Luisa Leme

By Carin Zissis , Luisa Leme and Chase Harrison Pew, U.S.–Mexico Foundation, and AMLAT Radar experts unpack new survey data on changing attitudes toward the midterms, U.S.–Mexico ties, and global powers. A regional rightward tilt, tariff tensions, and a more muscular U.S. foreign policy: geopolitical dynamics in the Americas are witnessing tectonic shifts.

The IRC’s Rafael Velasquez and CAF’s Ángel Cárdenas Sosa discuss the short- and long-term priorities for funding recovery after the June 24 earthquakes. The double earthquakes of June 24 accentuated a year of profound change in Venezuela. The United States’ January 3 ouster of Nicolás Maduro catalyzed an ongoing economic transition guided by the interim government of Delcy Rodríguez, hand-in-hand with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

CEBRI’s Fernanda Magnotta takes the temperature of the bilateral relationship after a May meeting focused on tariffs and rare earths. The May 7 meeting at the White House between Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Donald Trump was months in the making. For much of the previous year, the relationship between the leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s two most populous countries was tense, stemming from trade disputes and security issues.