[Lula] faces major domestic challenges: a grim economic outlook following Brazil’s lost decade, a congress dominated by conservatives and agribusiness interests, and polarization that threatens the country’s very social fabric.
The next five years will be crucial for the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party to remain as the country’s dominant political force.
If Latin American governments push forward a well-focused, politically pragmatic agenda, the Latin Americanists lying in wait in the administration can be counted upon to pick up the ball.
La incorporación de la Economía Azul en América Latina aún necesita trabajo. Aunque hay evidencias de avances en el desarrollo de planes y programas regionales y nacionales, éstos sólo cubren el 39 por ciento del territorio de la región.
In Tunisia, the nation’s deepening economic crisis has disappointed citizens hoping that democracy would usher in a new prosperity. But both Tunisia and other nations undergoing transitions from authoritarian rule, particularly those in Latin America and the Caribbean, can learn from this decade and the Tunisian experience.
The incorporation of the Blue Economy in Latin America still needs work. Although there is evidence of progress in developing regional and national plans and programs, they cover only 39 percent of the region’s territory.
[Runde’s] view of international development is transformational, where outside assistance can catalyze internal reforms and lead to broad-based economic growth.
The United States, China, Japan, and most advanced economies are actively engaged in attempting to secure new sources of lithium—a key element in the transition of the global economy from fossil fuels to renewables.
For either CELAC or UNASUR to succeed in the longer term, Lula must help move them away from their ideological roots. Given their histories, this is no easy task, but neither is it impossible.
A more comprehensive, simultaneous, and agile [sanctions] effort to target regime members and enablers remains a powerful option to accelerate a political solution.
