Commentary and Analysis

Police, prosecutors, money-laundering experts, and others convened in Brazil to tackle drug and environmental crimes that are growing in scale across the Amazon.

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book began, Roger Thurow revisits the featured mothers and children to see how they are faring.

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book, we revisit Dianet and her daughter Keytlin to see how they are faring.

The movement of Venezuelans across the Western Hemisphere highlights the need for regional coordination.

"No Brazilian leader has been so effusively pro-miner—or anti-Indigenous—as the former army captain and gold-prospecting hobbyist Bolsonaro,” writes Rob Muggah.

The fallout from the removal of President Pedro Castillo has revealed a young democracy in dire straits.

Can Peru’s democracy satisfy protester demands, or will it head into political chaos?

Amid the attack on democracy in Brazil, what lies ahead?

Ravi Agrawal and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

The militants who sacked government institutions were amateurs, much like their U.S. counterparts, writes Robert Muggah. But it was no spontaneous "accident."