Ivan Briscoe

Ivan Briscoe is a fellow of the Conflict Research Unit at the Clingendael Institute, in The Hague. He has previously worked as a senior researcher at the FRIDE institute in Madrid, as editor of the English- language edition of El Pais, and as a reporter for the UNESCO Courier and the Buenos Aires Herald.

Recent articles

A contest over the media has become a defining symbol of Latin America's ideological and political divides. But the forces at play are more fluid and surprising than it may appear, says Ivan Briscoe.

A wave of change across the Americas is transforming states and societies, creating new intra-regional and global alliances, and challenging the United States's hegemony. As the fifth Summit of the Americas gathers, Ivan Briscoe assesses these interlocking shifts.

The global orthodoxy on the international narcotics trade lags far behind its spreading realities, says Ivan Briscoe.

A crucial round of elections finds Hugo Chávez's tumultuous revolution at a historic impasse, finds Ivan Briscoe in Caracas.

(This article was first published on 21 November 2008)

Last year, Time magazine made her the "Latin Hillary." It was a comparison which President Cristina Kirchner seemed to fancy, just as Germany was the country she wished Argentina to become. A few months later, bruised in the opinions polls and beaten in the convulsive struggle over farm taxes, she faced the press - for the first time in her presidency - and let it be known that Obama was her new idol. "I've never been as interested in a presidential election in the United States," she said.