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Sandra Weiss

Sandra Weiss

Mexico City

Sandra Weiss is a political scientist and a former diplomat. Until 1999 she worked as editor for the news agency afp. A freelance journalist, Sandra wrote articles about Latin America for several German newspapers, among others Die Zeit and Die Welt.

Articles

When Trump robs a bank

Why Trump drives a wedge between Latin American nations to have his candidate lead the Inter-American Development Bank

The authoritarian temptation

In the shadow of the coronavirus, democratic principles are thrown overboard in Latin America

Trump walls of China

North America's 'NAFTA 4.0' promotes workers' rights, environmental protection – and reduces China's regional [...]

Mexico's recentralisation of power

Even under the leftist government, violence is soaring. President López Obrador relies on the military and centralised [...]

Using tariffs to punish migrants

Trump attacks immigration and aggravates its causes. But Mexico’s humanitarian approach has also failed

An unholy alliance

Across Latin America, the military's gaining power and moving into politics – with support of Christian fundamentalist [...]

The mafia fights back

The UN-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala is becoming a victim of its own success

The other refugee crisis

Amid economic collapse and political unrest, Latin America has to deal with the largest refugee crisis in its history

Let a hundred businesses bloom

China is investing heavily in Latin America, but benefits to the continent may prove negligible

A matter of trust

All over Latin America, parties are using questionable tactics to cling to power

São Paulo, slush funds and sleaze

Latin America’s long history of corruption

Mexico City’s “crowdsourced” constitution

A progressive bill of rights shaped by citizens themselves sends shudders through the country’s conservative heartlands