Shannon K. O'Neil

Faced with Trump’s unprecedented belligerence, Mexico has few good options. The country’s best bet for dealing with Trump? Go around him.

Since its return to democracy in 1990, Chile has been heralded as Latin America’s exception. Yet over the last half decade, this tranquillity has come to an end.

Latin America’s once-dominant populism has receded over time—not because the region has solved its underlying problems, but because voters have tired of economic...

To resolve their current economic and political problems, Argentina and Brazil will need to embrace free trade.

Once hidden behind high tariffs, quotas, subsidies, and hundreds of state-owned enterprises, Mexico’s economy is now one of the most open in the world. But the...

Even as Mexico continues to struggle with grave security threats, its steady rise is transforming the country's economy, society, and political system. Given Mexico...

Brazil's rise never depended on the sale of commodities, and thanks to recent reforms, the country will continue to prosper, write Shannon O'Neil, Richard Lapper,...

For decades, the PRI maintained control in Mexico by buying votes, co-opting the opposition, and wielding a repressive hand. Now the party could retake the...

There are now three candidates for Mexico's July 1 presidential election, but it is Josefina Vázquez Mota’s place on the ticket that has the potential to upend the...

Clean-energy technology is expensive and the United States is spending far too little on developing it. The U.S. government must do more to promote cross-border...

An annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on Mexican politics.

Hysteria over bloodshed in Mexico clouds the real challenge. The rising violence is a product of democratization, and the only real solution is to continue...