Alex monitors economic and political developments in Latin America and beyond and regularly engages with policymakers and civil society groups. His areas of expertise include global economic governance, Latin American and Caribbean integration, and US policy in the Western Hemisphere. Alex’s analyses have been published in numerous outlets, including The New York Times, Folha de São Paulo, Foreign Policy, the Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Dissent, Pagina 12, and Le Monde diplomatique.
Prior to CEPR, Alex spent more than six years in Latin America working as a foreign policy analyst and an international cooperation consultant. He holds degrees in history and political science from the Sorbonne University in Paris, France, and is fluent in Spanish and French.
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Gridlock, US Interference, Technical Failures and an Incomplete Recount: An Assessment of Honduras’s 2025 Elections
This report on Honduras’s 2025 general elections, based on the observations of CEPR’s electoral mission to Tegucigalpa, finds no evidence in the available data to support claims of fraud. However, the elections were marked by a broader crisis of confidence, driven by partisan institutional gridlock, US interference, logistical issues, technical deficiencies, disputes over the results, and an incomplete recount process.
US Sanctions and the Sharp Rise in Infant Mortality in Cuba
Cuba’s infant mortality rate has risen by 148 percent since 2018, indicating a severe deterioration in population’s overall health. The unparalleled hardening of US sanctions during the first Trump administration, largely maintained under the Biden administration and further expanded in a second Trump term, including a devastating fuel blockade, is the primary cause of the current economic and humanitarian crisis—widely considered the worst in the island’s contemporary history.
(Foreign Policy) Why Trump Should Be Careful What He Wishes for in Cuba
In a new piece in Foreign Policy, Guillaume Long and Alexander Main warn that the Trump administration’s escalating pressure campaign against Cuba could produce a crisis that could prove harmful to both the Cuban people and US interests.
The Donroe Doctrine Fan Club Kicks Off in Miami
After the postponement of the 2025 Summit of the Americas, Donald Trump convenes a smaller gathering of allied Latin American and Caribbean leaders in Miami. The “Shield of the Americas” summit brings together right-wing governments supportive of Washington’s militarized “war on narco-terror” and its broader regional agenda.
It’s Long Past Time to Liberate Venezuela’s SDRs
In an article published in Phenomenal World, CEPR’s Alex Main and Ivana Vasić-Lalović explain how Venezuela lost access to its SDRs, and how unfreezing them could help set the country on a path to economic recovery.
Q and A on Honduras’s 2025 General Elections
Your questions about Honduras’s November 30 elections answered. The following Q and A looks at the key issues that have generated discussion and debate ahead of the election and provides background on the electoral process as well as the internal and external actors that are likely to play a role in its conduct and outcome.
Economic Sanctions: A Root Cause of Migration
There is overwhelming evidence that migration is driven in large part by adverse economic conditions and that sanctions can have severe, harmful economic and humanitarian consequences.
Economic Sanctions: A Root Cause of Migration – Summary
Examine the role of economic sanctions in shaping migration patterns and their significant impact on affected populations.
Let Mexico Reform its Judiciary
Analyzing Mexico’s judiciary reform: how President AMLO’s constitutional changes are affecting judicial independence and the rule of law.
No False Solutions: IMF Surcharges Must Go
Uncover the truth about IMF surcharges. Find out why this policy has been criticized as regressive and counterproductive.
