South Korea as a Partner for Democracy and Prosperity for the Western Hemisphere
Korea can play a constructive role in Latin America and the Caribbean as a partner committed to democracy and rule of law in countries where relationships with the U.S. and other Western countries are strained.
Tiempo de repensar la Cumbre de las Américas
El problema de fondo es que las condiciones políticas en nuestro hemisferio no son las mismas, desde hace ya un buen tiempo, que las que prevalecían en 1994.
Nonalignment and the Summit of the Americas: A Global Americans Review of El no alineamiento activo
To understand why so many countries will be absent from the Summit of the Americas, Latin America observers would do well to read El no alineamiento activo y America Latina.
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.
Los Bonos Azules en Ecuador: Una Estrategia Innovadora para la Conservación
Ayudar a Ecuador a negociar un canje de deuda por naturaleza y construir una relación comercial centrada en el medio ambiente deberían ser dos de los muchos enfoques novedosos de la administración de Biden.
Blue Bonds in Ecuador: An Innovative Approach to Conservation
Helping Ecuador negotiate a debt-for-nature swap and building environment-centered trade ties should be two of the United States’ many novel approaches ahead of the Summit of the Americas.
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.
Cuban Foreign Minister Rodríguez Denounces the United States
Last Monday, during a press conference in Havana, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced the United States for excluding Cuba from the preparations for the XI Summit of the Americas.
Colombia Was Named a Major Non-NATO Ally: Now, it’s Mexico’s Turn
With the Biden administration enjoying a more productive relationship with the AMLO administration than its predecessor, now is the time for President Biden to sign an MNNA agreement.