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Russia-Latin America: Is El Salvador’s “Cool” Strongman Cozying Up To Putin?

A shirt displaying President Nayib Bukele seen at a street market. The Bukele administration has ended its fourth year in office ahead of a questioned reelection bid.
A shirt displaying President Nayib Bukele seen at a street market. The Bukele administration has ended its fourth year in office ahead of a questioned reelection bid. Camilo Freedman/SOPA/ZUMA

Through quiet diplomacy, Russia may be courting the rising star of Latin American populism, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele. In time, he must decide between international respectability and a bear hug from Vladimir Putin.

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No More Than Migrants? On Biden’s Cynical View Of Central America

Image of Cindy, 44 and Ailyn, 13, mother and daughter from Guatemala, waiting at the Chaparral border to seek asylum to the United States.
April 3, 2023: Cindy, 44 and Ailyn, 13, mother and daughter from Guatemala, waiting at the Chaparral border to seek asylum to the United States. Carlos A. Moreno/ZUMA

Fixated on migration as a big issue of the 2024 presidential elections, the Biden administration is ignoring the state’s piecemeal assault on democracy in Guatemala, a country already struggling with endemic violence, in return for curbs on U.S.-bound migration.

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Geopolitics Society

Obama’s Historic Cuba Visit: The View From Latin America

U.S. President Barack Obama in Havana on March 20
U.S. President Barack Obama in Havana on March 20 Servicio Universal Noticias/Newscom/ZUMA

HAVANA — President Barack Obama’s historic three-day visit to Cuba heralds the long-awaited end of the Cold War in Latin America, 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and 15 months since the two erstwhile foes announced their surprise rapprochement. Newspapers in the region, and beyond, covered Obama’s visit — the first by […]

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