Press Mentions

The overall picture is one of promises that have not been fulfilled across Latin America. That is a recipe for frustration.

Pompeo will probably seek support from Costa Rica and Jamaica for the re-election of Almagro, which he considers a priority given his firm stance against Maduro. He will do what he can to ensure that the strong opposition of the region to Maduro, and his insistence on a democratic transition, does not decline.

Pompeo probablemente buscará obtener el apoyo de Costa Rica y Jamaica para la reelección de Almagro, lo cual considera una prioridad dada la firme postura de éste contra Maduro. Hará lo que pueda para asegurarse de que la fuerte oposición de la región a Maduro, y su insistencia en una transición democrática, no decaiga.

(Há) esta certa admiração mútua entre Bolsonaro e Trump, e muito da retórica dos dois soa muito parecida. Mas quando o assunto são decisões reais, talvez as coisas não tenham mudado muito. Está tudo no nível superficial, e quando você precisa agir para construir uma parceria mais significativa, como se tornar membro da OCDE, os EUA basicamente aplicam seus critérios normais sobre a extensão da OCDE, o que tem sido mais ou menos a política tradicional (em governos anteriores).

There isn’t much more room for the administration to ratchet up sanctions against Venezuela, and increased sanctions would anyway be unlikely to spark Maduro’s fall.

The projects agreed by Sánchez Cerén’s FMLN government were more emblematic of the BRI than the deals Bukele recently agreed. 

Chinese participation in consortia and increased equity investment, often through newly created funds, is replacing headline-grabbing turnkey contracts backed by China’s policy banks. Many of those marquee deals, agreed with national governments from Ecuador to Argentina, have progressed slowly. Instead, investors are seeking value from projects’ long-term operation.

La retórica agresiva de Trump contra Maduro continuará para buscar el voto del exilio venezolano y cubano, pero hasta ahora ha sido más teatro que resultados.

Unas presidenciales [en Venezuela] son altamente improbables, sin señales de que los militares, uno de los principales apoyos de Maduro, estén listos para forzarlo a aceptarlas.

La capacidad de organizar protestas masivas [en Venezuela] sigue siendo limitada.

Maduro saw this as an opportunity to take over the only institution still widely regarded as legitimate. The international community will not recognize the new National Assembly.  

La migración indocumentada por razones de trabajo continúa y cuando esta situación de contención se vaya normalizando creo que la gente va a seguir emigrando (porque) hay efectivamente una demanda de mano de obra en Estados Unidos (amplía).

Guaido remains the most popular political figure in Venezuela [but presidential elections this year are highly improbable as there is] no sign that the upper echelons of the military are ready to abandon Maduro.

Trump has seemingly lost some interest in Venezuela since last January. He was led to believe that Maduro's fall was imminent. Trump's aggressive rhetoric against Maduro will continue, [but only to galvanize support from Venezuelan and Cuban exiles in Florida opposed to the radical leftist regimes in their homelands.]

Some countries are approaching China with eyes wide open. They don’t want to repeat Sri Lanka´s predicament, where China’s involvement is seen as putting national autonomy is at stake.