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Caribbean. With presidential elections in Guatemala, El Salvador, Argentina and Bolivia, undoubtedly some will try to read

Caribbean, President Donald Trump has combined aggressive and transactional policies with a lack of interest

The Cuban autocracy remains a nagging reminder of United States impotence in rooting out Communism.

A worker inspects a roll of aluminium cable at a plant in Barcarena, Brazil

Democracy is often depicted as a means to peacefully resolve political conflict and socioeconomic discontent. But what happens when that essential safety valve of elections has been closed off?

Protests in Cuba have brought the US embargo back into the public debate but really are more about a failed regime and unaccountable political system.

The recent elections were denounced by more than 40 governments but sanctions had no measurable deterrent effect, so can the international community do more?

It’s on the United States to break the detente because Cuba’s continued isolation may have serious geopolitical consequences.

There is an opportunity to revise a dead-end sanctions policy on Venezuela that would serve both US geostrategic interests and the goal of democratic transition.