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Biden’s Climate Opportunity in Latin America

Guy Edwards | April 23, 2021

Relations between the United States and much of Latin America are recovering after hitting rock bottom under former US President Donald Trump. But while ...
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Biden and Bolsonaro face off over deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

April 23, 2021

Tensions have risen between the United States and Brazil ahead of President Joe Biden’s virtual Leader’s Summit on climate, scheduled to conclude today.
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The environment and MERCOSUR

Bárbara Beatriz Lobato Cruz | November 2, 2020

If MERCOSUR wants to continue to negotiate effectively with other economic blocs, it needs to look for ways to adapt to what the present requires, that ...
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Post COVID-19: A call for the right to the Latin American city

Giulia Andronico De Morais Salles | June 30, 2020

Latin America has the unique opportunity to use the COVID-19 pandemic to reshape its cities into more equitable communities. How they do this will be ...
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From pandemics to floods: Inequality as a comorbidity

Teresa Kramarz | June 11, 2020

Similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental disasters hit marginalized communities the hardest. Not just because they are more exposed to risk, but ...
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An interview with Ambassador Marian Schuegraf, Director of the German Federal Foreign Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

March 12, 2020

Chris and Ken speak to Ambassador Schuegraf about the decline of multilateral organizations, Germany’s “modern approach” to relations with Latin America, ...
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