More than six months after abandoning the TIAR, Uruguay rejoins the pact. The government’s reversal provides Uruguay with an important voice in regional decision-making.
Findings from the UNDP’s new Gender Social Norms Index suggest the glass ceiling is not made of glass, but of bias and prejudice against women. In the Western Hemisphere, this bias is prevalent in 80 percent of the population.
¿Podrá lograr Fernández renegociar exitosamente la deuda con acreedores privados? El objetivo de hacerlo antes del fin del primer trimestre parece algo difícil, pero es posible pensar en cuatro escenarios alternativos, con distintas consecuencias políticas y económicas.
Although President Alberto Fernández outlined promising legislative projects for the new year in his speech before Argentina’s Congress, his proposals lacked substance.
Freedom House’s Freedom in the World report paints a bleak picture for the world’s democracies. Worse, the trend also applied to Latin America and the Caribbean.
With the discovery of new oil reserves, Suriname must work on developing better governance in its institutions, particularly its central bank, or risk mismanaging that newfound wealth.
Although the China-Guyana relationship has deep roots, Guyana’s government must safeguard its own interests against a potentially overwhelming Chinese presence.
Paraguay’s concentrated focus on the Chaco is a reversal of long-standing regional geopolitics, but the viability of transforming the dry and desolate western half of the country into a hub of regional integration is uncertain.
Although the “phase-one” trade deal has reduced global uncertainty to a certain extent, it’s hard to say whether the alleviation of the trade war will benefit Latin America over the long term.
By not inviting Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to his inauguration, Uruguay’s President-elect Luis Lacalle Pou breaks the close ties of his predecessors with the region’s autocracies.
