Scholars of Latin America spent much of the first decade of this century discussing the causes and consequences of the region's turn to the left, under Venezuela's Chávez, Argentina's Kirchners, Braz…

Ambassadors Pascual and Sarukhan at a Council on Foreign Relations symposium on U.S.-Mexico relations in November 2010. On Saturday, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual resigned from his post. …

Major powers need to provide less support for proxy forces and place more emphasis on conflict resolution.

This is a guest post by Stephanie Leutert, a research associate here at the Council on Foreign Relations who works with me in the Latin America program. The best known Colombian security story is …