Global Americans Welcomes Guy Mentel as new Executive Director
After a four-month intensive search, Global Americans is thrilled to announce the selection of Guy Mentel as its new Executive Director. Mr. Mentel follows Global Americans’ Founder and longtime Executive Director Chris Sabatini, who recently joined Chatham House as a Senior Fellow for Latin America.
Click here to read the press release.
Global Americans Welcomes Guy Mentel as new Executive Director
After a four-month intensive search, Global Americans is thrilled to announce the selection of Guy Mentel as its new Executive Director. Mr. Mentel follows Global Americans’ Founder and longtime Executive Director Chris Sabatini, who recently joined Chatham House as a Senior Fellow for Latin America.
Click here to read the press release.
Honduras’ opposition needs to learn from its mistakes
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An interview with Wade Davis, Canadian anthropologist and ethnobotanist
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Uruguay, the exception to Latin America’s COVID-19 surge
As Latin America becomes the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Brazil the country with the highest number of cases, Uruguay has managed to avoid the record breaking surge.
Latin America, Europe and the U.S. must stick together in weathering the COVID-19 storm
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Guyana’s recount: patience, not sanctions
As the United States maintains pressure on Guyana to conduct a transparent recount, it must tread carefully between interference and observation.
An interview with Daniel Coronell, President of Univision News
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Suriname’s May 2020 elections: Crossroads time?
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An interview with Rodrigo García, Colombian director and screenwriter
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Presidential authoritarianism: A threat to the health of democracy
Throughout its history, El Salvador has had to fight authoritarian regimes more than once. President Nayib Bukele promised to be different, but his actions are proving to be just as big a threat to the country’s democracy.
An interview with Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand
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A Cuban lifeline to CARICOM
In looking for pragmatic solutions to address the COVID-19 crisis, and given the absence of global leadership during the pandemic, Caribbean governments are seeking support from long-time partner, Cuba.
Transitional justice and the Democratic Transition Framework for Venezuela
Without the proper judicial and prosecutorial reforms, the transitional justice provisions included in the U.S.’s transition framework for Venezuela will prove ineffective and worse, erode confidence in the possibilities of justice.
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An interview with Francis Fukuyama, Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute
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IN THE MEDIA
Lecciones del estallido social de Estados Unidos
Aunque a muchos chilenos el estallido social ocurrido en Estados Unidos les traiga recuerdos complejos y produzca emociones encontradas, la forma en que la sociedad estadounidense y la clase política de ese país han reaccionado ante el descontento social debiera servir como ejemplo para nuestro país.
Las 3 cosas que el chavismo ganó con el coronavirus
El que de facto tengamos una gasolina dolarizada en el país, que se haya abierto la importación y comercialización a privados, habla no sólo de un cambio de paradigma en el chavismo, sino que deja en claro que se sienten afianzados en el poder
La desdemocratización de Venezuela
Una seguidilla de acontecimientos sociales, políticos y económicos, constituyeron caldo de cultivo para que creciera la opción de una candidatura antisistema, como la que encarnó Chávez en las elecciones presidenciales de 1998.
El chavismo convierte en victoria a su mayor fracaso
Esta destrucción de la industria petrolera venezolana, que a fines del siglo pasado estaba entre las principales del mundo, es el mayor fracaso del chavismo. Sin embargo, como es habitual, se responde endosándole la responsabilidad a otros y envolviendo todo en la acostumbrada “narrativa revolucionaria”