The Globalist

Lula’s sentence is a signal to all of Latin America that justice can prevail. From Mexico to the tip of Argentina, corruption has pervaded politics for decades. Now is the time to fix it for good.

Can Peru once again prove skeptics wrong and succeed in the world economy?

Even though the last curtain fell in 1965, one man still calls Havana’s Campoamor Theatre home.

Brazil, like the United States, is now polarized politically, with two irreconcilable halves.

Will tiny Uruguay get squeezed between its two much larger neighbors, Brazil and Argentina, or prove itself resilient?

How did Germany link its own ideas to those emerging from France, North America and South America in the late 18th and 19th centuries?

How did China displace Japan as Asia’s main partner in Latin America?

Which regions are overrepresented — and which are underrepresented — in the 2010 World Cup?

Why are governments putting more emphasis on developing traditional medicine?

How is modern science making use of traditional healing practices?