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Venezuelan Women Are Leading the Charge to Construct a Prosperous and Democratic Venezuela
If and when negotiations resume, it will be critical that women are not only present at the negotiating table, but are also taking the lead in charting ...READ MORE
U.S. Policy in Latin America—Time for a New American Realism
By helping [the hemisphere’s] democracies to deliver, the United States can prevent populist regimes from emerging, and thereby close down space for malign ...READ MORE
Colombia’s Northern Region Paralyzed by Clan del Golfo
Last week, Colombian kingpin Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was extradited to the United States, where he will face drug- and ...READ MORE
Uruguay’s Next Big Challenge: Social Security Reform
President Lacalle Pou hoped that his referendum victory would offer him more time, as well as a stronger mandate, to pursue a series of reforms, including ...READ MORE
Oil, Water, and Climate Change in the Guyana-Suriname Basin
Yes, the rising sea levels might only affect offshore drilling operations minimally. But the rising waters and other manifestations of climate change ...READ MORE
Cuban Foreign Minister Rodríguez Denounces the United States
Last Monday, during a press conference in Havana, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced the United States for excluding Cuba from the ...READ MORE
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Sergio Guzmán: Senator Gustavo Petro Can Win Colombia's Presidency
Mary Speck: How Should the U.S. Support Change in Cuba? Lift the Embargo.
Francisco Rodríguez: What Venezuela’s Opposition Can Learn from the Barinas Victory
Evan Ellis: Nicaragua's Flip to China: What Does it Mean for the Region?
High-Level Working Group on U.S.-Ecuador Relations
In June 2021, Global Americans launched a high-level working group, comprised of seasoned current and former policymakers, foreign service professionals, business leaders, and scholars, to study how the United States and Ecuador can deepen their relationship. Since then, we have published reports on topics from traditional knowledge to environmental cooperation and from Indigenous rights to intellectual property.
The Caribbean
Oil, Water, and Climate Change in the Guyana-Suriname Basin
Yes, the rising sea levels might only affect offshore drilling operations minimally. But the rising waters and other manifestations of climate change ...READ MORE
Geopolitical Realignments and the Southern Caribbean Energy Matrix
Looking ahead, more changes are coming [for the Southern Caribbean], both domestically in terms of dealing with a resource curse and externally in terms of ...READ MORE
“Get Up, Stand Up”: The Need for the Caribbean to Facilitate the Creative and Orange Economies
América Latina frente a la invasión de Rusia a Ucrania
Latin America Reacts to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Soft Power, Confucius Institutes, and Latin America and the Caribbean
Good Governance, the Best Play for Guyana
Will Guyana become the next United Arab Emirates? Only time will tell.
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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Measuring the Impact of Misinformation, Disinformation, and Propaganda in Latin America
Global Americans is proud to release our final, public report, “Measuring the Impact of Misinformation, Disinformation, and Propaganda in Latin America.” This report follows 16 months of intensive research in collaboration with Medianálisis, the Escuela de Gobierno del Tecnológico de Monterrey, the Universidad del Rosario, and the Centro para la Apertura y Desarrollo de América Latina (CADAL).
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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
Global Americans is a modern day take on the traditional think tank. Our team of experts provides changemakers in the Western Hemisphere with up-to-date research and analysis on key areas and issues affecting countries in the region. Global Americans engages policymakers, academics, journalists, civil society leaders, and Latin America enthusiasts to make sure they have the tools they need to promote a safer, stabler, more just, and more prosperous hemisphere.
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