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June 3, 2022
Dropping the Ball on Brazil
The personalization of policy is rarely wise, and in U.S. embassies, it risks shaping political analysis to reflect what diplomats think Washington wants to hear. In my view, this happened in Brazil.
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June 1, 2022
The Colombian Presidential Campaign Tightens
Hernandez’s campaign’s narrative cannot be “change vs. continuity.” Instead, he must propose a model of change that is different from Petro’s.
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May 27, 2022
Belated Half Measures on Cuba
My time as a U.S. diplomat in Cuba during the Obama thaw of 2015-17 showed me what was possible to achieve when diplomacy was given a chance to work.
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May 26, 2022
Venezuelan Women Are Leading the Charge to Construct a Prosperous and Democratic Venezuela
If and when negotiations resume, it will be critical that women are not only present at the negotiating table, but are also taking the lead in charting Venezuela’s democratic transition.
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May 18, 2022
U.S. Policy in Latin America—Time for a New American Realism
By helping [the hemisphere’s] democracies to deliver, the United States can prevent populist regimes from emerging, and thereby close down space for malign external actors to meddle and reinforce authoritarian tendencies.
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May 17, 2022
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Failed Energy Reform
Last Sunday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suffered the biggest legislative setback since he was sworn in in 2018.
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April 22, 2022
Brazil’s Lula da Silva Announces Running Mate
Last Friday, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva—the leading candidate in October’s presidential election—announced Geraldo Alckmin as his running mate during a press conference in São Paulo.
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April 15, 2022
Los medios ya no son lo que una vez fueron en América Latina
Los medios en general deberán apostar por sus reinvenciones, y en el caso de varios países latinoamericanos, esto tendrá que ocurrir con un clima económico deprimido y en algunos casos con un poder político adeverso.
Andrés Cañizález
April 13, 2022
Chile’s Boric: High Expectations in an Uncertain World
Today, a new administration under President Gabriel Boric will take office in Chile. The new government will face a variety of economic and political headwinds and challenges, which in a sense may also offer up their own opportunities.
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March 11, 2022