Tag: South America
Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San...
Sylvain Barbot, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Venezuela and its capital, Caracas, were rocked by two...
How a diplomatic snub evokes the complicated US‑Brazil relationship in the...
Anthony W. Pereira, Tulane University; King's College London
Darren Beattie, the recently appointed U.S. State Department senior adviser for...
How Maduro’s capture went down – a military strategist explains what...
R. Evan Ellis, The Center for Strategic and International Studies
The predawn seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on...
A predawn op in Latin America? The US has been here...
Alan McPherson, Temple University
In the dead of night during the holidays, the United States launched an operation inside...
Black-market oil buyers will push Venezuela for bigger discounts following US...
Francisco J. Monaldi, Rice University
The U.S. seizure of an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast looks designed to...
The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during...
Renata Keller, University of Nevada, Reno
Sixty-three years ago, President John F. Kennedy single-handedly brought the world back from...
Brazil coup charges could end Bolsonaro’s political career − but they...
Anthony Pereira, Florida International University
Brazilian politics are getting more dramatic again.
The South American country’s...
Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension
Mario Orospe Hernández, Arizona State University
Located in the heart of South America, Bolivia contains the largest lithium deposits...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
