If you listen to American politicians you might think that every migrant in Latin America is heading for the United States. In the past most did, but not any more. The Hernández family, rather than those who make for the United States,

Amherst College Political Science Professor Javier Corrales has spent his career studying the processes of democratization and autocratization in nations throughout Latin America — and he sees a very familiar and troubling pattern developing in the United States.

The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U_S_ to be “foreign terrorist organizations.”.

For the first time in nearly 50 years, the United States, under the leadership of President Donald Trump, has made Latin America the top priority of U.S. foreign policy. One of the most important signals the administration sent was directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to make his first international trip to Latin America.

The United States has pushed for countries around Latin America to receive third-country migrants after U.S. President Donald Trump came to power, pledging to tighten the southern border and implement the mass deportation of migrants.

The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U_S_ to be “foreign terrorist organizations.”.

The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U.S. to be “foreign terrorist organizations.” They are involved in drug trafficking,

The Trump administration’s deployment to Latin America in recent days offered a nugget of insight into the president’s unusual worldview. In Panama City, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sternly told President José Raúl Mulino that the United States would take “measures” if Panama did not reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal — an ominous

A robust compliance culture, inspired by U.S. enforcement efforts, has spread across a region plagued by corruption.

If you listen to American politicians you might think that every migrant in Latin America is heading for the United States. In the past most did, but not any more. The Hernández family, rather than those who make for the United States,

In recent months, illegal immigrant deportations from the United States have emerged as a serious humanitarian and economic problem for Latin America, especially for countries like Venezuela with eroded democracy and serious economic issues.

Despite the dog-eat-dog mentality of international politics, the America-China competition in Latin America is not a game where there can be only one winner. In his first official international trip as U.