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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5G geopolitics: cybersecurity and Brazil’s trade-off
By Fernando Vieira / 
Amidst a clash with São Paulo’s governor João Dória, President Jair Bolsonaro was also attacked by his ceremonial sash, which continually attempted to trip him up. Last week, he rejected the announced purchase of 46 million Chinese vaccine doses potentially effective against COVID-19. Although a Health Ministry document explicitly confirmed the original intent to buy ...
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COVID-19 Chinese vaccine causes a domestic feud in Brazil
Amidst a clash with São Paulo’s governor João Dória, President Jair Bolsonaro was also attacked by his ceremonial sash, which continually attempted to trip him up. Last week, he rejected the announced purchase of 46 million Chinese vaccine doses potentially effective against COVID-19. Although a Health Ministry document explicitly confirmed the original intent to buy ...Read More
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 / 
Costa Ricans, displeased with recent economic developments, originally began protesting in opposition to the Alvarado administration’s proposed $1.75 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which would imply an increase in ...
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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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Costa Rican protests persist even after IMF tax increase canceled
Costa Ricans, displeased with recent economic developments, originally began protesting in opposition to the Alvarado administration’s proposed $1.75 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which would imply an increase in ...Read More
St. Vincent and the Grenadines go to the polls
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The Trump administration's highly scrutinized "zero tolerance" family separation policy has returned to the public's attention, as the leak of findings from a two-year investigation raises questions regarding the policy's leading actors and ...
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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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A new look behind the Trump adminisitration’s “zero tolerance” policy
The Trump administration's highly scrutinized "zero tolerance" family separation policy has returned to the public's attention, as the leak of findings from a two-year investigation raises questions regarding the policy's leading actors and ...Read More
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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