As Washington ends immigration pathways for Cubans—and increases its pressure campaign on the island—those who want to flee are increasingly looking to Brazil. 🧵

Latin American countries with growing oil exports have more financial room to maneuver amid the Hormuz price shock than heavy energy importers. But what they've chosen to do during the price spike varies. 🧵

The World Cup is unquestionably intertwined with soft power and countries’ images on the global stage. For @foreignpolicy.com, I interviewed international relations and sports history experts about what clues the lead-up to the tournament offers 🧵

Enjoyed chatting with @ccosborn.bsky.social for her report in @foreignpolicy.com on Chinese FDI in Brazil's auto sector. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/08/b...

In April, BYD became the top-selling brand in Brazil's retail car market for the first time. Company officials have waged a yearslong marketing campaign that helped lead to this moment, which even included placing BYD cars in popular soap operas. 🧵

Informal U.N. custom suggests the next Secretary-General should hail from Latin America and the Caribbean. While the three candidates from the region have ample experience in the U.N. system, they were also shaped by their experiences in Latin American politics, 🧵

A Colombia summit last week showcased how several Latin American and Caribbean countries have been building up their Africa policies in recent years, with new embassies and increased trade flows. The trend is stronger in governments with leftist leaders, raising questions 🧵

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Latin American heads of state gathered in significant numbers for last weekend's Florida event with Trump, an opportunity to voice a joint agenda. But the event was light on specifics, serving generally to reinforce Trump's preference 🧵

Latin America's first crop of millennial presidents have now been around long enough that they are getting reelected—or replaced by the other side of the aisle. The latter is the case for Chile's Gabriel Boric, who leaves office on Wednesday. 🧵

While Sunday's raid thrust the Sheinbaum administration's security policy into the spotlight, she has been carving a new path on security for months. The choice to step up cooperation with Washington allowed her not only to head off unilateral U.S. military action 🧵

At this week's AI summit in India, Brazil showcased its nascent policies toward the technology. Brazilian officials drew up much of the country's draft AI governance based on the EU model, and while they argue their approach strikes a balance 🧵

In Cuba, the top U.S. envoy said Washington is in talks with unspecified local officials in an effort to bring about political change this year. He suggested his team favored a repeat of the Venezuela strategy 🧵

Costa Rica's election was the region's latest to reward a tough-on-crime candidate against a backdrop of rising concerns about insecurity. Drug smuggling routes have grown following the opening of a new port. But Costa Rica's openness 🧵

Copper's soar to record-high prices this month—and projections of a coming global supply crunch—are being closely watched in Chile and Peru, which consistently rank in the world's top three producers. Chile is planning to increase production, while experts in Peru warn 🧵

Carney’s Davos speech on the world order rang familiar to many Latin American policymakers, who have spent years testing active non-alignment in an effort to avoid being boxed in by spheres-of-influence assumptions. In @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/23/l...

Why Latin America Has Been Demure in Davos

U.S. aggression is nothing new for the region.

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Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief looks at factors affecting whether, and how, Cuba is the next target of a major U.S. intervention. 🧵

In the wake of Maduro’s capture, several Latin American officials have defended international law and the need to avoid a “Wild West” in their public comments. But the Trump administration has signaled little interest in such arguments, most recently Trump himself 🧵

A look back at the year in Latin American politics: efforts at trade diversification amid U.S. pressure, the fights for Venezuela’s future & to keep climate cooperation alive, the new politics of migration, & why regional historical dramas won global film kudos. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/26/l...

Latin America’s Year in Review

In 2025, the region went up against tariffs, deportations, and a major U.S. military buildup.

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This week’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: As U.S. threats to 🇻🇪 have intensified, China has updated its public strategy document on Latin America & the Caribbean for the first time in almost a decade. It reads as an indirect rebuttal to Trump’s recent National Security Strategy. 🧵

Today's @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief: It’s kickoff time for a process that could change the biggest rulebook on trade in North America. A review that one 🇨🇦 expert said risks foreign-policy catastrophe is unfolding as the parties to a current deal prepare to jointly host the World Cup. 🧵

I wrote a post-COP update for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social. With the former pillars of multilateral climate politics—resource transfer from rich to poor countries & U.S.-China stability—being upended, 🇧🇷's focus on green industrial policy at COP is one example of how climate diplomacy is evolving. 🧵

In this week’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief, Trump announces a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine as he weighs in on Honduras’s presidential election, endorsing a conservative candidate and pardoning another member of the same party from a U.S. cocaine importation conviction. 🧵

In today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief, elections last weekend offered clues about what appears to be an ascendant right-wing moment in the region. Most Chileans backed right-wing candidates in the 1st round presidential vote. But a referendum in Ecuador 🧵

Today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief looks at some of the new climate strategies that Latin American policymakers are showcasing at COP30, including Mexico's new emissions target, Colombia's plan for a summit on fossil fuel phase-out, 🧵

For @foreignpolicy.com I did a deep dive on Brazil's effort to keep climate cooperation alive despite highly adverse geopolitics. While some have said the U.S. retreat on this issue creates an opening for China, Brazil is also flexing its voice as a middle power and raising 🧵

Today's @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: At APEC, 🇨🇱, 🇲🇽, & 🇵🇪 moved trade talks forward w countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, and New Zealand. The look toward Asia is part of Latin American countries’ broad efforts at trade diversification. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/a...

Latin America’s Pivot to Asia

Chile, Mexico, and Peru announced new trade talks at APEC.

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This week’s @ForeignPolicy LatAm Brief: Hurricane Melissa brought the costs of climate change into catastrophic focus. Battering countries w different access to global markets, it also underscored there is no one-size-fits-all solution to fund climate adaptation. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/30/h...

The Politics of Hurricane Melissa

The storm hit three island nations with vastly different approaches to climate adaptation.

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In today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: Outrage over crime—and pre-election political calculations—finally ousted 🇵🇪’s Dina Boluarte. Unrest has continued under her replacement, while as elsewhere in the world, youth demonstrators have embraced the Gen Z slogan. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/17/p...

Peru’s Political Churn Isn’t Over Yet

Even after the president’s impeachment, protests show little sign of slowing down.

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Today’s @foreignpolicy.com LatAm Brief: Four Caribbean countries launched an EU-style free movement regime, saying easing migration is part of their economic development strategy. It reflects at least a partial shift in regional debates on migration policy. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/10/c...

The Caribbean’s Migration Milestone

Four countries are defying global anti-migrant sentiment to offer free movement to their citizens.

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