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Petro is Inaugurated

August 12, 2022

On Sunday, Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez assumed the roles of president and vice president, respectively, of Colombia in an inauguration ceremony held ...
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USAID in Central America: Less Is Better

Greg Weeks | January 10, 2022

Policymakers argue that more aid money will reduce the incentive to emigrate, while remaining stubbornly oblivious to the fact that past money did not ...
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America is Back? The reframing of democracy promotion in Latin America

María Isabel Puerta Riera | September 24, 2021

The failures in exporting American democracy call for the reframing of democracy promotion as a strategy. If the Biden administration develops a combined ...
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Haiti reels as earthquake and Tropical Storm Grace deepen social crisis

August 20, 2021

On Saturday, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake—more powerful than the 7.0 magnitude quake that savaged the country in 2010, killing nearly 200,000 and causing ...
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Colombia joins the OECD—so what?

Sara Danish and Norberto Martinez | June 18, 2020

On April 28, Colombia became the 37 member of the OECD. Membership into the "club" is a commitment to serve as a modern state capable of advancing the ...
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President Trump threatens to curtail development assistance from migrant-sending countries

Christopher Sabatini | May 24, 2018

Here are three reasons why President Trump’s stated plan to reduce development assistance to countries that fail to reduce illegal immigration is not only ...
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A deep dive into the Trump cuts for Latin America

Victoria Gaytan and William Naylor | June 22, 2017

Much of the Trump administration’s America First agenda is at risk thanks to the development assistance cuts it has proposed. Let’s hope Congress ...
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