Juan David Rojas

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  • Nov 29, 2025
    On November 13, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled against billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s challenge to an unpaid tax bill of nearly $3 billion. It was another...
  • Oct 29, 2025
    In dealing with Venezuela, the second Trump administration for months oscillated between dealmaking and regime change. 
  • Oct 21, 2025
    On October 19, Bolivians elected Rodrigo Paz Pereira to the presidency. A center-right senator and son of former president Jaime Paz Zamora (1989-1993), Paz ran on a platform of...
  • Sep 27, 2025
    n Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled that the Trump administration is committed to doing what is necessary to stabilize Argentina amid fears of another...
  • Aug 25, 2025
    On August 1st, President Donald Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on a host of Brazilian products—currently the highest for any country in the world other than India. The White...
  • Jul 5, 2025
    Ayear after Claudia Sheinbaum and the ruling Morena party’s landslide victories in Mexico, the immensely popular Mexican president has become a progressive icon north of the...
  • May 19, 2025
    The Mexican left combined ideological diversity on cultural issues with a shared, populist vision on material concerns.
  • Feb 12, 2025
    Throughout his career, Marco Rubio has been a harsh critic of left-wing governments in Latin America, and has supported US-backed regime change attempts against some of them. But as...
  • Jan 14, 2025
    On Monday, Nicaragua’s ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) initiated an overhaul of the country’s constitution that will codify the rule of...