How does Latin America vote when it comes to protecting human rights in the civil war in Syria?
Human rights concerns in the Syria conflict? Not according to some Latin American governments.
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April 8, 2016
Civil society is confronting difficult times… and silence
Latin America has gone global, but not just in its trade and diplomacy. A growing number of governments are copying from autocrats around the world how to restrict democratic civil society. Sadly, democrats in the region have been slow to react.
Christopher Sabatini
April 8, 2016
The healthy roots of corruption anger in Latin America
With corruption scandals, popular protests and the revelations in the Panama Papers, it’s easy to think that corruption in Latin America has suddenly increased. It hasn’t, but Latin American institutions are better prepared to deal with the fallout.
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April 6, 2016
Latin America and the Caribbean in the global context: why care?
In the past decade, Latin America and the Caribbean’s importance in the international system has changed dramatically. A new book examines the constraints and opportunities for this new era of Latin American foreign policy—and implications for U.S. foreign policy.
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March 31, 2016
Latin America needs a plan to China’s Latin America plan
In 2015 China’s two development banks provided upwards of $29 billion in loans to Latin American governments with the promise of more to come. The problem is the region has no mechanism to constructively engage China to help direct and manage these funds. Here’s an idea.
Kevin Gallagher
March 31, 2016
The (Re)discovery of Venezuela
In 16 years Venezuela has fallen from being a model for the anti-globalization movement to an example for doomsday planners, video gamers and screenwriters of post-apocalyptic chaos.
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March 4, 2016
Venezuela: the challenge to attract private investment
The problem isn’t that domestic investors are treated any differently in Venezuela than foreign investors. All investors are subjected to the same arbitrary set of rules and regulations. Restoring the country’s productivity requires re-establishing predictability and respect for private property.
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February 25, 2016
Entrevista con Jesús Armas
Según Consejal Jesus Armas, “Ya no es una lucha entre gobierno y oposición, sino que, se ha convertido en una lucha entre el pueblo y un gobierno que nos ha empobrecido.”
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February 16, 2016
The transition has only just begun in Venezuela
The December 6, 2015 elections brought positive change for Venezuela, but this is only the beginning in a long process that is likely to be complicated and in which a positive outcome is far from guaranteed.
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February 11, 2016
Gay Rights in Latin America
The past two decades of progress in LGBTQ rights in many Latin American countries have helped to extend basic rights of marriage, health care and a security to many in the LGBTQ community—but not all.
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February 5, 2016