Latin America Initiative

June 18, 2020; Washington, DC, U.S.A; Ambassador John Bolton sits for an interview with USA TODAY's Washington, DC bureau chief Susan Page in advance of the release of his book, 'In the Room Where It Happened.' Mandatory Credit: Jasper Colt-USA TODAY

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Bolton’s book reveals a botched bureaucratic process on Venezuela

Richard E. Feinberg

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

People living near the Trump wall between San Diego and Tijuana. Tijuana - Mexico - November 2019. Des gens vivent près du mur de Trump délimitant la frontière entre les Etats-Unis et le Mexique. Tijuana - Mexico - Novembre 2019.NO USE FRANCE

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Reopening the World: Walling off Mexico will not work

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Demonstrators smash down a door of the Jalisco State Government Palace during a protest to demand justice for Giovanni Lopez, a construction worker who died after being arrested for not wearing a face mask in public, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Guadalajara, Mexico June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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Hatred and police brutality in the U.S. and lessons for Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, June 8, 2020

Inmates of the Topo Chico prison, which will be closed soon to be used as a public park, are pictured inside of a new prison in the municipality of Apodaca, Mexico September 28, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

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Mexico’s prisons, COVID-19, and the amnesty law

Vanda Felbab-Brown

May 22, 2020

Experts

Richard E. Feinberg

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Latin America Initiative

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Ted Piccone

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Security and Strategy - Foreign Policy

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Arturo Sarukhan

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy

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Research

Colombia

Detoxifying Colombia’s drug policy

Vanda Felbab-Brown

January 2020

Colombia

Peace with justice: The Colombian experience with transitional justice

Ted Piccone

July 2019

Cuba

Cuba’s forgotten eastern provinces

Richard E. Feinberg

June 2019

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Blog Posts

A demonstrator holds a papier-mache jaguar with a note reading " No ecocidal train" as Mexico's Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) protest against the construction of the Mayan train and the Santa Lucia airport projects promoted by Mexico's government in Mexico City, Mexico, February 21, 2020. REUTERS/ Edgard Garrido TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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Wildlife trade in Mexico, conservation, and pandemics

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, May 11, 2020

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Mexican cartels are providing COVID-19 assistance. Why that’s not surprising.

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, April 27, 2020

Women are painting the names of victims of femicide in front of Mexicos National Palace before a massive march to protest gender-based violence and inequality on International Womens Day at Zocalo Square in Mexico City, Mexico on March 8, 2020. According to government statistics, at least ten women are murdered every day in Mexico, making it one of the most dangerous countries in the world for girls and women. Femicides rates have doubled in the past five years in Mexico. Impunity is a major problem, 90 percent of cases go unsolved. After a series of brutal femicides, activists called for a national womens strike. On March 9, thousands of women and girls across Mexico are expected to stay home from works, schools and social media sites, in a mass strike called "A Day Without Us" to protest a rising wave of violence against women and what many call an unresponsive government. (Photo by Bénédicte Desrus/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

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COVID-19 can augment violence to Mexican women

Vanda Felbab-Brown

April 10, 2020

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Books

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador shakes hands with girlds while visiting towns in the southwestern state of Guerrero, as Mexico's health ministry urged people to mantain a "healthy distance" to avoid infection and the spreading of coronavirus (COVID-19), in Ayutla de los LIbres, Mexico March 15, 2020. Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Order from Chaos

AMLO’s feeble response to COVID-19 in Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, March 30, 2020

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) shakes hands with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon (C) as U.S. President Barack Obama looks on during a trilateral meeting at the North American Leaders' Summit in Guadalajara August 10, 2009. Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada gather on Monday to present a united front to try to limit the spread of the H1N1 swine flu, but there is less unity on simmering trade issues. REUTERS/Chris Wattie (MEXICO POLITICS)

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Lessons learned from Felipe Calderón’s swift response to H1N1 in 2009

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 27, 2020

A commuter wearing a protective face mask walks inside metro installations as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Mexico City, Mexico March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf

Order from Chaos

As coronavirus hits Latin America, expect serious and enduring effects

Charles T. Call

Thursday, March 26, 2020

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Latin America Initiative

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Security and Strategy - Foreign Policy

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy

AMLO’s first year: Mexico’s political, economic, and security trends

U.S.-Mexican security cooperation: The opportunities and challenges ahead

The Venezuelan refugee crisis: Challenges and solutions