Victoria Gaytan, Author at Global Americans

Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations

A world on the brink…of what?

By Victoria Gaytan / VickyGO / October 25, 2017

Premiering this month, intelligence and foreign policy expert Dee Smith presents a five-part Real Vision series that explores the current geopolitical order, rising global threats, the challenges of globalization, and what tomorrow holds.

Just the Facts

Who are the Council of Electoral Specialists of Latin America (CEELA)?

By Victoria Gaytan / VickyGO / October 17, 2017

The Maduro government refused to invite standard, professional election observation groups to monitor Sunday’s balloting. Instead a previously unknown group, CEELA, showed up to praise the process. Who are they?

Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations

Mexico’s busy week

By Victoria Gaytan / VickyGO / September 7, 2017

Mexico wrapped up the summer with an agenda heavy on the U.S. with the second round of NAFTA negotiation talks, the 5th State of the Union and a trip to China.

Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations

Could the border wall with Mexico trigger a U.S. government shutdown?

By Victoria Gaytan / VickyGO / July 13, 2017

U.S. politicians are threatening a government shutdown if the Congress doesn’t secure funds for the border wall. Weren’t the Mexicans supposed to pay?

LGBT Rights

From activists to politics

By Victoria Gaytan / VickyGO / June 22, 2017

Latin Americans’ activism is a driving force behind the LGBTQ+ community’s biggest milestones in the fight for equal rights. But political representation has fallen short.