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In Latin America, Nuclear Power on Shaky Ground
Lede: The nuclear disaster in Fukushima has given nuclear power proponents in Latin America pause. Michael S. Lerner explores how a new level of caution has affected different Latin American nations'...
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Venezuela’s Future in the Crosshairs
Lede: After more than a decade in power, Venezuela president Hugo Chávez may have finally met his match in Henrique Capriles Radonski. But no matter who wins next month's presidential election, Robert...
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Despite Chávez Victory, Venezuelan Opposition Gains Ground
Lede: The election results may be familiar as Hugo Chávez was reelected to a fourth consecutive term, but the political landscape is changing. Robert Valencia argues that Chávez's narrow victory has...
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Dead or Alive? Chávez Brings Uncertainty to Venezuela
Lede: Chávez's health raises more uncertainty for Venezuela's troubled economy. After years of cultivating popular support behind his personality, it's unsure whether his vice president, Nicolás...
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Chávez's Legacy of Violent Rhetoric
Lede: Vice President Nicolas Maduro says President Hugo Chavez is dead. In our Spring 2012 issue, Marco Aponte-Moreno and Lance Lattig described how Chavez used his rhetoric to maintain power—and how...
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How the Latin American Press is Losing its Voice
Lede: Venezuela's last television station critical of Hugo Chávez, Globovisión, has been bought by the Bolivarians. With the hemisphere's main tool for promoting press freedom heading toward the...
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Hugo Chávez: 1954-Forever
Lede: Hugo Chávez supporters in New York came out to honor the late Venezuelan president just over a week after his death. World Policy Journal editorial assistant Jordan Katz documents Chávez's...
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Maduro's Slim Win: An Omen of Waning Chavismo
Lede: By all calculations, Nicolas Maduro should have won the Venezuelan elections this weekend by a landslide, but he squeaked by with just 50.6 percent of the vote. A lack of turnout in support of...
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Looking South: Weighing Snowden's Options
Lede: In the continuing saga of Edward Snowden, three leftist Latin American countries have made ovations towards granting him asylum. Robert Valencia offers insight which one would be the best pick,...
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Latin America's Left Gets Cozy
Lede: Venezuela's membership of the trading bloc MERCOSUR is a big step towards Latin American economic unification, as countries governed by the hard and moderate left are starting to overcome their...
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