R. Evan Ellis
China’s Prospects in Mexico Under Claudia Sheinbaum
As the People’s Republic of China (PRC) expanded its engagement with the countries of the Western Hemisphere during the past three decades, Mexico’s integration with the US economy, its comparative distance from and structural competition with the PRC economy, and Mexico’s close cooperation with the United States on security issues under the governments of Felipe […]
El Salvador: Results Versus Norms in a Troubled Democracy
El Salvador’s charismatic young president Nayib Bukele has succeeded in achieving what seemed for many Salvadorans unattainable: freeing the country from two decades of extortion and violence at the hands of the gangs: Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio-18. The country’s homicide rate has fallen from more than 100 per 100,000 to 7.8 per 100,000 last year, […]
The Struggle for the Soul of the Latin American Left
On April 7, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council for its egregious human rights violations during the brutal invasion of Ukraine. Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, were not among the 93 countries that voted against Russia, highlighting Latin America as […]
