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Greg Weeks

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Dr. Greg Weeks is a professor of Political Science and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is editor of the academic journal The Latin Americanist, and he is the author of numerous books and articles, including The Military and Politics in Postauthoritarian Chile (2003), Irresistible Forces: Latin American Migration to the United States and its Effects on the South (2010), The Bachelet Government: Conflict and Consensus in Post-Pinochet Chile (2010), Understanding Latin American Politics (2014) and U.S. and Latin American Relations, 2nd Edition (2015).

Lula and the Revival of UNASUR and CELAC

Greg Weeks | January 17, 2023

For either CELAC or UNASUR to succeed in the longer term, Lula must help move them away from their ideological roots. Given their histories, this is no ...
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How the U.S. Midterm Elections Impact Florida and Latin America policy

Greg Weeks | November 10, 2022

The 2022 U.S. midterm election results cement a trend that impacts U.S.-Latin American policy—hardline positions are largely bipartisan in Florida… a key ...
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USAID in Central America: Less Is Better

Greg Weeks | January 10, 2022

Policymakers argue that more aid money will reduce the incentive to emigrate, while remaining stubbornly oblivious to the fact that past money did not ...
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It’s No Joke: Bukele’s Authoritarian Language

Greg Weeks | September 23, 2021

Bukele has responded to critics with derision, even changing his Twitter bio to “Dictator of El Salvador.” He leaves just enough doubt to say, “I was only ...
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U.S. vaccine diplomacy in Latin America is failing

Greg Weeks | May 27, 2021

At a decisive time, the U.S. chose to complain about China rather than offer leadership to solve Latin America’s COVID-19 crisis.
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AMLO’s threat to Latin American democracy

Greg Weeks | November 24, 2020

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has defended his silence following the U.S. presidential election based on non-intervention, but his ...
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A promotion for Trump’s man at the OAS: What Carlos Trujillo’s nomination means for U.S.-Latin American relations

Greg Weeks | July 21, 2020

As Carlos Trujillo's nomination to head Western Hemisphere Affairs moves ahead in the senate, what does this mean for U.S.-Latin American relations?
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Bolton’s Bay of Pigs Anniversary speech: Tough talk, election politics and failed policies

Greg Weeks | April 18, 2019

The Trump administration has doubled down on a failed policy on Cuba, while talking tough on socialism. Unpopular and ineffective, Cuba policy ...
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AMLO’s cautious foreign policy

Greg Weeks | February 15, 2019

AMLO’s foreign policy is far from the populist, anti-American rhetoric of his campaign and much of his political life. Nevertheless, his make-no-waves ...
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