Latin America

Interview: A Business-Like Approach to Foreign Aid

A conversation with USAID administrator Rajiv Shah on expanding public-private partnerships and integrating development and emergency intervention.

BY SAMUEL LOEWENBERG | MAY 3, 2012

Away From the Handouts

The argument for a new approach to development aid.

BY PETER PASSELL | APRIL 26, 2012

The Rubio Doctrine

The potential veep contender makes a decidedly non-Romneyesque statement on foreign policy.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | APRIL 25, 2012

Campaign Literature

Barack Obama is much stronger on foreign policy than Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie suggest.

APRIL 23, 2012

The FP Survey: Women in Politics

In a special edition of The FP Survey, top female politicians around the world -- presidents and vice presidents, cabinet secretaries and members of Congress -- told us about the worst cases of sexism in politics and the best ways to bring more women to the negotiating table.

PRODUCED BY MARGARET SLATTERY | MAY/JUNE 2012

Mad Libs: Women in Politics

FP asked top female politicians around the world to fill in the blanks on sexism, women leaders, and breaking the glass ceiling.

MAY/JUNE 2012

The Enemy Within

Since the end of the Cold War, America has been on a relentless search for enemies. But the real dangers are at home.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY/JUNE 2012

A Better Dictator

If you have to live under an authoritarian regime, which kind is best?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY/JUNE 2012

Latin Lovers' Quarrel

Obama may be well-liked by the people of Latin America, but smiling and waving won't clean up the mess the United States leaves on their table.

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 20, 2012

The New Narco State

Mexico's drug war is turning Argentina into the new Wild West of the global narcotics trade.

BY HALEY COHEN | APRIL 19, 2012

Dirty Laundry

If the West really wants to prevent developing countries from laundering money, it can start by cleaning up its own act.

BY PETER REUTER | APRIL 19, 2012

It's Not Just You, America

Economic inequality is today’s hot-button issue -- whether you live in a wealthy country or a poor one.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | APRIL 18, 2012

Cervezagate

The ridiculous media riot over Hillary Clinton's beer in Cartagena.

APRIL 16, 2012

Latin Leaders Behaving Badly

Summits in Latin America may not achieve many concrete results, but they sure do keep us entertained.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | APRIL 12, 2012

Needles Into Ploughshares

Want to fight Latin America's drug problem? Try land reform.

BY OLIVER KAPLAN, MICHAEL ALBERTUS | APRIL 12, 2012

The G-20 Is Failing

World leaders said they'd reform the world's financial institutions in the wake of the Great Recession, but they haven't met their commitments. We all may pay the price.

BY EDWIN M. TRUMAN | APRIL 12, 2012

Treacherous Waters

The latest bad publicity for the global cruise industry is just the tip of the iceberg.

BY ROSS A. KLEIN | APRIL 6, 2012

Sharing the Burden

Why Africa doesn't need your white guilt anymore.

BY CHARLES KENNY | APRIL 2, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

The Pope dons a sombrero, French police hunt suspected Islamists, and a Tongan king is laid to rest.

MARCH 30, 2012

Of Popes and Potatoes

Can Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Havana offer any hope for the Cuban people?

BY YOANI SÁNCHEZ | MARCH 23, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

A tragedy in Toulouse, spring has sprung, and a general testifies.

MARCH 23, 2012

Biden to Latin America: Drop Dead

The laws of economics show why the United States has little chance of victory in the war on drugs.

BY PETER PASSELL | MARCH 22, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

Obama takes a basketball break with buddy David Cameron, Japan marks the earthquake anniversary, and a couple of bridges take a beating.

MARCH 16, 2012

Argentina's Dubious Boom

Argentina's economy has been coasting on its past successes. Don't be fooled.

BY ROBERT LOONEY | MARCH 14, 2012

No Teacher Left Behind

The good news is that more kids are in school, and for longer, than ever before. But if we want them to actually learn something, it's time to focus on the teachers.

BY CHARLES KENNY | MARCH 12, 2012

The Iceman Leadeth

The cool diplomacy of Barack Obama.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 12, 2012

Will the Good BRICS Please Stand Up?

You can call them respectable democracies, but India, Brazil, and South Africa will be judged by how they act abroad. And on the Syria question, it's been shameful.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 9, 2012

Is Iran's New Spanish Channel a Threat?

Not if its inauspicious debut is any guide.

BY GIRISH GUPTA | MARCH 5, 2012

How García Márquez Explains
Latin America

(And Roberto Bolaño and Tomás Eloy Martínez.)

BY EDMUNDO PAZ SOLDÁN | MARCH 2, 2012

Mind the Gap

Inequality is an increasing problem around the world. But there are cures.

BY PETER PASSELL | MARCH 1, 2012