Latin America Initiative

Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members wait to be escorted upon their arrival at the maximum-security jail in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

Bargaining with the devil to avoid hell? Negotiations with criminal groups in Latin America and the Caribbean

Vanda Felbab-Brown

July 2020

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: China's President Xi Jinping (R) speaks with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in front of a statue of Venezuela's late president Hugo Chavez during a ceremony in Caracas July 21, 2014. China will provide Venezuela with a $4 billion credit line under an agreement signed on Monday, with the money to be repaid by oil shipments from OPEC member Venezuela. The deal was inked during a 24-hour visit to Venezuela by Xi, who is on a tour of Latin America. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo

China and Latin America: A pragmatic embrace

July 2020

Soldiers of the Colombian National Army destroy coca plants during an eradication operation at a plantation in Taraza, Antioquia province, Colombia September 10, 2019. Picture taken September 10. 2019. REUTERS/Luis Jaime Acosta - RC1D4B04F620

Detoxifying Colombia’s drug policy

Vanda Felbab-Brown

January 2020

A man holds a Colombian flag after Colombia's government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels reached a final peace deal on Wednesday to end a five-decade war, in Bogota, Colombia, August 24, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino - S1BETXJWAEAB

Peace with justice: The Colombian experience with transitional justice

July 2019

Cuba

Cuba’s forgotten eastern provinces

Richard E. Feinberg

June 2019

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers a speech during the Mexican Army Day at the 69th Infantry Battalion in Saltillo, Mexico February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril - RC19DBBDBFF0

A new administration confronts a changing world: Mexico’s economic competitiveness strategy at a geopolitical inflection point

Christopher Wilson

May 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 06, 2019 Police officers patrol a street after a blockade set by members of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel to repel security forces during an anti-fuel theft operation in Santa Rosa de Lima, in Guanajuato state, Mexico, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

AMLO’s security policy: Creative ideas, tough reality

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 15, 2019. Soldiers keep watch near a crime scene where the bodies were left by unknown assailants, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Mexico’s out-of-control criminal market

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks on before a speech marking the first 100 days of his presidency at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido - RC183BA26AA0

The ills and cures of Mexico’s democracy

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

Venezuelan nationals living in Peru protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's second term, outside the embassy of Venezuela in Lima, Peru January 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo - RC180EDCB3F0

Latin America’s struggle with democratic backsliding

February 2019