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Latin America in Focus — 240 episodes

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Financing Venezuela’s Future in the Aftermath of Disaster

2

What Will Keiko Fujimori Face as President of Peru?

3

Sandra Borda on the Figures and Forces behind Colombia’s Presidential Race

4

Jorge Castañeda on the Frictions Straining U.S.-Mexico Ties

5

What Trump and Lula Want from U.S.-Brazil Ties

6

Mercosur, EU, and the New Frontiers of Free Trade

7

The Math Behind Cartel Recruitment in Mexico

8

What's on the Trade Menu? Beef

9

What Will It Take to Secure Haiti’s 2026 Elections?

10

After IEEPA, What Tariff Tools Will Trump Turn to Next?

11

Why the Right Hasn’t Risen in Mexico — Yet

12

What's ahead for China's Latin America Ties in the Great Power Game?

13

What’s on the Table for Brazil’s Security Issues ahead of 2026 Elections?

14

Latin America in the Spotlight in 2026

15

Andrés Velasco on How Latin America Can Reboot Its Economic Rules

16

Can Rodrigo Paz Unearth Bolivia’s Lithium Potential?

17

Will Chileans Pivot at the Polls?

18

A Crack in U.S.-Colombia Cooperation

19

Energy and Security Go Hand in Hand in the Caribbean

20

Navigating Trump’s Tariff Tests—The Brazil Edition

21

Navigating Trump’s Tariff Tests—The Mexico Edition

22

Mafalda, Argentina’s Feisty Heroine, Now Speaks English

23

How a U.S. Tax Could Hit Latin American Remittances

24

What's Behind Brazil's International Game?

25

The New Era of U.S.-China Competition in Latin America

26

Could the 2026 Vote Be Peru’s Political Reset?

27

Bonus Episode: Remembering Mario Vargas Llosa

28

Top Mexican CEOs on the Depth of U.S.-Mexico Integration

29

Trade and Tensions—Latin America Braces for Trump's Tariffs

30

Drugs, Guns, and Dollars: Unpacking the Implications of Cartels' FTO Designation

31

What Brazil Can Teach the Americas About Immigration

32

The Durability of Mano Dura in Ecuador

33

Borders, Bargains, and Bluster: Did Trump's Day One Set the Tone for Latin America?

34

The Soft Power of Latin American Music

35

Lula, Sheinbaum, and Milei on a Shifting Global Stage

36

Latin America’s Companies of Tomorrow, Today

37

What Do Brazil's Municipal Elections Tell About Polarization in Latin America?

38

Could a Referendum Rattle Uruguay's Presidential Race?

39

What Brazil’s Twitter Ban Tells Us about Internet Laws in Latin America

40

LatAm in Focus at 200: What Do We Know about Electoral Trends in the Americas?

41

On the Ground and Online: Venezuela's Electoral Battle

42

How Can Latin America Fix Its Water Crisis?

43

In Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Won Big. Now What?

44

How Latin America Fits into the Biden-Trump Battle

45

How the Dominican Republic Breaks Latin America’s Election Mold

46

Is Latin America Ready for Another Pandemic?

47

What's on the Economic Agenda for Panama's Next President?

48

Brian A. Nichols on the Biden Administration's Latin America Policy

49

As Mexico’s Election Fires Up, a Look at Youth and Democracy

50

How Courts Can Make or Break Latin America's Corruption Battle

51

Online Reach and Expat Votes in El Salvador’s Election

52

Ten Years in, What's the Future of Mexico's Morena Party?

53

Beyond the Boom: Latin American Writing in Translation

54

Did Colombia’s Local Elections Spell Problems for Petro?

55

Venezuela’s Energy Sector Primes for a Thaw

56

Can Carbon Markets Finance Brazil’s Green Transition?

57

Dollarization, Inflation, and Voter Frustration in Argentina

58

How Women Won Political Parity in Mexico—and What Comes Next

59

What AI’s “Tectonic Change” Means for Latin America

60

Michael Reid on This EU-Latin American Moment

61

Empowering North American Goals

62

Guatemala's Electoral Crossroads

63

Life after “Crossed Death” in Ecuador

64

The Story of Unlikely Art Genius Bispo do Rosario

65

The China-Taiwan Tussle in the Americas

66

What the SVB Collapse Signals for Latin America

67

Could a Clash over Corn Upend U.S.-Mexico Trade Ties?

68

A Decade of Nicolás Maduro

69

Can a Lawsuit Stem Spyware Use in Central America?

70

Will the Anti-Incumbency Wave Reach Argentina and Guatemala?

71

Three Stories You May Have Missed in 2022

72

Who Will Foot the Bill for Climate Adaptation?

73

Superpesos? Coldplay Dollars? Inside Latin America's Currency Markets

74

Bonus Episode: Amb. Thomas Shannon on How Lula's Win Resets Brazil's Foreign Policy

75

What the Guacamaya Hacks Reveal about Latin American Militaries

76

The Battle For Brazil's Divided Electorate

77

What Do We Really Know about the Latino Vote?

78

Mexico's March toward the 2024 Election

79

Kingmakers and Key Issues in Brazil's Lula–Bolsonaro Showdown

80

Reissue: Emily Hersh on Whether Latin America Can Power Up Its Lithium Prospects

81

Cyber Attacks In Costa Rica Expose A Regional Threat

82

How Latin America Is Fighting Inflation

83

Colombian Voters Buck the Presidential Status Quo

84

The Once and Future Summit of the Americas

85

Can Xiomara Castro Take Control of Honduras' Reins?

86

How VP Choices Are Shaping Presidential Races in Colombia and Brazil

87

Guillermo Lasso's Tricky Year

88

Why Is Mexico Holding a Presidential Recall Vote?

89

From Fertilizers to Fuel—What the Ukraine Crisis Means for Latin America

90

What the IMF's Ilan Goldfajn Sees in Latin America's Economic Future

91

The Elections of Colombia's Discontent

92

Can Latin America Power Up Its Lithium Prospects?

93

Three Stories You May Have Missed in 2021

94

The Democracy that Chileans Want

95

COP26's Gauntlet for Brazil and Latin America

96

Democratic Tests in Honduras and Nicaragua

97

Rewriting Mexico’s Security and Energy Agendas

98

What to Expect When Expecting the Brazilian Elections

99

El Salvador's Bitcoin Gamble

100

The Midway Point for Mexico's AMLO

101

How to Vaccinate a Hemisphere

102

Pedro Castillo Gets the Keys to Peru’s Castle

103

What Happened to Latin America's Anti-Corruption Push?

104

A Complicated Copa América

105

A Pre-Midterm Pulse Check on the Mexican Electorate

106

Chile’s Busy Electoral Calendar

107

The Push for Data Protection in Brazil

108

The Story behind Joaquín Orellana's Musical Sculptures

109

Voter Fatigue in Ecuador and Peru

110

How the Pandemic Boosted Financial Inclusion

111

Madeleine Albright and Mack McLarty on Democratic Resiliency in the Americas

112

Washington's Shifts on Central America Policy

113

Vaccines and Variants a Year into the Pandemic

114

What’s on the Horizon for U.S.-Mexico Ties in a Biden Administration

115

Three Stories You May Have Missed in 2020

116

IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva on Preventing another Lost Decade in Latin America

117

Latin America’s Potential for a Green Recovery

118

How Data Voids Exploit the Latino Vote

119

On the Ground during Chile’s Year of Change

120

The Good and Bad of COVID-19’s Education Disruption

121

A Look at How Migrant Money Cushions Economies

122

How Business Schools Adapt in Times of Crisis

123

Putting Women at the Center of Latin America's COVID-19 Response

124

The Strange Case of El Salvador's Plummeting Homicide Rate

125

How Uruguay Got It Right

126

Shining a Light on Police Abuse In Mexico

127

How Brazil Could Slow Its Coronavirus Outbreak

128

The Myth Of The Monolithic Latino Vote

129

How Is the Coronavirus Changing Brazil?

130

Queens of the Migrant Trail

131

Dr. Julio Frenk on the Coronavirus Pandemic in an Age of Populism

132

Mexico’s Fight against Femicide Reaches a Boiling Point

133

Latin American Cinema’s Point of No Return

134

The Future of Fintech in Argentina

135

How Can Latin American Economies Grow Again?

136

Brazil's New And Old Hurdles In 2020

137

Have a Little Faith in Peru—and Its Constitution

138

What's on the Docket for Latin America in 2020?

139

Reissue: Monica de Bolle on Whether Bolsonaro Can Fix Brazil's Economy

140

Reissue: Carlos Bravo Regidor on the Start of AMLO's Presidency

141

Reissue: Nayib Bukele on His Plans for El Salvador

142

The Role of Chilean Women in a New Constitution

143

President AMLO’s Scorecard One Year In

144

How Asia-Brazil Trade Shifted Bolsonaro’s China View

145

Argentina’s 2019 Election Brings in a New President

146

Behind Uruguay’s Presidential Vote

147

Marie Arana Talks Silver, Sword, and Stone

148

Can International Law Save the Amazon?

149

Colombia at a Crossroads

150

What's Keeping Urban Development in Brazil "from Being Free"?

151

Explaining Mexico’s National Guard

152

Can the Bolsonaro Government Fix Brazil's Economy?

153

Making Sense of a New U.S.-Mexican Migration Deal

154

Who’s In and Who’s Out in Guatemala’s Presidential Race

155

What’s behind Brazil’s Education Debate

156

President-elect Nayib Bukele on His Plans for El Salvador

157

Meet Cuba's Emerging Artist, Cimafunk

158

Ambassador Feeley on Daniel Ortega's Flagging Grip on Nicaragua

159

Jair Bolsonaro's First 100 Days

160

Sizing Up the Start of AMLO's Presidency

161

Can Bolsonaro Get What He Wants from Brazil’s Congress?

162

Cuba’s New Constitution and 60 Years of the Revolution

163

What's Next in Venezuela's Tug of War?

164

How Healthy Is Democracy in Latin America?

165

What to Expect from an AMLO Presidency

166

Fact-Checking Brazil’s Misinformation Crisis

167

What a Bolsonaro Win Means for Brazil’s Economy

168

Amid Caravan Crisis, a Look at Mexico's Migration Policy

169

Why Peru's Political Establishment Is Scared

170

A Closer Look at Hurricane Maria’s Death Toll

171

Who Will Win Brazil's Nostalgia Vote?

172

The Venezuelan Exodus

173

MORENA Holds the Cards in Mexico’s New Congress

174

Clandestina's Founders on Building a Fashion Brand in a Shifting Cuba

175

How Nicaragua Became Latin America's New Crisis

176

Why There Isn’t and Won’t Be Mass Latino Migration

177

Millennials’ Big Role in the Mexican Elections

178

Why Mexico's Election Will Redraw the Country's Political Map

179

Latin America in the Era of Fake News

180

El sueño americano en Cuba y los desafíos del cuentapropista

181

Creating, Rebuilding, and Reinventing Latin American Cities

182

Everything More Important than Venezuela’s Election

183

What the Summit of the Americas Was, Is, and Could Be

184

Put a Little Trust in Mexico

185

In Colombia's 2018 Elections, Drama Is Good for Democracy

186

Back to the Future in Chile and El Salvador?

187

Giving Women the "Right Space to Thrive"

188

Latin America Has One Foot in China's Belt and Road

189

Costa Rican Voters Are “Blowing in the Wind”

190

From Elections to Trade, Latin America's Big 2018 Stories

191

Venezuela, Elections, Sanctions, and Baseball

192

A New Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

193

What to Look for in Chile’s Presidential Elections

194

Why Restructuring Venezuelan Debt Won’t Happen under Maduro

195

Getting Ready for the Next Big Earthquake in Mexico City

196

Mexico’s Big Year Ahead

197

Economic Realities Facing Chile’s Next President

198

What to Watch in NAFTA Negotiations

199

Las elecciones legislativas y el escenario político de Argentina

200

Rodrigo Janot e o como o Brasil está exportando a luta contra a corrupção

201

Six Weeks to Fix Venezuela's Health Crisis

202

Why the Paris Agreement Spells Wins for Latin America

203

Brazil’s Economic Gains amid Political Crisis

204

Chilean Voters “Are Not Looking for Pure, Perfect Politicians”

205

Francisco Goldman on Chronicling Mexico City

206

Can U.S. Agricultural Exports to Cuba Line up with White House Policy?

207

Fitch’s Rafael Guedes on Brazil’s Economy

208

What's Happening with Colombia's FARC Peace Process?

209

Políticos latinoamericanos deben entender que la agenda LGBT es “mainstream”

210

Cambiando la cultura machista de América Latina

211

Jorge Castañeda Portends Changing Times for Mexico

212

In Latin America, the New China Is Here to Stay

213

What's Ahead for Mexico's Economy in the Trump Era?

214

Alejandro Werner on Bright Spots in 2017

215

Maurício Santoro on Brazil's Old Problems in a New Year

216

La salida a la crisis de Venezuela, según un exmilitar

217

Richard Feinberg on the Post-Castro Cuban Economy

218

Millennials and the Future of Mexican Elections

219

Russ Dallen on Venezuela's Not-Quite Breaking Point

220

Breaking Gender Norms in the Field of Law

221

How One New York Entrepreneur Made It in Medellín

222

Keeping Mexico City from the Brink of Disaster

223

Analyzing the 2016 Latino Vote with Bendixen & Amandi

224

Julio Borges on Civil Disobedience in Venezuela

225

The Achilles Heel of Cuba's Energy Sector

226

An On-the-Ground View of Rio’s Olympic Dream

227

The Intertwined Nature Of U.S.-Mexico Ties

228

The Agenda for the North American Leaders' Summit

229

The Trump Threat to North American Security

230

Simón Gaviria on Financing Peace in Colombia

231

Josefina Vidal on a Changing Cuba

232

Argentina's Rocky Road to Growth

233

Colombia's Post-Conflict Challenges

234

Fixing Brazil's Economy

235

El rol de las redes sociales en la democracia venezolana

236

Mexico’s Evolving Marijuana Laws

237

Peru's Dramatic 2016 Presidential Election

238

Congressman Rick Crawford on U.S. Agricultural Trade with Cuba

239

Crisis Mode: Brazil’s Current Scenario

240

Will Venezuela Default?