Cúcuta’s Showbiz: Latin American politics as living theater
Rarely has the region seen such an undiluted diplomatic fiasco as what occurred on the Colombia-Venezuela border. But then, perhaps that was the point. Stagecraft has replaced statecraft.
Rarely has the region seen such an undiluted diplomatic fiasco as what occurred on the Colombia-Venezuela border. But then, perhaps that was the point. Stagecraft has replaced statecraft.
The European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean have laid the groundwork to place the low-carbon and climate-resilient agenda at the heart of their relationships.
For once, the big political crisis in the Americas is not in Latin America.
The PT has an opportunity to frame itself as the progressive alternative to the Bolsonaro government, but it must reconnect with its base.
Dudley talks to hosts Chris and Ken about organized crime in Latin America, CICIG’s struggle for survival in Guatemala, and gang involvement in El Salvador politics and shares how his interest in investigating organized crime in the region came about.
El juicio histórico al segundo gobierno de la coalición de derecha dependerá de su capacidad de lograr promulgar una reforma tributaria que persista en el tiempo, una reforma de pensiones que legitime el sistema y le de mayor viabilidad futura, y una reforma laboral que se haga cargo de la nueva realidad de Chile como un país receptor de inmigrantes y nos haga competitivos en un mundo en que la tecnología amenaza con fuerza la concepción tradicional del empleo.
Si las iniciativas que se han creado en el pasado no han producido los resultados esperados, no hay razón para creer que ahora las cosas serán diferentes. Hubiera sido mejor usar las instancias de integración que ya existen en la región para promover los valores democráticos y de libre mercado.
On the eve of a massive oil windfall, Guyana finds itself in the midst of a political power struggle, forcing the United States to walk a careful path between a comfortable partner and a regime it once looked on with suspicion.
On Sunday, Cubans took to the polls to “vote” for a new constitution. However, the new document didn’t include a provision that opened the door for same-sex marriage legalization by defining marriage as “a consensual union between two people.”
Twenty-five years after the bombing of Argentina’s largest Jewish community center, family members of the 85 victims are still haunted by the unsolved case and those who may have covered it up.