Trump at the UNGA Part 2
This year, at the UNGA President Trump’s ire was focused on Iran and Venezuela.
Macri’s Argentina: Shipwrecked by economic crisis
The Argentine president will likely have to face feared stagflation, increasing social tension, and an emboldened Peronist opposition ahead of presidential elections next year.
Birds of Passage: A new film sheds light on how narcotics have affected indigenous communities in Latin America
There is a common thread across the experiences of indigenous people in Latin America with extractive industries. As Birds of Passage highlights through the story of a Wayuu family, the drug trade is also an extractive industry, with all its abuses and pitfalls.
How big business enables authoritarianism in Central America
Business elites have been willfully complicit in the pan-ideological rise of strongmen in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala.
Presidential Donkey
Last week, two firefighters were accused of instigating hate after they posted a video of a donkey patrolling their fire station and referring to the donkey as “President Maduro.”
Global Americans publishes Fall 2018 edition of bi-annual report on human rights in the Americas
The report monitors performance in the IACHR and the UNHCR and includes chapters on the Summit of the Americas, the OAS General Assembly, and the state of labor rights in the Americas.
Vientos en contra en la economía mundial
Ante el contexto internacional complejo, el gobierno de Chile debiera hacer un gesto de honestidad y priorizar cuáles de las reformas que prometió en campaña resultan factibles de realizar. Inevitablemente, deberá tomar medidas y abandonar algunos de sus planes iniciales para fortalecer la capacidad de respuesta de la economía chilena a los nuevos desafíos.
Chile, ¿un país de flojos?
Si aspiramos a ser un país desarrollado y próspero, los chilenos deberemos abandonar las costumbres propias de países subdesarrollados y económicamente estancados.
Reviviendo la transición
Independientemente de cuál sea el resultado de la acusación constitucional contra los tres jueces de la Corte Suprema, la decisión que tomó un grupo significativo de la Cámara de Diputados refleja un equívoco intento por revivir la historia para hacer las cosas de forma diferente.
The evolution of Panama-PRC relations since recognition, and their strategic implications for the U.S. and the region
While the United States has a considerable stake in the outcome of China’s advancing position in Panama, it must manage the challenge with prudence and respect for Panama’s sovereignty.