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Guns and gang violence raise concern across the Western Hemisphere

February 26, 2021

Amid a flurry of recent gang violence in Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador, a recent New York Times article argued that the Biden administration has an ...
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Brazil, democracy, and the “fake news” bill

By Diogo Tulio dos Santos / January 4, 2021

Brazil's “fake news” bill aims to create transparency on social media and private messaging apps to combat the rampant spread of disinformation that ...
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The environment and MERCOSUR

By Bárbara Beatriz Lobato Cruz / November 2, 2020

If MERCOSUR wants to continue to negotiate effectively with other economic blocs, it needs to look for ways to adapt to what the present requires, that ...
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5G geopolitics: cybersecurity and Brazil’s trade-off

By Fernando Vieira / October 26, 2020

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 ...
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Looking at Brazil through natural capital economics

By Julia Marisa Sekula / September 24, 2020

Gross primary productivity (GPP) is a measurement that shows the cumulative output generated by water, light, and air. Natural capital economics ...
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The future of Brazil-China relations in the context of COVID-19

By Evan Ellis / September 18, 2020

Looking to a post-COVID-19 future, Chinese and Brazilian economic ties will likely grow stronger. The United States and other Brazilian trade partners ...
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The U.S. Department of Defense’s science offices: The little big secret enabling science and technology across Latin America

By Diogenes Placencia / July 28, 2020

The DoD's science offices in Latin America work not only to build science and technology relationships with military institutions, but civil society as well.
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