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Biden shares foreign policy plans during New York City campaign stop
By / On July 11th, presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden shared his foreign policy plans, geared toward restoring the American democratic vision and its future in the 21st century. Latin America was mentioned, but ...
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Central America: 2030 Trends
The reports examine five specific areas—transnational security challenges, institutional capacity, economic growth, demographics, and technology—and how they will shape politics, economic and U.S. relations in Central America by ...
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Violence in Central America: Do no harm, Mr. Trump
By Kevin Casas-Zamora /
Crime and violence in the Northern Triangle is a regional issue that requires a collective response to the structural factors driving it: weak state capacity, corruption within police forces and the judiciary, and insufficient data. Deporting refugees back to the region doesn’t ...
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The Guatemala-Honduras customs union: A paradigm shift in regionalism
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The recent launch of a customs union between Guatemala and Honduras marks a paradigm shift in region-building in the Americas. It may offer key lessons to other Latin American countries seeking to leverage their existing ...
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The Injustices of Zika
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Outbreaks of communicable diseases in the developing world are bad enough from a health perspective. But they also have serious implications for social justice, because they exacerbate longstanding human-rights crises, including by undermining already-weak public-services provision and deepening existing ...
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Universal Basic Income: An alternative path to development?
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Providing a fixed, unconditional income to the poor seems a radical idea. But it’s gaining traction. Could it work in Central ...
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Ending the middle-income trap through policy design
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If Central America wants to get out of the middle-income trap it would do well to follow Uruguay’s lead and develop a focused, comprehensive industrial policy that builds on the region’s trade ...
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How President Trump’s threat to torpedo U.S. climate policies puts Latin America at risk
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If President Trump abandons the global fight against climate change, it could leave Latin America more vulnerable to the effects of climate change and governments politically ...
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Trade in services: Central America’s big opportunity?
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While global trade in services is booming, most Latin American countries continue to export basic goods. Here’s what Panama and Costa Rica did to catch up. Other countries should ...
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