In Latin America, there is a great political variety. Consider two neighbors in Central America: Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The former has long been a model of democracy, pretty much; the latter is ...

The political role of the military is one of the most important ... In The Armed Forces and Democracy in Latin America, J. Samuel Fitch analyzes the contrasting patterns of military power in ...

“Almost everywhere you look there are economic headwinds detracting from presidents’ popularity,” said Cynthia Arnson, a Latin America political analyst at the Wilson Center, a think tank in ...