Nicolás Albertoni
April 2, 2021
Canada: Uruguay’s potential North Star
In the face of MERCOSUR difficulties, Uruguay could find a valuable trading partner in Canada if it considers becoming a free trade zone.
Nicolás Saldías
September 22, 2020
Fernández’s popularity falls as COVID-19 cases surge in Argentina
Although Argentines responded positively to the Fernández administration’s strict quarantine measures at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the number of COVID-19 cases increase, these same measures have become politically and economically untenable.
Nicolás Saldías
June 11, 2020
Isolation and integration: COVID-19 in the Southern Cone
An examination of three vectors of integration—travel, migration and everyday exchange—offers a look into the challenges the Southern Cone faces given the COVID-19 pandemic.
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May 7, 2020
Uruguay returns to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance
More than six months after abandoning the TIAR, Uruguay rejoins the pact. The government’s reversal provides Uruguay with an important voice in regional decision-making.
Kyle Rapp & Nicolás Albertoni
March 19, 2020
The new Uruguayan government and the regional defense of democracy
By not inviting Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to his inauguration, Uruguay’s President-elect Luis Lacalle Pou breaks the close ties of his predecessors with the region’s autocracies.
Gabriel Salvia
February 18, 2020
Will a trade agreement between Mercosur and the EU finally come true?
After almost a quarter of a century of negotiations, a trade agreement between Mercosur and the EU could be signed soon. But the electoral uncertainty in South America as well as the protectionist tensions that emerged after Brexit could present risks for the agreement’s ratification.
Nicolás Albertoni
June 19, 2019
Venezuela: When dialogue is agony
In confronting an autocrat intent on remaining in power, empty dialogue only prolongs the agony of the Venezuelan people. Will the Montevideo Mechanism continue this failed policy?
Nicolás Albertoni and Victoria Gaytán
February 7, 2019
Can Mercosur be updated and reformed or is it a relic of the past?
Mercosur must modernize to adapt to a new international geopolitical reality, but there’s no clear path forward. If it can’t reform, Mercosur risks joining the long list of failed dreams of regional integration.
Nicolás Albertoni
January 23, 2019
South America: 2030 Trends
The reports examine five specific areas—transnational security challenges, institutional capacity, economic growth, demographics, and technology—and how they will shape politics, economic and U.S. relations in South America by 2030.
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December 14, 2018