The still-slumbering giant in a Southern swing state: Hispanic voters
Will this be the year that Hispanic voters mobilize and vote Democrat in the all-important swing state of North Carolina?
Greg Weeks
November 2, 2016
Competitiveness in Central America: Leveraging regional integration to boost productivity
Access to the U.S. market and proximity have led to the development of an array of regional value chains in Central American economies. But with the right policies more can be done. Here are some examples.
Javier Gutiérrez
October 28, 2016
No shades of gray: The two sides in Venezuelan politics
Venezuela isn’t a cheesy soft-porn novel. The international community has to realize there are no shades of gray in Venezuela anymore. For all its flaws, one side is democratic; the other is just plain autocratic.
Juan Nagel
October 28, 2016
Venezuela: Crónica de una dictadura anunciada
Con la eliminación del referendo revocatorio y la postergación de las elecciones regionales, el chavismo confirmó lo que la mayoría de los venezolanos ya sabía: Maduro buscará perpetrarse en el poder por todos los medios.
Andrés Cañizález
October 27, 2016
Change, not continuity, after Chile’s local elections
While President Bachelet’s Nueva Mayoria coalition lost the October 23 local elections, the greatest challenge for all candidates and parties in next year’s general election will be overcoming the high levels of voter apathy and anger witnessed this round.
admin
October 26, 2016
Latin America between the eagle and the dragon
A quantitative analysis of China’s commercial and diplomatic relations with Latin America indicates that Beijing may be engaged in a more consistent strategy to check U.S. influence than many thought.
admin
October 20, 2016
Why Hillary Clinton is the preferred choice in the Great White North
Trump’s desire to scrap or unilaterally change NAFTA would upset the supply-chain economy as Canadians and Americans know it.
John Parisella
October 20, 2016
When courts go green
Are crimes against the environment crimes against humanity? The International Criminal Court thinks so. Now what?
Teresa Kramarz
October 20, 2016
What to expect from Chile’s local elections
Local elections in Chile have traditionally served as a test of the incumbent party. But this year, with both the governing and the opposition party coalitions dogged by corruption scandals, anything can happen.
admin
October 13, 2016
Behind the “No:” a lesson in political participation from Colombia’s plebiscite
The October 2nd plebiscite and its stunningly low voter turnout demonstrated the inherent weaknesses of popular referenda and the need to think creatively about how to restore people’s participation in the electoral process.
admin
October 12, 2016