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As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...
Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...
Member states must cooperate to tackle climate change and not take actions that set back environmental protections, the Inter ...
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Thursday issued a landmark advisory opinion linking governments’ human rights obligations to their responsibility to address the ...
U.S. imperialism is now being deployed at home. Look to Latin America for clues on what might come next and effective ...
This investigative podcast series takes listeners across Latin America to the scenes of some of the region’s most devastating ...
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The US Started Both the Old and New Cold Wars
The Cold War is often portrayed as a great power struggle between the forces of democracy and a spreading communist threat. But what if the conventional story gets it exactly backward? In this episode ...
Paraguay remains firm in its relationship with the U.S. and with Taiwan. The South American country has weakened China’s strategy of displacing Taipei’s presence in Latin America.
China is expanding its economic and political footprint in Latin America through billions of dollars in loans and cooperative deals, further challenging U.S. influence in the region.
Capital raised for startups in Latin America grew 26% in 2024 from 2023, more than in Europe, which was up 7%, and Southeast Asia, which shrank 34%, according to a study published on Tuesday.
As the US tightens trade restrictions with some Latin American countries, Chinese influence grows on the continent. Many Latin American governments see China as offering greater stability. https ...
For Miami, known as the gateway to Latin America, the choice of a new multi-lingual, American-born pope who worked for years in Peru has enormous significance.