Pressure to migrate is increasing—but so is the backlash

By Kinley Salmon, Latin America correspondent, The Economist

As 2025 begins, migration in Latin America remains as politically fraught and physically dangerous as ever. The pressure to migrate was highlighted in July when Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, stole the election and cracked down on protesters. Now Donald Trump’s victory brings the prospect of mass deportations and crackdowns at the Rio Grande. Few countries in Latin America are as crude, but barriers are going up within the region, too.