GLOBAL AMERICANS PROGRAM ON
CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
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Global Americans’ in-depth research and analysis of the long-term trends and current events impacting Central America and the Caribbean, including Venezuela.
Venezuela’s Hope: The Democratic Opposition’s Courageous Stand
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 ...
Democracy & Elections
Explaining and Predicting: How A Harris Presidency Would View Latin America
Economics, Trade & Development
Explaining and Predicting: The Americas Act, U.S.-Latin America Trade, and Countering China
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Why the Barbados Agreement Failed: Maduro Needs an Off-Ramp
Though the agreement nominally gave the regime a fair chance at winning the election by lifting sanctions and boosting the economy, a fair chance was ...
Why ‘Plan Bukele’ Does (and Doesn’t) Work
Plan Bukele does not represent a coherent set of policies and tactics, but rather a unique fusion of coincidence, brutality, and hard-nosed calculation.
Austerity Measures Sink Cuba Further into Near Collapse
Overall, the move toward more liberal measures appears to be too little too late, despite pressures from Vietnamese and Chinese Communist Party representatives in recent ...
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Reassessing U.S. Sanctions Strategy Towards Venezuela
The decision to reimpose oil sanctions on Venezuela represents a calibrated response aimed at maintaining diplomatic engagement while upholding democratic principles.
Has Election Observation Evolved for the Better?
The downgrading of electoral expectations and standards reflects the changing nature of elected autocratic regimes.
Explaining and Predicting: The Dominican Republic’s Response to the Haitian Crisis
This explainer examines relations between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, analyzes Dominican President Luis Abinader's response to the Haitian crisis, and explores the challenges his ...
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