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Latin America

Taxing remittances helps make US neighbors poorer, less stable

In many cases the money that migrants send home is equal or more than the federal aid those countries used to get

Michael Jensen
Latin America

Former Air Force commando takes top LatAm job at NSC

This doesn’t reassure those who think Trump's Western Hemisphere policy may be too militarized

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Latin America

Bukele's dirty secret: He made deals with the worst gangs

This has been going on in El Salvador for years — cartels agree to chill for special perks inside and outside prison

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Latin America

US invasion of Panama was first step toward the 'forever wars'

The swift, successful action in 1989 led Washington to believe that regime change was not only possible, but easy


Pope Francis Fidel Castro
Latin America

Pope Francis worked miracles for US-Cuba, but not the biggest one

The Pontiff had engaged in many delicate diplomatic missions in Havana but died months after Trump reversed key wins

Bukele Trump Garcia
Washington Politics

In Garcia, SCOTUS risks handing Trump a ‘loaded weapon’

The idea that the high court has no jurisdiction over ‘foreign policy’ is not just wrong, it’s unconstitutional