Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Uruguay announces a mass regularization scheme for asylum-seekers, China sanctions officials in Belize and Paraguay, and a debate over Brazil’s patron saint roils the country’s presidential race. Montevideo Takes on Migration Many Latin American governments have recently tightened their migration policies, emulating U.S. President Donald Trump’s approach. But last week, Uruguay did just the opposite: It announced a straightforward path to permanent residency for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers in the country, most of whom are Cubans fleeing political and economic crisis. The measure builds on a 2024…
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