The Legacy of COP30 for Latin America As the UN climate summit in Brazil winds down, one attendee looks at its lasting effects for the region.

#COP30 began with floods and ended with fires. Belém serves as a reminder that climate diplomacy is no longer a distant conversation among ministers: it is a stress test for the places where most people actually live. New with #AmericasQuarterly: americasquarterly.org/article/the-...

The Geopolitics of Trump’s War on Drugs Decertifications, terror labels, and episodic strikes risk alienating the partners Washington needs.

Decertifications, terror labels, and episodic strikes risk alienating the partners Washington needs. My latest with #AmericasQuarterly.

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REACTION: Trump Orders Armed Forces to Fight Latin American Cartels The reported Pentagon directive targets groups that the U.S. considers terrorist organizations.

"Notwithstanding U.S. claims legitimizing the use of force, the legal foundation for the presidential directive is fragile," says Robert Muggah about the recent news of the U.S. possibly using military force in Latin America. #AmericasQuarterly

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Trump’s Policies Are Testing U.S.-Latin America Ties A year after AQ’s special report on what the U.S. election would mean for Latin America, even allies complain about heightened uncertainty.

"Trump’s second-term policies continue to create uncertainty, undermining U.S. leadership in #LatinAmerica and worsening regional instability", argues @luciadammert.bsky.social in a fine comment for #AmericasQuarterly #AQ.

Guatemala: A 2025 Snapshot Emilie Sweigart provides a snapshot for 2025 on Guatemala in Americas Quarterly. Elected on an anti-corruption platform, President Bernardo Arévalo and his center-left Semilla Party (which holds only 23 of the 160 seats in Guatemala’s unicameral Congress) have faced strong headwinds in advancing his transparency agenda. Judicial authorities temporarily suspended Semilla during the 2023 election, and the party was suspended again in late November.

‘Guatemala: A 2025 Snapshot’
Emilie Sweigart
Americas Quarterly
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#AmericasQuarterly
#Guatemala
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Guatemala: A 2025 Snapshot Emilie Sweigart provides a snapshot for 2025 on Guatemala in Americas Quarterly. Elected on an anti-corruption platform, President Bernardo Arévalo and his center-left Semilla Party (which holds only 23 of the 160 seats in Guatemala’s unicameral Congress) have faced strong headwinds in advancing his transparency agenda. Judicial authorities temporarily suspended Semilla during the 2023 election, and the party was suspended again in late November.

‘Guatemala: A 2025 Snapshot’
Emilie Sweigart
Americas Quarterly
#EmilieSweigart
#AmericasQuarterly
#Guatemala
#GuatemalaCorruption
#GuatemalaPactoDeCorruptos

Mexico’s Post-Election Fiscal Reality Check Sheinbaum and Gálvez are downplaying the country’s budget peril, while Pemex’s current path is unsustainable.

Mexico's president "maintains high levels of support in part due to the higher levels of social handouts", writes Carlos Ramírez in an #AmericasQuarterly comment about the budget deficit.
Ramírez warns that AMLO's successor will inherit a fiscal deficit of close to 6% of GDP.