In Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)’s frequent condemnation of the conservative elite and neoliberal technocrats echoed in his daily morning conferences during his six years as president. He ...

Immigration, race and religion are three issues that are often central to many populists’ politics. There are also economic factors such as a poor economy, international trade, industrial robots and ...

Columnist Mariana Martinez argues that more Penn students should learn more about political history through Latin America. Credit: Abhiram Juvvadi On Aug. 11, 2025, Colombian senator Miguel Uribe died ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

LA PAZ/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A landslide win by Bolivia's socialist party at weekend elections may herald a year of dramatic shifts in Latin American politics as the painful economic impact of the ...

President Trump’s startling win in 2016 ushered in a new era of economic populism. Ever since, both parties have been vying to offer a new economic deal to blue-collar Americans, whose earning power ...

For centuries, the United States of America has been hailed as a paragon of pluralism and free speech. Unfortunately, earnest political discourse has become largely impossible in America, and ...

Here’s a guess that Donald Trump will win the American election in November. The race has tightened. (At the start of August, Trump was a 10:9 favorite in the betting markets vs. Kamala Harris, who is ...

For centuries, the United States of America has been hailed as a paragon of pluralism and free speech. Unfortunately, earnest political discourse has become largely impossible in America, and ...