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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USAID in Central America: Less Is Better
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Why Might Taiwan’s Allies in Latin America and the Caribbean Soon Look to China?
Wazim Mowla and Isabel Bernhard | 
Supportive rhetoric carries little weight in the face of economic challenges and countries’ objectives. Four key factors can incentivize a country to ...
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Latin America and the Caribbean: Predictions for 2022
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In 2022, the United States will find that after a few initial signs of hope, the hemisphere to which it is intimately bound by ties of geography, ...
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The Top Ten LGBTQ Stories of 2021 from Latin America and the Caribbean
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Brazilians learned they have a gay governor; LGBTQ acceptance is expanding in some countries; and Chile adopted full marriage equality.
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Honduras Elects First Woman President in Break with Political Culture
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Xiomara Castro de Zelaya is slated to be Honduras’ next president. While the election results represent a significant step forward for democratic ...
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Ortega seizes another term following rigged elections in Nicaragua
On Sunday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, won reelection following a year of political prosecutions, ...
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Hemisphere Weekly: Special Election Edition
This November, voters in five countries across Latin America head to the polls. In Chile, Argentina, and Honduras, the electorate will have an opportunity ...
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Four Latin American countries make waves with new marine reserve
On Tuesday at the UN Climate Change Summit (COP26), Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, and Costa Rica inaugurated a new environmental protection zone spanning the ...
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What to expect from the Nicaraguan elections
Ryan C. Berg and Robert Carlson | 
To be clear, November 7 is a complete farce. Rather than anything resembling a democratic election, the events of that day will approximate a coronation ...
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