UNASUR’s failure goes beyond political fortunes. The rhetoric of integration fell flat in the face of reticent national bureaucracies unwilling or unable to give up sovereignty and protectionist policies.
A Requiem for UNASUR
By Bruno Binetti and Ben Raderstorf /
Democracy & Elections
The Death of the PT or life after Lula?
By Grant Burrier /
To remain relevant in a rapidly shifting environment, the PT must return to its base and find new leaders capable of voicing the needs that captivate Brazil’s next generation.
Book Reviews
Of Beans and Power: A review of Mariano Turzi’s The Political Economy of Agricultural Booms
By Juan Nagel / juannagel /
Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay account for 76% of world exports of soybean meal and 68% of exports of soybean oil. But as with other natural resources, the source of these riches—the technological advances contained in the seeds—remains out of reach.
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations
Brazil: Between cooperation and deterrence
By Evan Ellis / REvanEllis /
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.
News
Brazil: A banana republic in the making?
By Dawisson Belém Lopes /
The growing depreciation of federally-funded research and education has reached Brazil, with implications for the region as a whole.
Climate Change
Regional and domestic politics could sabotage Brazil’s bid to host UN climate change talks in 2019
By Guy Edwards / GuyEdwards /
The confusion over Brazilian efforts to host COP25 points to a larger dysfunction, in Brazil and in the region at large.
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations
The strategic importance of Brazil
By Evan Ellis / REvanEllis / MENU
As the U.S. works to advance its policy objectives and interests in the Western Hemisphere, the enormous potential of Brazil as a partner, and the cost of ignoring it, is often overlooked.
Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations
Investigative journalism: Latin America’s riskiest business
By Jimena Galindo and Victoria Gaytan /
In the past decade, journalism has become a deadly profession in Latin America. Attacks on freedom of expression aren’t restricted to journalists; human rights and environmental activists have been targets as well.
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations
Fourth of July: Remembering what America is all about
Diplomatic relations are key to achieving major foreign policy and national security goals. This Fourth of July we take a look back at U.S. relations with Latin America.
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations
What does defeat at OAS meeting portend for U.S. influence in the Americas?
By Michael J. Camilleri /
The defeat of U.S. candidate to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a troubling sign of declining U.S. leverage and moral authority in the hemisphere, and not just on matters of human rights.
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