For a moment on Sunday, the government of Colombia’s Gustavo Petro looked like it might be the first in Latin America to take ...

Rift between US and Colombia, threats of tariffs on Mexico, designs on Panama Canal and mass deportations could encourage ...

By treating the countries of the region as if they were still banana republics that would bend over backward to fulfill the U ...

We don’t need them. They need us.” It was the sort of sneering putdown Trump loves to aim at Latin America, like ...

While Rubio’s anti-China rhetoric aligns with Washington’s broader geopolitical goals, the tools at his disposal are ...

With Donald Trump as the new US president, pundits are speculating about how US policy towards Latin America might change. By ...

LSE IDEAS analyse China’s growing presence in Latin America concerning trade, diplomacy, and strategic influence ...

Latin American leaders don’t like submitting to the United States in imperial mode. They also have an alternative.

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., is the Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign ...

China's expanding footprint in Latin America is expected to be high on the agenda when US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Panama next week on his first overseas trip since taking office, ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s upcoming diplomatic mission to Central America reflects the US focus on addressing critical ...