The provincial and national elections on May 29 come amid waning support for the ruling African National Congress thirty years after South Africa transitioned to democracy.

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

Tensions in the U.S.-South Africa relationship only heighten as both countries head towards national elections. 

Latin America’s openness to migration may offset downsides of aging populations; Arévalo’s reform agenda for Guatemala inches forward, but roadblocks are multiplying.

The post-Cold War era is over and a dangerous new era of great power competition has begun.