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.
Global Americans’ High Level Working Group on Inter-American Relations released three new policy papers on the Caribbean’s vulnerability to climate change, Venezuelan refugee crisis and the role of LAC in addressing global challenges
Last week’s massive protests in Ecuador marked a turning point for Moreno, who now faces his biggest political challenge yet: build consensus to save his presidency and save Ecuador from a return of populist leadership.
In a region with diverse ideologies, different policy positions are likely to hinder decision making at international fora were consensus is a must.
Bolivian President Evo Morales comfortably won the last three presidential elections; a fourth election victory may not be as easy.
