| Can Canada lead on Latin America? Venezuela poses a test. Posted: 01 Feb 2019 01:42 PM PST ![Can Canada lead on Latin America? Venezuela poses a test.]( "Can Canada lead on Latin America? Venezuela poses a test.") As Canada hosts an international meeting Monday aimed at ending the presidency of Venezuela's embattled Nicolás Maduro, it faces charges in both Venezuela and at home that it's acting as a lackey of the United States. When opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself the interim president of Venezuela last week, with the country mired in humanitarian crisis, the US immediately recognized him as the country's new leader.
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| ‘Be a man’: What does that mean in modern America? Posted: 01 Feb 2019 01:05 PM PST !['Be a man': What does that mean in modern America?]( "'Be a man': What does that mean in modern America?") Almost a decade ago, when Timothy Malefyt was doing research on the nitty-gritties of masculinity for his client Gillette, he and his small team of corporate anthropologists observed what they considered to be a "paradoxical" set of masculine values among NASCAR fans. On the one hand, there was a lot of drinking, bawdy jokes, and loud behavior among the men they observed at the Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, says Mr. Malefyt, the former director of cultural discoveries for the advertising firm BBDO Worldwide in New York. Recommended: In #MeToo age, can we love the art but deplore the artist?
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| Super Bowl: With Saints not in, this town’s the Big Uneasy Posted: 01 Feb 2019 12:53 PM PST ![Super Bowl: With Saints not in, this town's the Big Uneasy]( "Super Bowl: With Saints not in, this town's the Big Uneasy") New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton hid at his house, watching Netflix and eating ice cream.
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| The best ‘wall’ against Central American migration Posted: 01 Feb 2019 11:52 AM PST ![The best 'wall' against Central American migration]( "The best 'wall' against Central American migration") El Salvador is the smallest Latin American country, yet its presidential election on Feb. 3 is looming large. The leading candidate in the race, Nayib Bukele, could be the next politician in the region to win office by riding a wave of citizen demand for clean governance. A recent poll of Latin Americans showed 70 percent say ordinary people can make a difference in fighting corruption, a trend reflected in the latest elections in Mexico, Brazil, and elsewhere.
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