Smart News & Research for Latin America's Changemakers
In the Media
Global Americans works with leading academics, activists, and changemakers in the region. These individuals regularly contribute to Global Americans, as well as to leading media outlets around the world. Below are some of our contributors' recent articles and media appearances. If you’d like to reach any of them, feel free to contact them directly or write to us.
Depois de cinco anos de negociações, os Estados Unidos e mais 11 países fecharam o maior acordo comercial da história. A parceria Transpacífico vai reunir ... Read More
The benefits of signing up for the biggest trade deal in history may take a while to materialize in the three Latin American countries that agreed ... Read More
LUCAS DO RIO VERDE, Brazil — The ambitions are dizzying, some of the grandest in Latin America since thousands of laborers perished building railways ... Read More
The Cipher Brief: What are China’s strategic interests in Latin America? Does this pose a threat to U.S. foreign policy objectives in the region? Dr. ... Read More
The Cipher Brief: Broadly speaking, how do you view China’s increased involvement in Latin America? Is it a good thing for Latin America? The U.S.? ... Read More
The first decade of the 21st century was a good one for Latin America. A recent Pew Research Center report estimates that some 63 million individuals ... Read More
The trial against Leopoldo López, the jailed leader of Venezuela’s opposition, was never expected to be fair. Yet when Judge Susana Barreiros handed ... Read More
Large-scale popular protests are often lauded as a positive sign in Brazil, which suffered through 21 years of dictatorship. But the growing pressure on ... Read More
A corruption scandal reaching up to outgoing President Otto Pérez Molina threatens to derail democratic rule in Guatemala ahead of the presidential ... Read More
A recent panel discussion organized by the International Forum for Democratic Studies with a group of leading experts assessed how authoritarian regimes ... Read More