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  1. The Politics of Latin American Energy
    Posted: February 6th, 2012 | 0 comments
  2. Campaign 2012: Latin America
    Posted: February 3rd, 2012 | 0 comments
  3. Mexico’s Underground Economy and Illicit Money Outflows
    Posted: January 30th, 2012 | 0 comments
  4. Debating Amnesty and Immigration Policy
    Posted: January 27th, 2012 | 0 comments
  5. What’s Wrong With Romney’s “Self-Deportation” Plan
    Posted: January 25th, 2012 | 1 comment
  6. Guest Post: Ríos Montt Plays a Risky Defense Game
    Posted: January 24th, 2012 | 1 comment
  7. A (Partial) Defense of the So-Called “siesta Congress” in Mexico
    Posted: January 23rd, 2012 | 1 comment
  8. Mexico’s 99 Percent: How the Next President Can Reduce Poverty and Inequality
    Posted: January 19th, 2012 | 1 comment
  9. What to Watch in 2012: Two Elections That Could Transform Latin America
    Posted: January 10th, 2012 | 2 comments
  10. What to Watch in 2012: A Leading Multilateral Role
    Posted: January 6th, 2012 | 0 comments
  11. What to Watch in 2012: The End of Latino Immigration?
    Posted: January 3rd, 2012 | 1 comment
  12. 2011 Trends in Latin America: Shifting Violence
    Posted: December 30th, 2011 | 0 comments
  13. 2011 Trends in Latin America: The Middle Class
    Posted: December 29th, 2011 | 0 comments
  14. 2011 Trends in Latin America: The Region’s Presidents Battle Cancer
    Posted: December 28th, 2011 | 1 comment
  15. Guest Post: Guatemala’s Ex-President Asks About Genocide Trial
    Posted: December 20th, 2011 | 2 comments
  16. Economic Ties Between the United States and Mexico
    Posted: December 16th, 2011 | 1 comment
  17. Emerging Economies, Private Companies, and Global Economic Power
    Posted: December 13th, 2011 | 0 comments
  18. Trends in U.S. Drug Use
    Posted: December 8th, 2011 | 1 comment
  19. Explaining Violence in Mexico
    Posted: December 5th, 2011 | 1 comment
  20. Signs of Mexico’s Ascendance Versus China
    Posted: November 29th, 2011 | 1 comment
  21. Enrique Peña Nieto’s Campaign Book
    Posted: November 22nd, 2011 | 0 comments
  22. Latin American Lessons for the European Debt Crisis
    Posted: November 21st, 2011 | 0 comments
  23. Plan Colombia’s Lessons for Mexico
    Posted: November 18th, 2011 | 0 comments
  24. Human Rights Abuses in Mexico’s Drug War
    Posted: November 15th, 2011 | 1 comment
  25. Mexico’s Interior Minister Blake Mora Dies in Helicopter Crash
    Posted: November 11th, 2011 | 1 comment
  26. Read of the Week: SBInet and Failed Border Technologies
    Posted: November 11th, 2011 | 0 comments
  27. Measuring the Global Middle Class
    Posted: November 8th, 2011 | 0 comments
  28. Mexico’s NiNis
    Posted: November 4th, 2011 | 1 comment
  29. The Rise of Mexico’s Middle Class
    Posted: November 1st, 2011 | 0 comments
  30. Mexico on the Road to 2012
    Posted: October 31st, 2011 | 1 comment
  31. Read of the Week: the Uphill Battle Against Money Laundering
    Posted: October 28th, 2011 | 0 comments
  32. Can the GOP Win the Latino Vote – and Does It Matter?
    Posted: October 25th, 2011 | 1 comment
  33. Reads of the Week: Analyzing Humala’s Victory in Peru
    Posted: October 21st, 2011 | 0 comments
  34. Argentina’s Natural Gas Discoveries
    Posted: October 21st, 2011 | 1 comment
  35. Reads of the Week: Social Networking in Latin America
    Posted: October 14th, 2011 | 0 comments
  36. Colombia, Panama and South Korea Free Trade Agreements
    Posted: October 13th, 2011 | 1 comment
  37. Venezuela’s Presidential Race
    Posted: October 11th, 2011 | 1 comment
  38. Reads of the Week: Police Pay in Mexico
    Posted: October 7th, 2011 | 2 comments
  39. Peru’s Balancing Act: Indigenous Rights and Economic Development
    Posted: October 3rd, 2011 | 0 comments
  40. Reads of the Week: Debating COIN in Mexico and Dealing with Violence in Central America
    Posted: September 30th, 2011 | 1 comment
  41. Revitalizing the Border Governor’s Conference
    Posted: September 27th, 2011 | 0 comments
  42. Reads of the Week: Mexico’s Drug War Deaths and Organized Crime in Central America’s Northern Triangle
    Posted: September 23rd, 2011 | 1 comment
  43. CFR’s Task Force on U.S. Trade and Investment Policy
    Posted: September 19th, 2011 | 0 comments
  44. Reads of the Week: The Latin American Soybean Boom, Mexican Security Spending and U.S. Drug Markets
    Posted: September 16th, 2011 | 1 comment
  45. How Guatemala’s New Government Should Take on the Security Challenge
    Posted: September 12th, 2011 | 1 comment
  46. Reads of the Week: Extortion vs. Drug-Trafficking in Mexico, New Reports on U.S. Drug Use and Competitiveness in Latin America
    Posted: September 9th, 2011 | 0 comments
  47. Demand Side Policies in the U.S. War on Drugs
    Posted: September 6th, 2011 | 0 comments
  48. Reads of the Week: Public Opinion in Mexico and Guatemala, Argentine Elections, and the Fall of “La Barbie”
    Posted: September 2nd, 2011 | 0 comments
  49. How the Republican Front-Runners See Latin America
    Posted: August 30th, 2011 | 2 comments
  50. Reads of the Week: Violence in Venezuela and New Approaches to the Drug War
    Posted: August 25th, 2011 | 0 comments
  51. Myths and Realities of U.S.-Mexico Border Spillover Effects
    Posted: August 24th, 2011 | 2 comments
  52. 2011: The Year that Mexico Opens its Economy?
    Posted: August 16th, 2011 | Comments Off
  53. Reads of the Week: Mixed Views on Mexico’s Economy and Peru’s Security
    Posted: August 11th, 2011 | 0 comments
  54. Drug Cartel Fragmentation and Violence
    Posted: August 9th, 2011 | 0 comments
  55. Reads of the Week: Chile’s Miners, Brazil’s Industrial Policy, and Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel
    Posted: August 5th, 2011 | 0 comments
  56. Pulling Guatemala Back from the Brink
    Posted: August 2nd, 2011 | 1 comment
  57. Reads of the Week: a New Peruvian President, a New U.S. Security Directive, and Some Old Lessons from Colombia
    Posted: July 28th, 2011 | 0 comments
  58. Evaluating Mexico’s “New Security Model”
    Posted: July 25th, 2011 | 2 comments
  59. Reads of the Week: New Migration Trends, and Valenzuela’s Tenure
    Posted: July 21st, 2011 | 0 comments
  60. Gun Trafficking to Mexico and the ATF
    Posted: July 18th, 2011 | 0 comments
  61. Reads of the Week: Latin America’s Progress, Its Unfortunate Limits, and the U.S.-Brazil Agenda
    Posted: July 14th, 2011 | 1 comment
  62. CFR’s Independent Task Force: Global Brazil and U.S.-Brazil Relations
    Posted: July 12th, 2011 | 0 comments
  63. Reads of the Week: Latin America’s Democracies, Mexican Migration, and More
    Posted: July 7th, 2011 | 0 comments
  64. Will Peru Take on the Narco-Traffickers?
    Posted: July 6th, 2011 | 3 comments
  65. Reads of the Week
    Posted: June 30th, 2011 | 0 comments
  66. Evolving Views on Mexico’s War on Drugs
    Posted: June 28th, 2011 | 3 comments
  67. Why Can’t Brazil Grow as Fast as China?
    Posted: June 24th, 2011 | 0 comments
  68. How Mexico Can Win Drug War, Colombia’s Way
    Posted: June 17th, 2011 | 5 comments
  69. Looking Ahead to Argentina’s October Election
    Posted: June 15th, 2011 | 0 comments
  70. Rethinking the Scorecard: Brazil vs Mexico
    Posted: June 8th, 2011 | 4 comments
  71. From the Forest to Brasilia: Brazil’s Fight over the Amazon
    Posted: June 3rd, 2011 | 2 comments
  72. Mexico’s Corrosive Corruption
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 | 6 comments
  73. Latin America’s Growing Middle Class
    Posted: May 27th, 2011 | 0 comments
  74. Rising FDI in Latin America
    Posted: May 16th, 2011 | 0 comments
  75. Can Business Change the Immigration Debate?
    Posted: May 11th, 2011 | 0 comments
  76. U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Four Years On
    Posted: May 4th, 2011 | 0 comments
  77. Mexico’s Unfinished Congressional Business
    Posted: April 29th, 2011 | 0 comments
  78. The Beginning (and End) of a Free Trade Agenda
    Posted: April 26th, 2011 | 0 comments
  79. The Way Mexicans View the World
    Posted: April 22nd, 2011 | 0 comments
  80. Taking on Mexico’s Monopolies
    Posted: April 18th, 2011 | 0 comments
  81. Trade-Based Money Laundering in Mexico
    Posted: April 13th, 2011 | 3 comments
  82. Reviving Competition in Mexico’s Economy
    Posted: April 7th, 2011 | 7 comments
  83. The End of ALBA: Latin America’s Market-Based Integration
    Posted: April 4th, 2011 | 5 comments
  84. Do U.S. Budget Cuts Threaten the IDB?
    Posted: March 30th, 2011 | 0 comments
  85. Will Brazil Face the Energy Curse?
    Posted: March 25th, 2011 | 1 comment
  86. U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Resigns
    Posted: March 21st, 2011 | 0 comments
  87. A New Chapter in U.S.-Brazil Economic Relations
    Posted: March 18th, 2011 | 2 comments
  88. CFR Conference Call: Obama’s Trip to Latin America
    Posted: March 16th, 2011 | 0 comments
  89. Justice in Mexico
    Posted: March 16th, 2011 | 0 comments
  90. Obama’s Trip to Latin America
    Posted: March 10th, 2011 | 1 comment
  91. New Blog at Council on Foreign Relations
    Posted: March 10th, 2011 | 0 comments
  92. Calderón’s Visit to Washington
    Posted: March 1st, 2011 | 0 comments
  93. Mexico: Development and Democracy at a Crossroads
    Posted: February 9th, 2011 | 0 comments
  94. Breaking the Cycle
    Posted: January 28th, 2011 | 1 comment
  95. Pacifying Rio’s Favelas
    Posted: December 6th, 2010 | 0 comments
  96. Energy Innovation: Driving Technology Competition and Cooperation Among the U.S., China, India, and Brazil
    Posted: December 2nd, 2010 | 0 comments
  97. Globalizing the Energy Revolution: How to Really Win the Clean-Energy Race
    Posted: November 1st, 2010 | 0 comments
  98. Testimony: Next Steps for the Mérida Initiative
    Posted: June 1st, 2010 | 0 comments
  99. What to Expect from Calderón’s Visit
    Posted: May 19th, 2010 | 0 comments
  100. The Message from Calderón in the U.S.
    Posted: May 18th, 2010 | 0 comments
  101. Prospects for U.S.-Mexico Relations
    Posted: May 17th, 2010 | 0 comments
  102. Mexico-U.S. Relations: What’s Next?
    Posted: May 14th, 2010 | 0 comments
  103. Welcome Move on Mexico’s Drug Wars
    Posted: March 24th, 2010 | 3 comments
  104. Mexico’s Drug Violence
    Posted: March 22nd, 2010 | 1 comment
  105. CFR Podcast: The Challenges of Mexico’s Drug Wars
    Posted: March 22nd, 2010 | 0 comments
  106. Mexico: Countering Drug Violence
    Posted: March 16th, 2010 | 5 comments
  107. Brazil as an Emerging Power: The View from the United States
    Posted: March 1st, 2010 | 0 comments
  108. Obama and the World: Latin America
    Posted: January 21st, 2010 | 1 comment
  109. Chile Votes for Change
    Posted: January 19th, 2010 | 0 comments
  110. Breaking Mexico’s Fall
    Posted: November 19th, 2009 | 3 comments
  111. Podcast: Regional Diplomacy on the Honduran Crisis
    Posted: October 1st, 2009 | 1 comment
  112. American Foreign Policy: Regional Perspectives
    Posted: September 8th, 2009 | 0 comments
  113. “Thrilling” Mexico
    Posted: August 31st, 2009 | 0 comments
  114. What to Read on Mexican Politics
    Posted: August 18th, 2009 | 2 comments
  115. Foreign Affairs Article in Spanish
    Posted: August 14th, 2009 | 0 comments
  116. Still Amigos: The Recent North American Summit
    Posted: August 11th, 2009 | 0 comments
  117. Strengthening the Neighborhood: the Guadalajara Trilateral Summit
    Posted: August 7th, 2009 | 0 comments
  118. CFR Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy
    Posted: July 9th, 2009 | 0 comments
  119. “The Real War in Mexico: How Democracy Can Defeat the Drug Cartels,” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2009
    Posted: June 25th, 2009 | 9 comments
  120. On Cuba and the OAS
    Posted: June 3rd, 2009 | 0 comments
  121. The Line of Fire
    Posted: May 27th, 2009 | 8 comments
  122. Swine Flu, the Drug War, and the Mexican State
    Posted: May 5th, 2009 | 5 comments
  123. A conversation about President Obama’s trip to Mexico & Trinidad
    Posted: April 22nd, 2009 | 0 comments
  124. Secretary Clinton, Don’t Forget Immigration
    Posted: March 25th, 2009 | 3 comments
  125. Helping Mexico Help Itself
    Posted: February 24th, 2009 | 9 comments
  126. Why Venezuela’s referendum is the least of Hugo Chávez’s Worries
    Posted: February 15th, 2009 | 1 comment
  127. Obama faces challenges south of the border
    Posted: January 21st, 2009 | 0 comments
  128. Latin American Integration efforts: will they succeed this time?
    Posted: January 20th, 2009 | 0 comments
  129. An Update on “Why is the United States backing Mexican drug gangs?”
    Posted: January 15th, 2009 | 4 comments
  130. Why is the United States backing Mexican drug gangs?
    Posted: January 13th, 2009 | 6 comments
  131. Can A Blog Change U.S. Latin American Policy?
    Posted: January 13th, 2009 | 2 comments
  132. Is Argentina the next drug haven?
    Posted: January 8th, 2009 | 0 comments
  133. The Other Shoe Dropping? Latin America’s Private Sector Debt
    Posted: December 18th, 2008 | 1 comment
  134. Obama and Latin America: A New Direction?
    Posted: December 16th, 2008 | 0 comments
  135. It’s time for Mexico to take the lead, from Mexico’s The News
    Posted: December 1st, 2008 | 0 comments
  136. Pass FTA and amend Plan Colombia, from the Washington Times
    Posted: December 1st, 2008 | 2 comments
  137. Venezuela’s regional elections
    Posted: November 25th, 2008 | 0 comments
  138. Calderon’s Turn at Police Reform
    Posted: November 21st, 2008 | 0 comments
  139. Latin America and the Financial Crisis
    Posted: November 20th, 2008 | 0 comments
  140. Si se puede!: Obama and the Latino Vote
    Posted: November 11th, 2008 | 0 comments
  141. President-elect Obama and Latin America
    Posted: November 6th, 2008 | 0 comments
  142. Mexico’s Interior Minister Dies
    Posted: November 5th, 2008 | 0 comments
  143. Mexico’s Energy Reform: Few solutions, but better conversations
    Posted: October 31st, 2008 | 1 comment
  144. Corruption in Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office
    Posted: October 29th, 2008 | 0 comments
  145. The Venezuelan President’s Trip to China
    Posted: September 23rd, 2008 | 0 comments
  146. A New Direction in Latin America
    Posted: June 3rd, 2008 | 0 comments
  147. Engage the region, Don’t ignore it
    Posted: May 20th, 2008 | 0 comments
  148. U.S.-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality
    Posted: May 20th, 2008 | 0 comments
  149. Future U.S. Policy Toward Latin America
    Posted: January 14th, 2008 | 1 comment
  150. Fixing Social Security in Latin America (Again)
    Posted: January 9th, 2008 | 0 comments
  151. Changing the Merida Initiative Priorities
    Posted: January 7th, 2008 | 3 comments
  152. Investing Remittances
    Posted: December 28th, 2007 | 0 comments
  153. Calderon’s First Year
    Posted: November 30th, 2007 | 0 comments
  154. Voting in Venezuela
    Posted: November 28th, 2007 | 0 comments
  155. CFR interview on Mexico’s Merida Initiative
    Posted: November 7th, 2007 | 1 comment
  156. The Famosa “Merida Initiative”
    Posted: October 22nd, 2007 | 0 comments
  157. Migration, Aeromexico style
    Posted: October 22nd, 2007 | 0 comments
  158. Uncertain Causes and Effects of Declining Remittances
    Posted: August 9th, 2007 | 0 comments
  159. Visiting Brazil – the energy issue
    Posted: June 28th, 2007 | 1 comment
  160. Visiting Brazil
    Posted: June 26th, 2007 | 0 comments
  161. The Fundamental Flaws of Immigration Reform
    Posted: June 1st, 2007 | 2 comments
  162. Visiting Bolivia (part II)
    Posted: May 17th, 2007 | 2 comments
  163. Bolivia visit (part I)
    Posted: May 16th, 2007 | 3 comments
  164. The Return of Inflation
    Posted: May 6th, 2007 | 0 comments
  165. Pardon the appearance…
    Posted: May 3rd, 2007 | 1 comment
  166. Mexico’s New Credit markets
    Posted: May 2nd, 2007 | 2 comments
  167. Mexico’s Oportunidades comes to New York
    Posted: April 30th, 2007 | 1 comment
  168. Demography enters the immigration debate
    Posted: April 19th, 2007 | 2 comments
  169. Immigration number games
    Posted: April 12th, 2007 | 2 comments
  170. High Tide for Mexican Immigration
    Posted: April 6th, 2007 | 1 comment
  171. Mexico’s Social Security reform
    Posted: April 2nd, 2007 | 0 comments
  172. Why Venezuela and Bolivia aren’t leading a region-wide trend
    Posted: January 31st, 2007 | 2 comments
  173. Venezuela’s turn toward socialism: Hugo Chavez plans to nationalize CANTV and EDC
    Posted: January 11th, 2007 | 2 comments
  174. Welcoming Latin America’s New Left
    Posted: December 5th, 2006 | 0 comments