The Organization of American States will select a new Secretary General next March 2020. The current candidate pool totals three candidates from Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay.
Desde movimientos sociales que tomaron las calles, desastres naturales y cambios políticos, el 2019 fue tan solo el inicio de los eventos que marcarán el curso del continente hacia la siguiente década.
Once again, 2019 proved to be another year where both pro and anti-LGBT pressure groups made important strides.
As we wrap up the year, here are ten articles that encompass the year’s trends and news.
While virtually all ventures come with risks and challenges, engagements with China arguably present Latin America with a set of disadvantages worth considering.
After two weeks of negotiations, the resulting COP25 deal was a weak compromise. Stronger international cooperation and increased pressure is necessary to curb climate change.
As protests began in Colombia, the demands of the public were purely economic. However, their original claims soon functioned as a catalyst to call out human rights violations.
The relocation of COP25 from Chile to Spain was a missed opportunity to focus on Latin America’s environmental issues, especially the ambiguous governance of DFI-financed projects in the region.
Colombia has historically figured out a dramatic way forward because of itself and sometimes in spite of itself.
Largely absent from the conversation on China’s influence in Latin America has been a dedicated look at the normative impact of relations with Beijing on governance—and whether closer relationships with China’s party-state authorities affect democracy in the region.
