Latin America three months into the Trumpocalypse

Latin America three months into the Trumpocalypse

Roger D. Harris and John Perry Nobody is complaining anymore about Latin America and the Caribbean being neglected by the hegemon to the north. The Trump administration is contending with it on multiple fronts: prioritizing “massive deportations,” halting the “flood of drugs,” combatting “threats to US security,” and stopping other countries from “ripping us off”…

What’s Left in Latin American and the Caribbean: Year 2024 in Review

What’s Left in Latin American and the Caribbean: Year 2024 in Review

By Roger D. Harris and John Perry The progressive regional current, the “Pink Tide,” could be better called “troubled waters” in 2024. The tide had already slackened by 2023 compared to its rise in 2022, when it was buoyed by big wins in Colombia and Brazil. Then, progressive alternatives had sailed into power replacing failed…

Should we be concerned about what ChatGPT “thinks” about Latin America?

Should we be concerned about what ChatGPT “thinks” about Latin America?

ChatGPT is a powerful AI chatbot that is as easy to use as Google and provides more direct answers to users’ questions. Ask it anything you like, and you will receive an answer that sounds like it was written by a human, based on knowledge and writing skills gained from massive amounts of data from…

Pinochet’s firm government

Today is the fortieth anniversary of the coup that toppled Salvador Allende.  There are still many unresolved crimes from his period in power. Twenty years ago, I spent a week working on a housing project in one of Santiago’s poorest barrios. It was only three years since Pinochet had left office; people guardedly expressed a…