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What Ecuador’s spat with Chinese fishermen can teach Latin America about responding to China

By Ethan Knecht  /  

A Chinese fishing fleet off the coast of Ecuador caught headlines and the attention of Washington. The situation was swiftly resolved through Ecuador's collective diplomatic ...
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Latin America, Europe and the U.S. must stick together in weathering the COVID-19 storm

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Increased dependence on China by both Latin America and the European Union not only generates vulnerabilities for both regions, but also creates strategic risks for the United ...
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An interview with Douglas Farah, President of IBI Consultants

Farah joins the podcast to speak on his recently published report for the William Perry Center on how the Bolivarian Alliance, led by the Nicolás Maduro regime, used legitimate protests in Chile, Colombia and Ecuador to sow chaos in these ...
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Turmoil in the Western Hemisphere

By Douglas Farah and Caitlyn Yates  /  

Taking advantage of the demonstrations that flared across Latin America at the end of 2019, outside actors worked to push legitimate social protest to violent extremes as a part of a deliberate destabilization ...
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21st century authoritarianism: Russia and Venezuela’s control over information and civil society

By Iria Puyosa  /  

Aspiring autocrats in Latin America and around the world are increasingly taking pages from the playbooks of the Chávez/Maduro regime in Venezuela and Vladimir Putin in ...
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South 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 South America by ...
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Russia in Latin America: Geopolitics and pragmatism

By Roberto Mansilla Blanco  /  

In recent years, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has become increasingly strategically interested in Latin America. Despite clear geopolitical goals, the Kremlin’s relationship with the region has been marked by pragmatic ...
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