The recent deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the U.S. Navy’s largest aircraft carrier, has intensified speculation about Washington’s true objectives in the Southern Caribbean. In this episode of ...

Decertifications, terror labels, and episodic strikes risk alienating the partners Washington needs.

Sheinbaum and Gálvez are downplaying the country’s budget peril, while Pemex’s current path is unsustainable.

As the UN climate summit in Brazil winds down, one attendee looks at its lasting effects for the region.

Emilie Sweigart provides a snapshot for 2025 on Guatemala in Americas Quarterly. Elected on an anti-corruption platform, President Bernardo Arévalo and his center-left Semilla Party (which holds only 23 of the 160 seats in Guatemala’s unicameral Congress) have faced strong headwinds in advancing his transparency agenda. Judicial authorities temporarily suspended Semilla during the 2023 election, and the party was suspended again in late November.

The reported Pentagon directive targets groups that the U.S. considers terrorist organizations.

Emilie Sweigart provides a snapshot for 2025 on Guatemala in Americas Quarterly. Elected on an anti-corruption platform, President Bernardo Arévalo and his center-left Semilla Party (which holds only 23 of the 160 seats in Guatemala’s unicameral Congress) have faced strong headwinds in advancing his transparency agenda. Judicial authorities temporarily suspended Semilla during the 2023 election, and the party was suspended again in late November.

A year after AQ’s special report on what the U.S. election would mean for Latin America, even allies complain about heightened uncertainty.