GLOBAL AMERICANS PROGRAM ON
CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
About the Program
Global Americans’ in-depth research and analysis of the long-term trends and current events impacting Central America and the Caribbean, including Venezuela.
The Opportunity in Cuba’s Energy Crisis
December 13, 2024
Whoever ends up helping Cuba rebuild its power grid will hold one of the keys to unlocking economic recovery on the island and influence in ...
Economics, Trade & Development
Explainer: How Will Sheinbaum Shape Mexico?
Brazil and the Southern Cone
Explainer: Milei’s Economic Program and Argentina’s Turnaround
Brazil and the Southern Cone
Explainer: The Latin American Left Reacts to Venezuela’s Electoral Crisis
Democracy & Elections
Explaining and Predicting: How A Harris Presidency Would View Latin America
Editor's Picks
Suriname and Guyana – Share the Oil Wealth, Please
Scott B. MacDonald
December 11, 2024
In both Guyana and Suriname, there remains considerable work to be done to spread each nation's wealth.
Mexican Oil, Cuba and Trump 2.0
Scott B. MacDonald
November 27, 2024
While AMLO was able to get away with little consequence in his support of Cuba, Sheinbaum’s Mexico could pay for it.
Four Ways the U.S. Can Help Advance Haiti’s Progress
Georges Fauriol
September 13, 2024
The U.S. can help build on Haiti's transitional milestones and pave a sustainable path out of Haiti’s long-running crises.
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Venezuela’s Election and a New Wave of Migration?
Scott B. MacDonald
August 28, 2024
Short of a political solution and an economic overhaul, largescale Venezuelan migration probably will continue to loom large over the Americas for years to come.
Explainer: The Latin American Left Reacts to Venezuela’s Electoral Crisis
Scott Brasesco, Juan Diego Solis de Ovando Bitar
August 23, 2024
The democratic left’s approach is shaped by a generational shift within the broader leftist movements, whose young progressives center democracy, social justice, and human rights ...
Venezuela’s Hope: The Democratic Opposition’s Courageous Stand
Carl Meacham, Scott Brasesco
July 26, 2024
By all measures, it is the regime’s most harrowing election in the past 25 years—if Maduro respects the results, it will almost certainly mean relinquishing ...
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