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The Climate Crisis: A Shared Opportunity for U.S. and Latin American Leadership?
With only days remaining until the U.N. Climate Summit (COP 26) in Glasgow, the debate in Washington over infrastructure and budget reconciliation will ...READ MORE
Venezuela negotiations fall apart as elections draw closer
A new wave of tensions took place in Venezuela this week as Alex Saab, a Colombian national and associate of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, was ...READ MORE
Adrift: US-Haiti policy
The challenges Haiti faces are immense and cannot be easily addressed without active international policy coordination, leadership by US diplomacy, and ...READ MORE
Avances y retos económicos
Si no hay un mayor dinamismo exportador en Colombia, la economía se frenará o incluso la política económica tendrá que frenarla.READ MORE
As Haitian migrants seek refuge in the United States, life in Haiti becomes even more precarious
Haiti has seen three major crises within the past four months. Amid these crises, everyday life in Haiti has become increasingly dangerous.READ MORE
The long and winding road to Colombia’s presidency
There are over sixty—that’s right, 60—candidates competing to become Colombia’s president for the period from 2022 to 2026. Clearly not all of them are ...READ MORE
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Guyana’s final hurdle
Honduras’ opposition needs to learn from its mistakes
An interview with Marsia Taha & Bertil Tøttenborg of Gustu
Uruguay, the exception to Latin America’s COVID-19 surge
Monitoring Russian and Chinese Misinformation in Latin America
Global Americans monitors four state news sources that have quickly gained influence in the region—Russia Today and Sputnik from Russia, and Xinhua and People’s Daily from China—to understand how they portray events for readers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Caribbean Corner
Adrift: US-Haiti policy
The challenges Haiti faces are immense and cannot be easily addressed without active international policy coordination, leadership by US diplomacy, and ...READ MORE
As Haitian migrants seek refuge in the United States, life in Haiti becomes even more precarious
Haiti has seen three major crises within the past four months. Amid these crises, everyday life in Haiti has become increasingly dangerous.READ MORE
Will the release of the Pandora Papers lead to any change?
Guyana’s role in the emerging green energy transition
Economic crisis in Suriname: What’s next?
It’s only bananas? A Global Americans review of Richard L. Bernal’s “Corporate versus National Interest in U.S. Trade Policy: Chiquita and Caribbean Bananas”
Governance and electoral continuity and change in the Caribbean
A Global Americans Interview with Georges Fauriol
Our Research
Working Group on U.S.-Ecuador Relations
Global Americans is proud to launch a new research initiative evaluating the future of U.S.-Ecuador relations. This independent project will examine how both the United States and Ecuador might benefit from deeper engagement; a dedication to common principles of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law; and an emphasis on shared prosperity. At the end of this project, Global Americans will offer specific recommendations on how to strengthen the U.S.-Ecuador relationship to the benefit of the people of both countries.
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Caribbean: 2030 Trends
The Caribbean basin is one the most regionally, culturally and linguistically diverse regions of the world. While the broader Caribbean basin includes island nations and territories as well as countries on the mainland, including Mexico and parts of Central and South America, this study focuses primarily on the sovereign island nations of the Caribbean, as well as the members of the Caribbean Community.
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Central America: 2030 Trends
The countries of Central America—Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama—face many of the same challenges. The most obvious and publicly discussed of these challenges is crime and insecurity, stemming both from the subregion’s unfortunate geographic location between cocaine producing countries to its south and cocaine consuming countries to the north—primarily the United States—and domestic gang violence and corruption.
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About Us
The Global Americans is a modern day take on the traditional think tank. Through its website, Global Americans provides up-to-date research and analysis on key areas and issues affecting Latin America and the Caribbean. Its aim is to provide policymakers, academics and Latin America enthusiasts with the tools they need to promote change towards a more prosperous relationship between Latin America and the United States.
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