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Central America and the Caribbean

Russia's Presidential Election, Famine in Gaza, Haiti Crisis

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Ravi Agrawal, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Voters head to polls for the Russian Presidential Election
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Global Politics

From Stability to Prosperity: Understanding Costa Rica's Success

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Deep Dish explores what makes Costa Rica a shining example of functionality.

Costa Rica view
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Global Politics

Unraveling Haiti Two Years after Moïse's Assassination

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

From corruption to inequality, underlying factors hinder Haiti's progress post-President Moïse's assassination.

A moto-taxi driver rides past a mural featuring slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise.
AP Photos
Defense and Security

Blinken Says He Warned China about Military, Intel Activities in Cuba

In the News
VOA
Paul Heer

China's actions in Cuba reflect its increased parity with the United States on the world stage, argues Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer.

Paul Heer on Zoom speaking to VOA with bookshelf in the background and a white wall. Defense and Security

Lifting Sanctions Could Reduce Pressure at the US Border

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Global Insight by Emma Sanderson

US sanctions on Latin American countries have exacerbated the worsening economic and political conditions behind the current migrant surge.

Biden walks with agents near the US-Mexico border
Adam Schultz for White House
US Foreign Policy

El Salvador's Crackdown on Gangs, Explained

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Global Insight by Emma Sanderson

Mass arrests have reduced crime in the short-term—but at a significant cost to human rights.

Detainees held at a prison in El Salvador
AP Photos
Human Rights

With Russian Support, Nicaragua Smothers Dissent

In the News
Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

The crackdown and assault on civil society includes the key tool of the 21st century autocrat: restrictions and surveillance of digital communications.

Nicaragua Protests
Alisdare Hickson
Global Politics

Haiti Is on the Brink of State Failure

In the News
Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

The underlying drivers of Haiti's woes are complex, but criminal gangs and political and economic corruption have made the country's plight worse.

Haiti protests
Reuters
Global Politics

Commonwealth Caribbean Wants More than Symbolic Change from British Monarchy

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Global Insight by Grace Carrington

Faced with a new, less popular monarch, will a growing movement for republicanism accelerate in the Caribbean 'realms'?

Queen Elizabeth II sits in a chair with people waving Jamaican flags in the foreground.
Reuters
Global Politics

Food Security and Climate Mitigation as Counterinsurgency

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

If left unmitigated, hunger- and climate change-induced suffering in both Afghanistan and Haiti will likely exacerbate current political instability and conflict.

Afghan woman receives a box of food.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture