As China continues to make diplomatic and economic inroads throughout the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. needs to act pragmatically to counter Chinese influence and maintain its own.
It’s time to think strategically about countering Chinese advances in Latin America
By Evan Ellis / REvanEllis /
Venezuela
Abandonar la CELAC en solidaridad con las víctimas del autoritarismo
By Gabriel Salvia / GabrielSalvia / MENU
Ante la grave violación a los derechos humanos en Venezuela, abandonar este organismo es una decisión que merece ser considerada para defender honesta y abiertamente la democracia en América Latina.
Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations
The new kids on the bloc: UNASUR and CELAC
By Chris Sabatini & Amy Williams /
The net effect of these new bodies has been to create parallel forums more favorable to the interests of autocrats. That may be OK for Venezuela and others, but why are Brazil and other countries going along? And where are the media?
Economics, Trade & Development
Latin America needs a plan to China’s Latin America plan
By Kevin Gallagher / KevinPGallagher /
In 2015 China’s two development banks provided upwards of $29 billion in loans to Latin American governments with the promise of more to come. The problem is the region has no mechanism to constructively engage China to help direct and manage these funds. Here’s an idea.
Economics, Trade & Development
How Latin America’s regional integration is reshaping global norms and policies
By Pía Riggirozzi /
Today we have a real opportunity to assess how southern regionalism become political spaces where policies are redefined and the norms of global political economy can be renegotiated.
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