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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
Russia’s Struggle for Hearts and Minds in the Western Hemisphere
War is messy, and consequently, the Russo-Ukrainian War has required Russia to devise a new set of propaganda lines for Latin American audiences.READ MORE
Colombia Was Named a Major Non-NATO Ally: Now, it’s Mexico’s Turn
With the Biden administration enjoying a more productive relationship with the AMLO administration than its predecessor, now is the time for President ...READ MORE
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Failed Energy Reform
Last Sunday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suffered the biggest legislative setback since he was sworn in in 2018.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
Mercosur’s Flexibilization Dilemma
Ultimately, the bloc’s future depends on the politico-ideological orientation of those presiding over its member countries in the coming years and on 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
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
A critical task is how the Caribbean can integrate cultural and economic development and include the commercial dimensions of culture and creativity, ...READ MORE
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.
Haiti: Betting on the Montana Accord
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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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