Ahead of its 250th birthday, an empirical look shows the world’s leading country no longer stands so far apart ...

Mr. Spektor is a Brazilian political scientist. He wrote from São Paulo, Brazil. President Trump has announced 50 percent tariffs on India and Brazil, two of the global south’s largest economies. He ...

When most people think of Latin America, images of drug cartels and street crime often come to mind. But that view is only half the picture. In fact, several countries in the region are now safer than ...

The appeal to America is simple. More dollar users would reduce borrowing costs for its government and its businesses. The greenback’s primacy already reduces the returns foreigners demand to invest ...