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Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Mass deportation stories, huge spending bill, Salvador renditions, military zone
Accumulating accounts of cruel and possibly unlawful removals and detentions; “Reconciliation” mega-spending bill sails ...
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Latin America and Trump’s Frenzied First 100 Days: Taking Stock
Rarely considered a priority region for U.S. foreign policy, Latin America has come to the forefront during the first few ...
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Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: El Salvador Renditions, Mass Deportation, Military Role
Controversies continue over renditions to El Salvador; Notes on “mass deportation”; The U.S. military role; Notes from the ...
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Colombian Dissident ELN Guerrillas Agree to Disarm, Although Total Peace Remains Elusive
On April 6, the Comuneros del Sur—dissidents of the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) in ...
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A Spectacle, Not a Solution: Three Things You Should Know About Bukele’s “Offer” to Maduro
Nayib Bukele proposed a “humanitarian agreement” to Nicolás Maduro via X: the repatriation of 252 Venezuelan migrants—who had ...
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Executive Summary: Latin America and Trump’s Frenzied First 100 Days
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has radically reoriented U.S. policy toward Latin America—upending decades of ...
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Understanding the Impact of U.S. Measures on Venezuela: Sanctions and Tariffs
On March 24, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order that imposes a 25 percent tariff on all goods imported into the ...
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Inside FARC’s Demobilization Camp
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