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In the Corridors of Dissent: Understanding Opposition Congresses in Latin America

Jeffery Allen Tobin | August 22, 2023

While opposition congresses play a crucial role in ensuring checks and balances in Latin American democracies, the complexities they introduce are ...
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A Global Americans Review of Resisting Backsliding

Robert (Bo) Carlson | May 15, 2023

Gamboa’s book offers a vital contribution to the academic debate over democratic backsliding. More importantly, it offers practical wisdom. If structural ...
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Chileans Have Not Changed Their Minds—Their Desires Remain the Same as in 2019

Patricio Navia | May 10, 2023

Chileans have never wanted a new country or a drastically different economic model. All along, they have held the same demands.
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U.S. Soft Power Must Focus on Cooperation

Jeffery A. Tobin | May 5, 2023

This article explores soft power from both the United States and Latin American perspectives, analyzing the perceptions of effectiveness for both regions ...
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Continuing Challenges on the Horizon for the Americas’ Largest Democracies

Rafael R. Ioris | April 6, 2023

What happened during Trump and Bolsonaro’s tenures must be remembered as unusual cases, not as new paths their countries want to pursue. For this to ...
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U.S. Policy in Latin America—Time for a New American Realism

Scott Hamilton | May 17, 2022

By helping [the hemisphere’s] democracies to deliver, the United States can prevent populist regimes from emerging, and thereby close down space for ...
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