Latin America & the Caribbean

A supporter of "Si" vote reacts after the nation voted "No" in a referendum on a peace deal between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels, at Bolivar Square in Bogota, Colombia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino - RTSQGKI

Voters said “no” to peace in Colombia. What’s next?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, October 3, 2016

Gang members who are also inmates pose for a photograph at a prison in Quezaltepeque, on the outskirts of San Salvador June 2, 2012. The relentless tit-for-tat murders between El Salvador's two largest street gangs - "Calle 18" and "Mara Salvatrucha" - made the country the most murderous in the world last year after neighboring Honduras, also ravaged by gang violence. That was until Garcia, from the Calle 18 ("18th Street") gang, along with elders from the Mara Salvatruchadeclared an unprecedented truce that authorities say has cut the homicide rate in half in just four months. Picture taken June 2, 2012. To match Feature SALVADOR-GANGS/ REUTERS/Ulises Rodriguez (EL SALVADOR - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST) - RTR34YC6

Inside out: The challenge of prison-based criminal organizations

Benjamin Lessing

September 2016

Latin America and the Asian Giants

Edited by Riordan Roett and Guadalupe Paz

2016

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Reconstituting Local Orders

Monday, September 19, 2016

Venezuelans pose with their ink-stained fingers after voting for the successor of late President Hugo Chavez, in Caracas April 14, 2013. Venezuelans went to the polls to decide whether to honor Chavez's dying wish for a longtime loyalist to continue his hardline socialism or hand power to a young challenger vowing business-friendly changes. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (VENEZUELA - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) - RTXYLEV

Democracy does not cause growth

Guillermo Vuletin, Julia Ruiz Pozuelo, and Amy Slipowitz

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Opposition supporters take part in a rally to demand a referendum to remove Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins - RTX2NSNS

Maduro needs the military

Harold Trinkunas and Kaitlin Lavinder

Friday, September 2, 2016

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto arrive for a press conference at the Los Pinos residence in Mexico City, Mexico, August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Henry Romero

A wall against clear thinking on immigration and policing

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, September 1, 2016

FILE PHOTO - Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff attends the final session of debate and voting on Rousseff's impeachment trial in Brasilia, Brazil, August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

Dilma impeached: Picking up the pieces in Brazil

Harold Trinkunas and Caitlyn Davis

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Open for Business

By Richard Feinberg

2016

Colombia's FARC lead negotiator Ivan Marquez (L) and Colombia's lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle (R) shake hands while Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez looks on, after signing a final peace deal in Havana, Cuba, August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa - RTX2MXPE

Has Colombia achieved peace? 5 things you should know

Caitlyn Davis and Harold Trinkunas

Thursday, August 25, 2016