Chile’s robber barons
Capitalism does need to be saved from its own excesses in Chile, but few public leaders today have the moral authority to do so.
Juan Nagel
November 12, 2015
157 legislators call for “free, transparent and democratic” elections in Venezuela
In the run-up to the Venezuelan legislative elections on December 6th, 157 legislators from the United States, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru sent a joint letter to President Nicolas Maduro.
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November 12, 2015
How businesses are endangering free markets in Chile
The scandal over price fixing by private cartels that produce toilet paper has left Chileans believing that their market is unfair and going down the toilet.
Patricio Navia
November 11, 2015
Cuba Policy: Time to Double Down!
There’s more that President Obama can do if he wants to cement his legacy of policy change on Cuba.
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November 11, 2015
Interview with Kathy Hall of the Summit Foundation
A week before the Donors’ Summit in San Salvador I was able to catch up with Kathy Hall of the Summit Foundation. In a wide-ranging interview she discusses the failures of governments in Central America to provide for the younger generation, the need for the U.S. to condition its assistance to local governments meeting their own commitments, and the moral obligation of donors to collaborate and ensure greater transparency.
Christopher Sabatini
November 9, 2015
Latin America Goes Global: by the Numbers
We’ve called this website “Latin America Goes Global,” but just how global is Latin America, really? Here, we back it up with some numbers on how the region and its individual countries have become players on the global stage, politically, economically and culturally.
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November 6, 2015
The Political Economy of Brazil’s Disarray
Brazil needs to find its place in the new era of “reglobalization” currently underway, marked by plurilateral trade agreements such as the TPP and the EU-U.S. TTIP process.
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November 3, 2015
La situación de la independencia judicial en Argentina
La situación de la independencia judicial en Argentina se ha deteriorado paulatina pero sostenidamente desde el año 2006 en adelante. Para discutir en profundidad esta problemática, dos ONG argentinas, Poder Ciudadano y Asociación por los Derechos Civiles, solicitaron una audiencia temática a la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, la cual se celebró el viernes 23 de octubre pasado. Sin embargo, la noticia central no fue la temática analizada sino la actitud del estado argentino.
Alvaro Herrero
November 2, 2015
A Sad Day for the UNHRC
Ecuador and Venezuela on the UN Human Rights Council? The UN General Assembly just voted Ecuador to the organization’s human rights body and renewed Venezuela’s mandate—two countries that have some of the worst human rights records in the Western Hemisphere.
Christopher Sabatini
October 30, 2015
Venezuela’s Re-election to the UN Human Rights Council
Last week, Human Rights Watch, along with 36 other human rights organizations, issued a statement that Venezuela did not deserve to be re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council. This week, unfortunately, the UN General Assembly did just that. Here’s why the human rights groups were right.
Amy Williams
October 30, 2015