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April 16, 2021
Communist party congress in Cuba: After the end of the Castro era, what?
When Cuba’s Communist Party convenes in Havana from April 16-19 for its 8th Party Congress, Raúl Castro, at the age of 89, will step down from center stage. The long, long Castro era is coming to an end. What lies ahead and what remains, however, is more uncertain than ever.
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April 15, 2021
The Peruvian presidential election remains anybody’s race
Ahead of presidential and congressional elections scheduled for Sunday, Peru is battling a record spike in COVID-19 deaths, underscoring the public health challenges that the next administration will be forced to address and potentially setting the stage for additional surges, as millions of Peruvians gather at the polls.
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April 9, 2021
Saber-rattling and high stakes in Guyana’s geopolitical neighborhood
The Essequibo territory remains a point of contention between Guyana and Venezuela, and the stage is now set for the ICJ to step in and render a judgment.
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April 8, 2021
Disinformation or goodwill: The Russian COVID-19 vaccine strategy
The race to research, develop, test, approve, and distribute effective COVID-19 vaccines has turned the search for global normalcy into yet another frontier to be exploited for geopolitical gain, with Russia taking the opportunity to use vaccines as a means to advance relations throughout Latin America.
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April 6, 2021
Hemisphere Weekly: A New Political Earthquake Shakes Brazil
As Brazil spirals deeper into the epidemiological crisis caused by COVID-19, a new political dilemma has also arisen in the South American nation. Following President Jair Bolsonaro’s sudden and unexpected firing of Minister of Defense General Fernando Azevedo e Silva last Monday, the chiefs of the Brazilian army, navy, and air force all announced their resignations in response.
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April 2, 2021
How not to curb Colombian cocaine
Over the past four years, Colombia has eradicated nearly 300,000 hectares (more than 1,000 square miles) of coca while seizing more than 2,000 metric tons of pure cocaine and cocaine base, but the country remains plagued by illicit drug activity.
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April 2, 2021
Hemisphere Weekly: International Women’s Month in Latin America
In Latin America, International Women’s Month focused heavily on issues related to femicide and gender-based violence. On March 8, International Women’s Day saw large, defiant gatherings and protests against gender violence and inequality. In the weeks that followed, continued protests, reports, and court cases capped off a year in which COVID-19 profoundly affected women across the region.
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March 26, 2021
Countdown to 2022
The beginning of 2021 has brought with it a deepening of the health, economic, and social crises in Brazil. With the 2022 elections on the horizon, political players consider several approaches to lift Brazil from crisis.
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March 26, 2021
A Global Americans Interview with Dr. Christy Thornton, Author of Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy
Thornton explores the little-known history of Mexico’s role in shaping the institutions that would come to define global economic governance.
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March 25, 2021