His concentration of power in an already strong presidency bodes ill for civil society and fragile institutions.

His personalistic presidency threatens years of hard-won institutional gains.

This is a guest post by Isidro Morales, a professor of the School of Government at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Santa Fe (Mexico City) campus. On Sunday April 22, the first of three presidential deba…

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers June 1 to June 7.

Many big cities are doing well, but in flyover country organized crime and corruption often smother democracy.

Organized crime’s hold on local governments fuels record election violence; Europe’s cocaine pipeline shifting to the Southern Cone.