Are Latin America’s Militaries Taking on Too Much Power?
How has the role of the military changed in Latin American countries over the past year, and is it a cause for concern?
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The 2020 U.S. Presidential Race & Latin America
How drastically could U.S. policy toward Latin America & the Caribbean depending on who wins the 2020 presidential election?
Latin America: The Political Outlook
What is the political outlook in Latin America? Will Brazil’s Congress continue to govern independent of the erratic, but somewhat business-friendly President Jair Bolsonaro? Will Mexico’s nationalist-leftist president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (popularly known as AMLO) try to extend his power? Will Argentina’s new president Alberto Fernandez govern independently of his vice president Cristina Kirchner? Will Colombia become a new Chile in terms of riots? What will happen in Chile this year? And will Peru be able to return to political stability? Michael Shifter discussed in this interview with Latinvex.
The Rebellion Against the Elites in Latin America
A widespread sentiment of dissatisfaction and lack of fairness is driving protests across the region.
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Evo Morales en Argentina, elecciones en Bolivia e inflación argentina
Michael Shifter fue invitado a ‘Cuestión de Poder’ de NTN24, donde comentó sobre las declaraciones de Evo Morales en Argentina, las próximas elecciones bolivianas, y el rol de Alberto Fernández en la inflación argentina.
Dual Education in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities
Dual education can be a powerful tool for bridging the skills gap by making education more relevant to market needs, fostering closer public-private collaboration, and providing youth with concrete skills and work experience.
Jóvenes y redes sociales, protagonistas de las protestas de 2019 en Latinoamérica
Michael Shifter, presidente del centro de análisis Diálogo Interamericano en entrevista con La FM aseguró que el panorama para este 2020 es impredecible debido a que las causas de las protestas del año pasado pueden seguir inestables, tal es el caso de la economía de la región.
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Las protestas en América Latina
Michael Shifter, presidente del Dialogo Interamericano, habló con Juan Carlos Iragorri, Dori Toribio y Jorge Espinosa en el podcast en español de The Washington Post sobre las protestas de 2019 y el descontento en gran parte de la región.
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Michael Shifter on 2019’s top Latin America news
CGTN’s Asieh Namdar talked with Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, about the top news stories in Latin America in 2019, and the outlook for 2020.
Anticorruption, Transparency and Integrity in the Americas
The Dialogue’s Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program and the Inter-American Development Bank hosted a series of events focused on addressing issues of corruption in the Americas to identify lessons learned from recent corruption cases, analyze continued challenges, and outline the agenda for future reform.
Is Political Risk in Latin America on the Rise for 2020?
Which countries are likely to be the hotspots in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020?
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Is Democracy in Trouble? Latin America from a Global Perspective
On December 13, 2019 the Inter-American Dialogue, in partnership with International Institute for Democracy and Election Assistance (IDEA) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), hosted “Is Democracy in Trouble? Latin America in Global Perspective”, an event to launch IDEA’s The Global State of Democracy 2019 Report: Addressing the Ills, Reviving the Promise.
Consejos de Michael Shifter para reducir la desigualdad
El presidente del Diálogo Interamericano habla del panorama de América Latina y de la importancia de cambiar las prioridades de inversión.
The rise and rise of national populism
A global resurgence of populism and nationalism has galvanised support for leaders with policies inimical to the rule of law. Global Insight assesses the risks and how they can be countered. Michael Camilleri, director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, spoke with Ruth Green from the International Bar Association, to discuss this issue.
Transforming Learning Through the Use of Educational Technology: Challenges and Opportunities
The Working Group on Technology and Innovation in Education presents the key areas Latin America has to improve upon in order to effectively incorporate technology in the classroom.