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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Bolsonaro’s popularity is on the rise
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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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Guyana: “Oil don’t spoil,” but …
By Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith / 
Guyana's recent oil windfall has been well-documented, but successfully harnessing the opportunity it brings will require a combination of transparency, institutional management, and infrastructure ...
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The president has the constitutional power to unilaterally terminate the embargo on Cuba
By Robert L. Muse / 
While the Helms-Burton Act imposes conditions that must be met before the Cuban embargo can be lifted, the president has "the authority to unilaterally terminate the embargo based upon the constitutional primacy of the president’s office in managing U.S. foreign ...
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Is the Ortega-Murillo administration immune to the effects of the pandemic?
By Carlos Murillo Zamora / 
Despite the Nicaraguan reality of social and economic distress, the Ortega-Murillo administration's mix of authoritarian democracy appears to be holding strong against the destabilizing effects of the ...
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La casa en desorden
By Camila Bartolo / 
La sorpresiva unión de Alberto Fernández y Horacio Rodríguez Larreta llegó a su fin abruptamente, dejando al descubierto que la conciliación política en Argentina dura poco… incluso en ...
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Do not forget October 2
By Karina Retama / 
Hoy recordamos la masacre de Tlatelolco, ocurrida el 2 de octubre de 1968 y reflexionamos sobre lo que ha cambiado y lo que sigue igual 52 años ...
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Good governance and corruption in the Caribbean: the Haitian challenge
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Poor governance, systemic corruption, and mounting injustices have left Haitians with little to show since the massive 2010 post-earthquake ...
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Extractive Industries in the Amazon
Watch part two of our two-day conference on "Indigenous Rights and Extractive Industries in the Amazon," with author Mark Pieth, former Colombian judge Luz Nagle, Júlia Marisa Sekula from Instituto Igarapé, and Bruce Zagaris, founder of International Enforcement Law ...
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