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Cuba’s political prisoners as bargaining chips

The humanitarian argument for removing Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism ignores the high human cost of the groups it supports.

Trump and the Hemisphere in Tension

"They need us more than we need them…," declared Donald Trump from the Oval Office when referring to Latin America after assuming the presidency...

The great lies of Trump’s new era

The big new lie is that Trump won by a landslide, and this supposedly gives him the right to turn the world upside down. However, in a democracy, winning elections is not a blank check to erase the past or disregard the law.

Trump’s isolationist policy: risk or opportunity for China in the region?

A diminished leadership of the U.S. in the region could be exploited by Beijing, which is seeking to strengthen diplomatic ties with new partners in the Americas to consolidate its geopolitical position.

New Barbarians

Over the past few years, the last two Mexican presidents have elevated immigrants to hero status, likening them to the anti-imperialist fighters or guerrillas of decades past.

Elon Musk, the genie out of the bottle 

Trump's victory back in the White House may be the South African tycoon's most successful investment, moving from risk-taker to king-maker.