President Lacalle Pou hoped that his referendum victory would offer him more time, as well as a stronger mandate, to pursue a series of reforms, including ...
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Uruguay’s Next Big Challenge: Social Security Reform
Alejandro Trenchi | 
Oil, Water, and Climate Change in the Guyana-Suriname Basin
Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith | 
Yes, the rising sea levels might only affect offshore drilling operations minimally. But the rising waters and other manifestations of climate change ...
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Colombia Was Named a Major Non-NATO Ally: Now, it’s Mexico’s Turn
Joseph Bouchard | 
With the Biden administration enjoying a more productive relationship with the AMLO administration than its predecessor, now is the time for President ...
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Geopolitical Realignments and the Southern Caribbean Energy Matrix
Georges A. Fauriol and Scott B. MacDonald | 
Looking ahead, more changes are coming [for the Southern Caribbean], both domestically in terms of dealing with a resource curse and externally in terms ...
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Mercosur’s Flexibilization Dilemma
Carolina Zaccato | 
Ultimately, the bloc’s future depends on the politico-ideological orientation of those presiding over its member countries in the coming years and on the ...
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“Get Up, Stand Up”: The Need for the Caribbean to Facilitate the Creative and Orange Economies
Bruce Zagaris and Alexander Mostaghimi | 
A critical task is how the Caribbean can integrate cultural and economic development and include the commercial dimensions of culture and creativity, ...
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What Does the “Orange Economy” Look Like After Duque?
Sergio Guzmán and Paula Tavera | 
The next government must see the Orange Economy as an opportunity to boost the cultural sector’s productivity, stimulate creative infrastructure, and ...
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Latin America’s Laggard: AMLO is Failing Mexico by Postponing a Renewable Energy Transition.
Grant Burrier | 
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) skipped COP-26, mocking the attendees as “neoliberals and technocrats.” For the Paris Agreement to succeed, ...
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An Autocrat’s Worst Nightmare? Ramping up Climate Diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere
Anders Beal | 
The autocrat’s worst nightmare is not only a united and unified Europe, but also an American continent that possesses the resources and resolve to push ...
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