Brazil is Back
Brazil is well placed to use its diplomatic service to knit together Latin America and the Caribbean in ways that other countries cannot.
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November 1, 2022
Brazilian Presidential Candidates Prepare for Second-Round Election
This Sunday, October 30, Brazil heads to the polls for a second-round runoff between President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva.
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October 28, 2022
Brazilian Elections and its “Bottom Billion” Struggles
Despite having advanced economically in the last few years, Brazil still needs to manage to overcome the political barriers that characterize the bottom billion countries.
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October 28, 2022
How useful will China be to Brazil’s next president? In the short term, not very.
Regardless of this week’s election outcome, Brazil’s top economic and environmental concerns may not be solved through engagement with China.
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October 27, 2022
U.N. Delays Haiti Vote
On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council postponed votes on U.S.-proposed resolutions to address gang violence and ease supply shortages in Haiti. The resolutions, which the U.S. and Mexico support, would send a multinational action force to contest criminal gangs’ control over water and fuel supplies.
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October 21, 2022
Suriname’s Frustrated Path to Better Governance
While a relatively isolated society can avoid dealing with corruption, Suriname’s increasingly open economy and globally-connected youth are accordingly less forgiving of the old systems of patronage in government.
Scott B. MacDonald
October 19, 2022
¿Qué cabe esperar de la apertura colombo-venezolana?
Hasta que no exista una restauración republicana y democrática, no habrá una reactivación económica que ponga a Venezuela de nuevo en el sendero del desarrollo y le permita a Colombia contar con un socio comercial dinámico.
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October 13, 2022
Three Ways Lasso’s Referendum Can Strengthen U.S.-Ecuador Relations
Passing the referendum would generate positive effects on multiple levels—for the Ecuadorean people, for democracy’s position and presence in the region, and, finally, for the U.S. and its regional influence.
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September 27, 2022
U.N. High-Level General Assembly Begins
On Tuesday, world leaders began gathering in New York for the high-level debate of the UNGA’s seventy-seventh session. The debate, which was the first entirely in-person General Assembly since the start of the pandemic, was opened by Secretary-General António Guterres, who alluded to the war in Ukraine, rising energy and food prices, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate crisis.
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September 23, 2022
Brazil’s Looming Presidential Election
Considering the level of passion from Bolsonaro supporters and the large number of Brazilians who dislike the president, Brazil could remain a highly polarized country and runs the risk of slipping into a political landscape where groups from the left and right express themselves more forcibly through non-constitutional means.
Scott B. MacDonald
September 22, 2022