The allegations of excessive use of violence by Chile’s security forces open a debate over the deep reforms needed so that security institutions can satisfactorily fulfill their main constitutional and legal functions.
As protests began in Colombia, the demands of the public were purely economic. However, their original claims soon functioned as a catalyst to call out human rights violations.
While the Inter-American Foundation may have lacked the rock-and-roll-star power (and mud) of its fellow 1969 creation, the IAF set the path for development assistance to build civil society, private initiative and democracy in the Americas.
Juan Guaidó’s political future will be determined in the next couple of weeks, as his term as president of the National Assembly expires on January 5, 2020. The young leader has already announced his reelection bid, but with a fragmented opposition, it won’t be an easy win.
The battle to reform Uruguay’s flagging education system represents the mixed legacy of the Broad Front’s time in power.
According to the United Nations, some 87,000 women and girls were murdered around the world in 2017.
Argentina’s incoming President Alberto Fernández faces the almost impossible task of fixing the country’s economy. What are the policies that the next government holds in store and what are the costs it’s willing to bear?
The relocation of COP25 from Chile to Spain was a missed opportunity to focus on Latin America’s environmental issues, especially the ambiguous governance of DFI-financed projects in the region.
Uruguay’s president-elect, Luis Lacalle Pou, who won a hotly contested election by less than 40,000 votes, will face strong opposition and a fragile government coalition.
Colombia has historically figured out a dramatic way forward because of itself and sometimes in spite of itself.
