Author

Will Freeman

WILL FREEMAN is Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He has a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University.

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The Shock Waves of Venezuela

How Maduro’s Capture Could Transform Latin America

Will Freeman

January 6, 2026

The Hole in Mexico’s Security Strategy

Can Sheinbaum Take On Cartels and Corruption Without Losing Control?

Will Freeman

June 9, 2025

The Price of Neglecting Latin America

Guns, Drugs, and Migration Have Destabilized the Region—and Fed Dysfunction in Washington

Will Freeman

December 5, 2024

The Land That Geopolitics Forgot

What Latin America Gains—and Loses—From Life on the Margins

Will Freeman and Ryan C. Berg

October 17, 2023

The Guatemalan Counterinsurgency Never Ended

How Elites With a Cold War Mindset Threaten the Country’s Democracy

Will Freeman

June 23, 2023

Peru’s Democratic Dysfunction

How to Fix the Country’s Broken System

Will Freeman

January 20, 2023

Is Latin America Stuck?

Why the Region Could Face a New Lost Decade

Will Freeman

November 25, 2022