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