"Chile's compromise constitution may not satisfy anyone, but failure will satisfy no one." While ignoring the reality of the government's limitations would move the country further towards populism, ignoring the peoples' demands could "reignite the ...
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Chile’s Populist Moment?
By Robert Funk / 
5G geopolitics: cybersecurity and Brazil’s trade-off
By Fernando Vieira / 
Brazil faces pressure from both the U.S. and China as it decides whether to accept the alluring, but potentially risky, opportunity to build out its national 5G technology with Huawei, a major industry provider of the ...
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Guyana and the next economic wave
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Guyana's economy is projected to grow by 26 percent in 2020, but the country will need more than just money alone to affect much needed changes in governance frameworks, inhuman capital, and ...
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Is a referendum necessary to investigate former Mexican presidents?
By Estefania Medina and Adriana Greaves / 
President AMLO's proposal to investigate former Mexican presidents for possible past crimes has passed through the Supreme Court and will be scheduled for a vote in Congress amid concerns that the referendum may still be unconstitutional in the first ...
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines go to the polls
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On November 5, 2020, St. Vincent and the Grenadines will also go to the polls to decide whether Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves will win his fifth consecutive term in office. The vote is expected to center largely around the United Labour Party's management of the nation's troubled ...
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Bolsonaro’s popularity is on the rise
By Esther Solano / 
Despite the high COVID-19 death toll in Brazil, the president’s popularity is still rising. What strategies is he using and will the administration be able to maintain and build on its momentum for the 2022 ...
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Mancuso: el fantasma de la Colombia pasada
By Eduardo Tisnés / 
El regreso de Salvatore Mancuso a Colombia puede significar un avance en materia de reparación para las víctimas, pero también significa una mirada al pasado, a un país que ningún colombiano quiere volver; por esto, se debe proceder con cautela y ...
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Guyana: “Oil don’t spoil,” but …
By Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith / 
Guyana's recent oil windfall has been well-documented, but successfully harnessing the opportunity it brings will require a combination of transparency, institutional management, and infrastructure ...
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The president has the constitutional power to unilaterally terminate the embargo on Cuba
By Robert L. Muse / 
While the Helms-Burton Act imposes conditions that must be met before the Cuban embargo can be lifted, the president has "the authority to unilaterally terminate the embargo based upon the constitutional primacy of the president’s office in managing U.S. foreign ...
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