Global Americans Working Group on Inter-American Relations
With the generous support of the Ford Foundation, Global Americans has published five papers with recommendations for improving inter-American relations. Signed by more than 30 prominent regional policymakers, academics, and businesspeople, the papers address: trade, corruption, drug policy, educational exchanges, and the opportunities and challenges presented by extra-hemispheric powers. To read the papers, click here.
Global Americans Working Group on Inter-American Relations
With the generous support of the Ford Foundation, Global Americans has published five papers with recommendations for improving inter-American relations. Signed by more than 30 prominent regional policymakers, academics, and businesspeople, the papers address: trade, corruption, drug policy, educational exchanges, and the opportunities and challenges presented by extra-hemispheric powers. To read the papers, click here.
Hear no evil, see no evil: Daniel Ortega in the midst of a crisis
Daniel Ortega has dug in his heels against a mediated solution to the crisis in Nicaragua. His intransigence and the politicization of the state makes it difficult to find a mediated exit to a looming civil war.
A conversation with Marisela Castillo, Venezuelan journalist and director of the NGO Acción Humanitaria por Venezuela
Global Americans spoke with Marisela Castillo Apitz, a Venezuelan journalist and activist and a member of the New Generation of Public Intellectuals of the Americas.
Lies & Distortions: Reflections after two weeks monitoring Russian and Chinese reporting in the region
Russian-owned outlets have been the chief offenders. The vast majority of misinformation is about Venezuela and U.S.-Latin America relations.
Mexico: Dawn of a new era or a return to the past?
The real danger that has arisen from AMLO’s and MORENA’s landslide victories is not expropriation or authoritarianism, but disillusionment with unfulfilled promises and the persistence of corruption, poverty, and violence.
On Trump’s Latin America Team: Trump nominates Kevin Sullivan to be Ambassador to Nicaragua
A career diplomat, Kevin Sullivan has served six United States missions overseas and in senior leadership positions at the Department of State. His nomination to Ambassador to Nicaragua comes at a time of great tension between Washington and Managua.
A conversation with Pedro Cruz, advocate for citizen participation initiatives in Guatemala
Global Americans spoke with Pedro Cruz, a leader in the fight against corruption in Guatemala and a member of our New Generation of Public Intellectuals of the Americas.
AMLO’s victory, a new geopolitical landscape, and the future of Mexico’s role in the region and the world
Andrés Manuel López Obrador will be the next president of Mexico, and the party he founded, MORENA, will decide the direction of Mexican domestic politics and foreign policy for the next six years.
Why reforming regional institutions is crucial for the future of Central America
If Central America is serious about the importance of regional integration as a tool for development, it must redesign its institutions
A conversation with Nicolás Albertoni, doctoral student at the University of Southern California
Global Americans spoke to Nicolás Albertoni, a scholar pursuing a Ph.D. in political science and international relations at the University of Southern California (USC), associate researcher at the Universidad Católica del Uruguay, and one of the Global Americans 2018 New Generation of Public Intellectuals.
Highlights from the confirmation hearing of Kimberly Breier for Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
We watched the confirmation hearings for the top diplomatic post in the Americas so you don’t have to. Among the highlights are exchanges on TPS, strengthening the OAS, and the crisis in Nicaragua.
Why people migrate: A plea for empathy from Nicaragua
The thousands of brave souls currently leaving Nicaragua are not doing so because they want to. Whether due to political persecution or out of economic necessity, they are fleeing for their lives.
Chinese inroads in Panama: Transport hubs and BRI in the Americas
Ten of the eighteen nations that still have embassies in Taiwan are in Latin America and the Caribbean. Does the flip to the PRC make economic and diplomatic sense? Who’s next?
Three members of Congress introduce bill to reunite separated migrant children with their parents
The act, introduced by three prominent voices for Latin America in Congress, demands State reunify the 2,342 migrant children separated from their parents. It also addresses the root causes of the flow.
Angry Mexico
Instead of voting for a candidate with concrete policy proposals to improve a difficult situation, many Mexican voters seem to ready to say “screw the system—and everything else along with it.”
Duque won the election, but Petro is also a winner
Gustavo Petro has reasons to be optimistic after his defeat. The left has a new presence in Colombian politics and could emerge stronger for the next elections.
The collapse of the Venezuelan oil industry
In 2018, PDVSA’s production capacity dipped to its lowest level since 1950. It’s the nadir of a debacle that has escalated under Maduro but started under Chávez.
Latin America and the emerging ideological struggle of the 21st Century
Despite its claims to the contrary, in advancing its national interest China’s government is remaking the global world order, directly and indirectly. But can the U.S. defend that order?
IN THE MEDIA
El Club de la Pelea
Ahora que se produjo el impasse entre el PPD y el PS por la nominación de Ángela Vivanco a la Corte Suprema, Insulza volvió a sacar la voz para salir en defensa de tres principios esenciales en la política: la palabra empeñada, la unidad partidista y el espíritu de diálogo.
A la derecha de Maduro y a la izquierda de Trump
Ahora que la política en el continente aparece cada vez más polarizada, con un Donald Trump que se radicaliza hacia una derecha proteccionista, excluyente y conflictiva, y con gobiernos de izquierda que también extremizan sus planteamientos, se abre una tremenda oportunidad para que se alcen líderes que defiendan las posturas más razonables y atractivas tanto de la izquierda como de la derecha.
¿Es una diáspora la emigración masiva de venezolanos?
Como lo hemos señalado en un texto anterior, desde el poder político en Venezuela se intenta desconocer el fenómeno por el que está atravesado la sociedad venezolana: la emigración masiva.
La torre de babel de las oposiciones en Venezuela
En un artículo anterior planteábamos que todo apuntaba al peor escenario, dada la falta de consenso que privaba (y sigue privando) entre los factores que encabezan la oposición política en Venezuela. Nicolás Maduro, aunque no reconocido por gran parte de los países de América y Europa, sigue siendo el presidente en Venezuela, es la figura que ejerce el poder, y mientras tanto los actores opositores sencillamente se deshuesan entre sí.