Christopher Sabatini

Jan 29, 2025 | almendron.com | Christopher Sabatini

Since his inauguration, most of the world’s attention has focused on President Donald Trump’s professed love of tariffs. But the new administration has said relatively little about its intentions surrounding the use of sanctions. There have been two notable exceptions: Trump has announced he would impose more sanctions on Russia if it refused to end its ‘ ridiculous war’ in Ukraine.

Dec 16, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Yu Jie |Christopher Sabatini

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Nov 19, 2024 | almendron.com | Christopher Sabatini

Donald Trump has made no secret of his admiration for elected, populist autocrats, such as President Recep Erdogan in Turkey or President Victor Orban in Hungry. That affinity for elected strongmen extends to Latin America as well. In some cases, as with former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, it includes extensive connections with his family and advisors.

Oct 24, 2024 | almendron.com | Christopher Sabatini

The US’s broken immigration system has become a central theme of the 2024 election campaign. But the discussion on immigration, undocumented immigrants, and asylum seekers – increasingly lurching into dehumanizing rhetoric – extends beyond US borders. As one former senior director of the National Security Council told me, ‘when the president travels or meets with heads of state from Latin America what comes up –regardless of the country – isn’t US–Cuba policy or even trade. It’s immigration’.

Oct 9, 2024 | almendron.com | Christopher Sabatini |Ryan Berg

A little more than two months after Venezuela’s presidential election, the regime of Nicolás Maduro has yet to release any evidence to support its claim to victory. Instead, Caracas has brutally repressed its political opponents and civil society. None of this comes as a surprise. What is surprising is the utter failure of international diplomacy to compel Maduro to negotiate with the opposition, despite credible evidence that he lost by a landslide.