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February 2011
The New Mercantilism: China’s Emerging Role in the Americas
by Eric Farnsworth
“Beijing offers to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean the opportunity to forge a path independent of the United States and liberal economic orthodoxy.”
February 2011
Why Latin America Is Rearming
by Adam Isacson
“At a time when few traditional armed conflicts are under way, internal threats continue to anchor the missions of most Latin American and Caribbean militaries.”
February 2011
Drug Violence Isn’t Mexico’s Only Problem
by Francisco González
"Weak economic performance . . . and the great rise in violence and insecurity associated with the war on drugs have contributed to public doubts about democracy.”
February 2011
Prepared or Not, Latin America Faces the Challenge of Aging
by George W. Leeson
“The next 40 years . . . are projected to witness a veritable explosion in the number and proportion of older people in the region.”
February 2011
Perspective: Rebuild Haiti, Not Just Its Capital
by Robert Maguire
Port-au-Prince suffered most of the damage from a January 2010 earthquake. Even so, domestic and international aid efforts need to encompass the neglected rest of the country.
February 2011
Books: Latin America: Next Top Model?
by William W. Finan Jr.
A new book argues that Latin American countries, having left behind their banana-republic past, will serve as exemplars for developed nations to follow.
February 2011
The Month in Review
by the editors of Current History
An international chronology of events in December 2010, country by country, day by day.
February 2011
Map of Latin America
by the editors of Current History
Map of Latin America
February 2010
Lula’s Last Year
by Kenneth Maxwell
“Brazil’s emergence as a major economic and political player in international affairs, together with Lula’s role in this achievement, is one of the more remarkable developments of the past decade.”
February 2010
How Reform Has Powered Brazil’s Rise
by Riordan Roett
“…After the military rule and the ineffectual civilian governments that the country endured from 1964 to 1994, Brazil has turned the corner.”
February 2010
Brazil as Regional Leader: Meeting the Chávez Challenge
by Sean W. Burges
“Lula has regarded regional involvement as a means to strengthen Brazilian industry for global competition and to establish his country as a credible actor on the world stage.”
February 2010
Brazil and the New Global Order
by Andrew Hurrell
“Brazilian foreign policy under Lula has emphasized not only traditional multilateralism but also membership in the new formal and informal groupings that have emerged at the heart of a new world order.”
February 2010
Obama and Latin America: New Beginnings, Old Frictions
by Michael Shifter
“Signs of frustration are unmistakable in Washington and in many Latin American capitals, despite Obama’s immense personal appeal and the continued promise of a more productive partnership.”
February 2010
The Return of Continuismo?
by Shelley A. McConnell
“Latin America is witnessing an all-too-familiar pattern of presidents’ manipulating the constitutional framework to seek additional terms in office.”
February 2010
Perspective: Perilous Times for Latin America
by Theodore J. Piccone
The recent economic downturn has reinforced the view that governments in Latin America need to be stronger. But will stronger states be more democratic?
February 2010
Books: The Accidental Coup
by William W. Finan Jr.
A new book revisits Venezuela’s political crisis of April 2002, when President Hugo Chávez was forced out of office and then quickly reinstated.
February 2010
The Month in Review
by the editors of Current History
An international chronology of events in December 2009, country by country, day by day.
February 2010
Map of Latin America
by the editors of Current History
Map of Latin America
February 2009
No Longer Washington’s Backyard
by Michael Shifter and Daniel Joyce
“As Brazil’s mega-summit in December made clear, nations in a transformed region are demanding treatment befitting serious countries with global interests and ambitions.”
February 2009
An Economic Storm Hits Latin America
by Sidney Weintraub
“All Latin American and Caribbean countries will be hard pressed to maintain satisfactory rates of GDP growth during the next two years, and perhaps longer.”