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More Cracks in the EU’s “Common Position” on Cuba
By William M. LeoGrande* The visit of Dutch Foreign Minister Timmermans to Cuba earlier this month marks yet another crack in the European Union’s 1996 Common Position on Cuba, which conditions normal...
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Latin America United Against Violence in Gaza
By Aaron T. Bell Sergio / Flickr / Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Israel’s assault on Gaza this summer provoked sharp criticism from Latin American...
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Macri in the Next 100 Days
By Nicolás Comini* Argentine President Mauricio Macri. / Casa de América / Flickr / Creative Commons Everybody seems to love President Mauricio Macri outside Argentina – it’s not hard to understand why...
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Cuba: Attacks Against U.S. Diplomats?
By William M. LeoGrande* The U.S. Embassy in Havana. / Melanie K. Reed / Flickr / Creative Commons The details about alleged sonic attacks against U.S. and Canadian diplomats in Havana in fall 2016...
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U.S.-Cuba: New Challenge to Normalization
By Fulton Armstrong U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addresses State Department employees. / U.S. Embassy in Cuba / Creative Commons The Trump Administration’s decision to sharply reduce staff at...
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Cuba: Trump Actions Strengthening Hardliners
By Fulton Armstrong and William M. LeoGrande On the left, the U.S. Embassy in Havana; on the right, the Cuban Embassy in D.C. / U.S. Government Accountability Office / Flickr / Creative Commons As the...
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U.S.-Cuba: More Facts, Less Clarity on “Sonic Attacks”
By Fulton Armstrong The U.S. Embassy in Cuba. / U.S. Embassy Havana / Flickr / Creative Commons Two prestigious publications – the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and ProPublica –...
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U.S.-Cuba: How to Stop the Backslide in Relations
By William M. LeoGrande* Cuban President Raúl Castro. / Wikimedia / Creative Commons Relations between the United States and Cuba are on a downward spiral due to the mysterious injuries suffered by...
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Cuba: U.S. Sanctions Underscore the Need for Meaningful Reform
By Ricardo Torres* Cruise ship at Havana Harbor in April 2018/ kuhnmi/ Flickr/ Creative Commons Washington’s new measures to tighten the embargo will hurt the Cuban people, especially the private...
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The Interamerican Democratic Charter Turns 20: Is it Becoming Irrelevant?
By Stefano Palestini Céspedes* Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, September 2011./ OEA – OAS/ Flickr/ Creative Commons License Despite the clear merits of...
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Confucius Institutes: Building a Capacity for Business with China
By Madeline Elminowski* Confucius Institute at the Universidade Federal do Ceará in Brazil/ Universidade Federal do Ceará/ Flickr/ Creative Commons License China’s Confucius Institutes (CIs) in Latin...
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Latin America: China’s Huawei Maintains its Foothold
By Luiza Duarte* Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro meets with Zou Zhilei, regional president of Huawei Latin America/ Palácio do Planalto/ Flickr/ Creative Commons License Resisting U.S. pressure,...
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China in Latin America: Exaggerating Medical Diplomacy
By Christopher Kambhu* Peru’s Foreign Ministry greets Sinopharm staff/ Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores/ Flickr/ Creative Commons License China has garnered positive media coverage throughout Latin...
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Chile: Astronomy Investments Help but Face Some Criticism
By Noah Rosen* La Silla Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert/ European Southern Observatory/ Flickr/ Creative Commons License Exceptional atmospheric conditions in northern Chile, an image of...
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China-Latin America: Literature Shows Varying Perspectives on Beijing’s...
By Andrés Serbin* Communicating Influence: China’s Messaging in Latin America and the Caribbean project page logo By frequently casting China-Latin America relations as a “triangular relationship”...
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How Is the Crisis in Ukraine Like the Cuban Missile Crisis?
By William M. LeoGrande* President John F. Kennedy and Soviet General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev/ U.S. Department of State & Kennedy Presidential Library/ Flickr/ Creative Commons License When...
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Latin America: Is There a Constructive Side to U.S. Policy?
By Fulton Armstrong President Joe Biden, joined by National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and NSC Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere Juan Gonzalez, talks on the phone with Jeff Zients on...
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U.S.-Cuba: Putting the “Sonic Attacks” Myth behind Us?
by Fulton Armstrong and Philip Brenner* The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba / Ajay Suresh / Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons license The Biden Administration’s recent announcement that it is resuming...
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U.S.-Guatemala: What does Washington Really Want?
by Ricardo Barrientos* Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei and Attorney General Consuelo Porras / Government of Guatemala / Flickr / Creative Commons license Central America’s ongoing political,...
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Argentina: Is China Nostalgic for the Macri Era?
by Patricio Giusto* Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China / Casa Rosada / Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons...
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