Latin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative at Brookings focuses on the most critical political, economic and foreign policy issues facing the region.

Foreign Policy

People take part in a protest in support of the National Electoral Institute (INE) and against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's plan to reform the electoral authority, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 26, 2023. REUTERS/Luis Cortes

Mexico Mexico takes another step toward its authoritarian past

Valerie Wirtschafter, Arturo Sarukhan

March 16, 2023

SP - Sao Paulo - 29/10/2022 - SAO PAULO, LULA, CAMINHADA DA VITORIA - O ex-presidente e candidato a presidencia da republica Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) promove caminhada com seus apoiadores na Avenida Paulista, regiao central da cidade de Sao Paulo, neste Sabado (29). A caminhada acontece um dia antes do segundo turno da eleicao para presidente no Brasil. Foto: Ettore Chiereguini/AGIF

Brazil After a victory for democracy, what is Brazil’s road ahead?

Valerie Wirtschafter

November 9, 2022

September 26, 2022, Mexico City, Mexico: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during the daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. on September 26, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/Sipa USA).No Use Germany.

Mexico Why is Mexico’s security strategy failing?

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Nathaniel Parish Flannery

September 27, 2022

A customs officer presents part of what has become the largest single seizure of cocaine in Bavaria to date. Representatives of the Joint Narcotics Investigation Group (JIT) Northern Bavaria, the Customs Investigation Office in Munich, the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office and the Public Prosecutor's Office in Aschaffenburg were involved in the operation.

Pharmaceutical & Drug Policy The foreign policies of the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG – Part V: Europe’s supercoke and on-the-horizon issues and the Middle East

Vanda Felbab-Brown

September 16, 2022

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