Articles by joetulchin

Nicaragua’s economy has been in free fall since 2018, with the current situation worsened by the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic. President Daniel Ortega and […]

Three major actors – President Maduro, President Trump, and the EU – each want to have a say in what will happen to the future […]

Unlike the protests and strikes of previous years, the protests that began in October of 2019 were much bigger, more motivated, and more violent, different […]

In Nicaragua, the situation continues to look shaky in the time leading up to the 2021 presidential elections. Both the current regime and opposition entities […]

Waves of dramatic change have hit Bolivia since this past November, when President Evo Morales was ousted from office and replaced by the religious conservative […]

The new administration in Montevideo, under Luis Lacalle Pou, has some promising goals for the near future, but they will depend on improvement in many […]

As the incoming government of president-elect Fernandez prepares to enter office in December, it must prepare to face a dire economic situation. Within the last […]

While corruption in Latin America used to be more blindly tolerated decades ago, the rise of technology and media have made the spread of incriminating […]

As Cuba transitions to a younger and more politically lenient regime, its economic problems are not to be ignored. Closely tied to Venezuela, Cuba suffers […]