While the Summits of the Americas have faced challenges, and the goals of the first summit remain largely unrealized, this does not mean that the process is futile or that it cannot be revived to meet the needs of the Americas in the 21st century.
As the United States raggedly marches toward the January 20th inauguration, politicians and media pundits have, ironically, likened the tumultuous transition of power to “banana republics.”
Colombian support for President Donald Trump during the 2020 presidential election threatens to stain the U.S.-Colombia relationship. The task now will be to undertake a full-blown exercise in damage control.
Instead of attempting to counter Chinese influence in the region, U.S. officials and policymakers should focus on providing suitable alternatives to Caribbean states, shifting to a more cooperative approach in the region.
The Global Impunity Index measures the structure of countries’ justice and security systems and the degree to which human rights are respected. Mexico continuously ranks among the 10 countries with the highest levels of impunity.
Repression and fraud by the Maduro regime made this month’s electoral defeat all but inevitable. But, sitting out the next elections will only make the situation worse.
The Venezuelan political chaos has raised additional concerns regarding the opposition’s authority to negotiate foreign policy on behalf of the country.
A more nuanced understanding of Latino voters in South Florida could provide the new administration with the opportunity to recalibrate U.S.-Latin American policy.
System dynamics involves the representation and analysis of chains of causal relationships between physical, political, social, and commercial interactions that may help to understand how a number of complex forces will affect Latin America during 2021.
Brazil’s “fake news” bill aims to create transparency on social media and private messaging apps to combat the rampant spread of disinformation that influenced the 2018 and 2020 elections, but carries its own risks to freedom of speech.
