Colombia and the 2018 presidential elections
An overview to identify the candidates with most possibilities of running and the most feasible alliances vis-a-vis the electoral event in Colombia.
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January 19, 2018
Freedom in the world 2018: Democracy in crisis
Freedom House reports once again on the state of global freedom. Sadly, the countries that suffered democratic setbacks outnumbered those that registered gains, marking 2017 as the 12th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. In Latin America the picture is not so bright either.
Victoria Gaytan
January 19, 2018
Economic and political outlook for the Americas 2018
In an event hosted by the Canadian Council for the Americas, business leaders and expert scholars from the region offer an answer to the question: Will Latin America be able to maintain sustained economic growth as it enters an intense electoral cycle?
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January 18, 2018
Puerto Rican Exodus
As conditions fail to improve in Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans have decided to flee the island. According to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, more than 269,000 people have arrived in Florida from Puerto Rico since the hurricane.
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January 12, 2018
América Latina ante el 2018: Un panorama incierto
La inestabilidad en la península coreana, el incompensable accionar de Donald Trump en algunos frentes de la agenda internacional, la crisis global de refugiados aún irresuelta, y la próxima ola de elecciones, entre otros temas, hacen que sea casi imposible predecir qué deparará el año que comienza para América Latina.
Nicolás Albertoni
January 5, 2018
A rollercoaster of a year
As we say goodbye to the dizzying and tumultuous year the region has had, we don’t have a lot of time to recover. With major presidential and legislative elections this year—including the U.S.’s midterm elections in November—2018 promises to be just as, if not more, memorable than 2017.
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January 4, 2018
The weaponization of corruption and its very real risks
Far from celebrating the wave of anti-corruption sentiment and investigations, we should fear for the future. The backlash could make the region a petri-dish for populism.
Christopher Sabatini
January 2, 2018
The 2017 Top 10 LGBT Stories from Latin America and the Caribbean
From Evangelicals on the political rise in Chile and Mexico to marriage equality in Bermuda (kind of) it’s been a mixed year for LGBTI rights.
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December 29, 2017
De promesas vacías, compromisos rotos y la fragmentación del consenso regional
El consenso regional del sistema interamericano se ha fragmentado. Muestra de ello es la fragilidad institucional que desencadenó Venezuela tras su salida de la OEA y la realización de elecciones inspeccionadas por monitores electorales arbitrarios, así como una asimetría en la protección de los derechos humanos al interior de los países de las Américas.
Victoria Gaytan
December 21, 2017
Brazil: Between cooperation and deterrence
Brazil faces more challenges protecting its borders than almost any other country in the world. As the country seeks to assert itself as a regional power, measured military collaboration with the U.S. is important for domestic and regional stability.
Evan Ellis
December 18, 2017