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Latin America Experts React To Trump’s Election

Global Americans gathered 12 leading regional scholars for their brief perspectives on how a second Trump term will influence Latin America’s governance, economy, and the millions of people who call the region home. Their answers reflect Latin America’s diversity of interest and ideologies, and shed some light on which countries can expect to be the major winners and losers of this election.

Global Americans Staff November 8, 2024

Chinese Science Diplomacy and Communication in Latin America and the Caribbean

If the United States is serious about being Latin America and the Caribbean’s preferred partner, it needs to deepen its own engagement and communication strategy.

Adam Ratzlaff September 24, 2024

An Era of Containment: Latin America’s Top 10 LGBTQ Stories of 2023

The era of net gains for the LGBTQ community seems to have been replaced by an era of containment.

Javier Corrales January 5, 2024

Migrant and Refugee Integration in Cities across the Americas

The common denominator that emerges from the analysis is that these cities have been creating positive innovations to provide protection and better opportunities for the populations settled in their territories. It is precisely these positive innovations of receiving, protecting, and integrating that should be replicated and promoted at the hemispheric level.

admin August 25, 2023

In the Corridors of Dissent: Understanding Opposition Congresses in Latin America

While opposition congresses play a crucial role in ensuring checks and balances in Latin American democracies, the complexities they introduce are far-reaching and multifaceted. These challenges underscore the need for mature political behavior, open dialogue, and a steadfast commitment to democratic norms from all political actors.

admin August 22, 2023

It Is Time to Look Beyond Buenos Aires

Despite being a federalist country, Buenos Aires’ prevalence against the rest of the country’s provinces has been tangible, and its political realm is no exception.

admin August 3, 2023

Ecuador: The Next Domino to Fall to Autocracy?

The U.S. and other like-minded democracies have an obligation to assist Ecuador in combatting criminality while preserving essential civil liberties. Enduring democratic leadership in Ecuador and the world will have to bring both effective law enforcement and civil liberties to douse the fire.

admin July 20, 2023

Decarbonize, Diversify, and Depolarize

Climate change and the global energy transition place Latin America and the Caribbean at a crossroads: it can either take a leap forward to become a more prosperous and relevant region, or it can fail and see our human and economic development stagnate.

admin June 5, 2023

Peru and Ecuador: Cases of Risky Institutional Designs

Following Latin America’s democratic transitions in the 1980s, confrontations between legislative and executive branches controlled by opposing political forces produced institutional crises in many countries that seriously affected governance.

admin June 1, 2023

A One-Way Ticket to Irrelevance: The Dangers of Active Non-Alignment by the Global South

The original Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) of the Cold War—which still exists, but is truly irrelevant these days—was born in a very different era, one marked by European decolonization and newly emerging, independent states.

admin April 28, 2023