Economic liberalization can be just as traumatic as military intervention.

The Trump administration clearly wants one. But the people don't, and neither the military nor neighboring countries are interested in making one happen.

Depends whom you ask, and depends on what kind of help.

How the senator from Florida went from being “Liddle Marco” to dictating U.S. foreign policy in Latin America.

Nicolás Maduro has presided over a humanitarian nightmare. But there are huge risks to dabbling in regime change.

Sixty years to the day after the Cuban Revolution transformed the right-left struggle in Latin America, far-right Jair Bolsonaro became Brazil's president.

Evo Morales has done remarkable things for his country. But now, he is rejecting term limits—and Bolivians are taking to the streets to stand up for the rule of law.

Elections and free markets haven’t solved the real problems in Latin America.

What will it do to the many millions of Americans who still haven't recovered from the last one?

Sure: dictators do, too. But development stats, properly weighted, can be a tool for change.

They're an easily faked way to score international points.

As the country descends into dictatorship, who will stop Nicolás Maduro?

From Brazil to Argentina, the region is moving right. But one nation shows a path forward for the left.

And neither is the resistance to them.

Is the age of the Latin American dictator over?