List of South America articles
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A photo illustration shows Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden posing on pedestals atop the bipolar world order, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Russian President Vladamir Putin standing below on a gridded floor. No, the World Is Not Multipolar
The idea of emerging power centers is popular but wrong—and could lead to serious policy mistakes.
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Argentine President Alberto Fernández (right) and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva prepare for photos as part of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States summit hosted in Buenos Aires on Jan. 24. BRICS Invitation Puts Argentina in a Tough Spot
Ahead of a presidential election, debate in Buenos Aires reveals the mounting challenges of multi-alignment.
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Bags with coca paste, a crude extract of the coca leaf, are pictured at a laboratory in a municipality of Nariño department, Colombia, on May 11. The U.S. Military Can’t Solve the Fentanyl Crisis
A trendy idea among GOP candidates would fail, just as it did in Colombia.
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Chilean President Gabriel Boric and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez smiles as they walk side-by-side in front of a large white building. Boric wears a dark suit and carries a pair of glasses in his hand. AOC wears a white pantsuit and waves to viewers behind the camera. The American Left Realigns Its Relationship to Latin America
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives visited Brazil, Chile, and Colombia to show how the United States could strengthen ties in the region.
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Argentine far-right libertarian economist and presidential candidate Javier Milei celebrates the results of the primary election at his headquarters in Buenos Aires. Milei’s Rise Exposes Argentina’s Malaise
The presidential front-runner may be hard to pin down politically, but his “us vs. them” rhetoric is part of a long Latin American tradition.
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A farmer holding a large chainsaw steps across the severed trunk of a downed tree as he cuts trees to plant coca at a plantation in Colombia. Behind him are more trees in the Amazon rainforest. How Drugs Are Destroying the Amazon
In the world’s largest rainforest, cocaine and deforestation are increasingly linked.
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Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli celebrates being nominated as the presidential candidate for the Realizing Goals party in Panama City. A Presidential Conviction Is Shaking Up Panama’s Election
Ricardo Martinelli’s fate is a bellwether for anti-corruption reform.
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A lithium mine supervisor inspects an evaporation pond of lithium-rich brine in the Atacama Desert in Salar de Atacama, Chile. The Mineral-Rich Want to Get Richer
The world’s biggest reserves of lithium and nickel are concentrated in a handful of nations. And they want to cash in.
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From left to right: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar pose for photos at the BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 1. BRICS Faces a Reckoning
Enlargement would be a sign not of the group’s strength, but of China’s growing influence.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018. 6 Swing States Will Decide the Future of Geopolitics
These middle powers of the global south should be the focus of U.S. policy.
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Visitors stand on a salt mound at an Albemarle Corporation lithium mine in the Atacama Desert, Chile, on Aug. 24, 2022. How Chile’s Politics Are Shaping the Global Energy Transition
Chile’s rightward lurch is an opportunity to expand the supply of lithium, a critical battery resource.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attends the welcome session at the Portuguese Parliament in Lisbon. How to Understand Brazil’s Ukraine Policy
Like it or not, Lula’s stance reflects legitimate misgivings about the global order.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva holds a joint press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at Moncloa Palace in Madrid on April 26. Brazil Is Ukraine’s Best Bet for Peace
The nonaligned country has strong diplomatic traditions—and its president is a pro at building global coalitions.
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Military members guard the outside of Guayas 1 prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 14, the scene of one of Ecuador's worst prison massacres in years. China Is Exploiting a U.S. Police Void in Latin America
Washington is the region’s top military partner but lags on civilian security.
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A man carries a flag with the faces of former Peruvian presidents Alberto Fujimori, Alejandro Toledo and Alan Garcia, former first lady Nadine Heredia and her husband, former president Ollanta Humala, and current President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, while thousands march against corruption through the streets of downtown Lima on February 16, 2017. Justice in Peru Is a Danger for Its Politics
The extradition of a former president is a big risk for an already teetering political system.
