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Steven E. Hendrix

A lawyer and former high-ranking U.S. government official with decades of experience in Latin America. He was a senior advisor for South America at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

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The “unvisaed” are back

Washington is reviving visa revocation as a tool against corruption in Latin America, caught between its political effectiveness and the risk of selective enforcement.

Paraguay: When a leader becomes bigger than his party

The growing concentration of power around Horacio Cartes has reignited the debate over the independence of Paraguay’s institutions and the need to renew the country’s political leadership.

The Plan Colombia has fulfilled its purpose: now the country needs a new strategy

After transforming a country that once seemed on the brink of collapse, Colombia now faces the challenge of adapting its security policies to increasingly complex and transnational criminal threats.