for Panama's May 2024 presidential election.

What Panama’s Mining Showdown Means for Its Presidential Race

A Supreme Court ruling has crucial implications for the May 2024 election and the five leading candidates.

Haitians Want International Help, But Done the Right Way

International intervention must avoid the painful mistakes of previous missions, writes a Haitian civil-society leader.

A Mexican National Guard member monitors a checkpoint in Chiapas, Mexico, in June 2023.

Chiapas Fears Organized Crime, and Military Intervention

Ascendant cartel power on the Mexico-Guatemala border is alarming Indigenous communities, but so is the prospect of militarization.

Protests against the Canadian First Quantum Minerals mine in Panama continue in Panama City, Panama, as President Laurentino Cortizo defended a new contract with the copper mining giant.

Panama’s Protests Are About More Than a Mine

A mining dispute has tapped into greater frustration over corruption and environmental policy.

AQ Podcast: Is Latin America’s Lost Decade Ending?

Former Colombia finance minister Mauricio Cárdenas reviews the significance of better GDP growth for the regions’ economies.

Small Caribbean countries are bulwarks of Taipei’s influence abroad. Can it keep hold of them?

Can Taiwan Hold On to its Caribbean Allies?

Small countries are bulwarks of Taipei’s influence abroad.

A Cuban Master on the Dangers of Revolution

A new translation revives Alejo Carpentier’s classic novel about the betrayal of promises for Caribbean liberation.

A Missing Maid, a Stranded Child—and an Unlikely Bond

A debut film examines the possibilities for tenderness across divides of race and class in the booming Dominican Republic.