How Sanctions Contributed to Venezuela’s Economic Collapse
One would think it should be self-evident that any account of Venezuela’s economic contraction would place economic sanctions in a central role.
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January 9, 2023
An Insider’s View of U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela
With the right tactical and strategic modifications, sanctions, properly targeted, may be the best way to help return Venezuela, its resources, and its democracy to the Venezuelan people.
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January 9, 2023
Countering the New Autocrat’s Manual
A depoliticized lens would afford the United States more room to be consistent, nuanced, and effective in its foreign policy with the region, supporting struggling democracies and seeking the sustainable democratic evolution of incipient criminalized states.
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January 6, 2023
Colombian Government Suspends ELN Ceasefire
The ELN—Colombia’s largest active guerilla group—later replied with a statement issued on Tuesday claiming that they did not agree to such a ceasefire and clarified they would only analyze a ceasefire proposal during the ongoing negotiations.
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January 6, 2023
The Americas Needs One Moral Standard for Democracy and Human Rights
For the Americas to ensure that its legacy of standing for democracy and human rights remains intact, leaders of all countries from across the political spectrum must stand together to call out their own allies when they need accountability the most.
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January 6, 2023
The 2022 top LGBTQ Stories from Latin America and the Caribbean
A number of important achievements in the fight for LGBTQ rights took place in the region in 2022, especially in countries with lagging records in this area.
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January 3, 2023
Tres hipótesis detrás de la detención de Camacho
El Presidente ha decidido jugar con fuego. Veremos si esta acción, ahora o en 2025, es positiva o no para sus fines.
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December 30, 2022
A View from the U.S.-Mexico Border: Separating Rhetoric from Reality
The motivations for migration vary widely from Honduras to Nicaragua to Venezuela, as does the United States’ relationship with each country and that country’s relationship with Mexico.
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December 21, 2022
For Struggling Argentina, the World Cup Victory Means a Lot
When the political conversation resumes at the start of the 2023 election season, the president can hope that the country’s soccer stardom will have shaken the population’s deep pessimism.
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December 20, 2022
Peru Declares State of Emergency
Amid the ongoing political crisis, on Wednesday, Peruvian Defense Minister Alberto Otarola declared a 30-day state of emergency throughout the country.
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December 16, 2022