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Brazil and the Southern Cone

Determining and gaining U.S. influence in Latin America

Frank O. Mora | May 19, 2015

Rather than focusing old time notions of levels of economic and military aid or large inspiring policy declarations, analysts and policymakers should ...
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China’s investment in infrastructure, great. But at what cost?

Christopher Sabatini | May 14, 2015

Given Latin America's woefully inadequate infrastructure, China's plans to invest in roads and rails is a welcome opportunity. The question becomes, ...
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How to engineer a Latin American miracle

Juan Nagel | May 13, 2015

The story of dashed hopes and sudden halts is a painful yet familiar one for all of us. As we lick our wounds and take stock of yet another lost ...
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Who’s down with TPP? Everyone should be

Jerry Haar | May 11, 2015

The TransPacific Partnership that is currently being negotiated will be neither an apocalypse nor a panacea. But what it will do is provide critical ...
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Should the U.S. be worried about Chinese arms sales in the region?

Evan Ellis | May 11, 2015

China has increased the sale of sophisticated weapons systems to Latin America and the Caribbean, mostly--though not exclusively--to countries opposed to ...
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TPP, democracy and development

Christopher Sabatini | May 10, 2015

The negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership should force a serious discussion of the goals of U.S. bilateral development assistance in the region. ...
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Argentina and Nisman: Why we’re not surprised

Christopher Sabatini | May 4, 2015

When Alberto Nisman announced that he had evidence that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Foreign Minister Alfredo Timmerman had conducted ...
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The media’s bipolar disorder with Latin America

Christopher Sabatini | April 26, 2015

Too often, U.S. and international coverage of the region falls into manic poles when covering the political and economic fortunes of the region. In ...
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