As the United States presidential transition begins, President-elect Joe Biden has made public his initial selections for his national security team. The cabinet picks fulfill the President-elect’s promise to name a cabinet reflective of American diversity.
Panel discussion on the U.S. election outcome and implications for U.S.-Caribbean relations on Tuesday, Dec. 1 1-3pm EST with Dr. Samantha Chaitram.
As this November 25 passes, the loss of the Mirabal sisters holds a prominent weight that has stood the test of time. These lost sisters, and their iconic symbol of the butterfly, have become woven into the Latin American feminist movement as people honored their cause in the “march of the butterflies” on the anniversary of their deaths.
Los desafíos de seguridad de Perú varían desde la expansión de la producción de coca, la minería ilegal y las actividades madereras, hasta una amenaza terrorista pequeña pero persistente, un nuevo centro criminal emergente en la frontera trinacional con Brasil y Colombia, y una creciente inseguridad pública en el contexto de la salud y crisis socioeconómica creada por la pandemia COVID-19.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has defended his silence following the U.S. presidential election based on non-intervention, but his rhetoric highlights a growing transnational notion that no election can necessarily be trusted, a trend that undermines democracy and will be a headwind that the Biden administration must confront as it assumes office.
Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon, a board member for Global Americans and a partner in Winston & Strawn’s New York office as well as a former U.S. ambassador to Uruguay, will be chief of staff for incoming first lady Dr. Jill Biden.
As Peru wrestles with political turmoil and seeks to recover from the economic and financial effects of the pandemic, China appears well-poised to significantly expand its commercial presence and associated political influence in the country.
Un estudio sobre la propagación de desinformación en Venezuela después del anuncio ruso de una nueva vacuna en agosto de 2020, la Sputnik V.
Peru’s security challenges vary from expanding coca production, illegal mining and timber activities, to a small but persistent terrorist threat, an emerging new criminal hub in the tri-national frontier with Brazil and Colombia, and rising public insecurity in the context of the health and socioeconomic crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
El Congreso peruano está listo para debatir si volverá a intentar acusar al presidente Martín Vizcarra, poco más de un mes después de que sobreviviera a un primer juicio político. Esta vez, un grupo de legisladores acusó al presidente de aceptar un soborno de USD $ 637.000 de dos empresas que luego se adjudicaron contratos públicos durante el mandato de Vizcarra como gobernador de Moquegua.
