The growing divide between the United States and its G7 partners and an increasingly China-led Global South is concerning, especially as the United States looks to compete more effectively with China in Latin America, Africa, the Pacific, and beyond.
The Seventh Annual Latin America Energy Conference convened experts to explore how tools like energy diplomacy, strategic investments, regulation, technology, and information could square these countries’ urgent need to decarbonize with their continued extraction of fossil fuel resources.
Director of the Carnegie Endowment’s American Statecraft Program, Chris Chivvis, spoke with Margaret Myers, director of the Asia & Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, and Matias Spektor, Dialogue member, on Washington’s strategic alternatives in its relations with Brazil.
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On May 24, the Inter-American Dialogue and the Boston University Global Development Policy Center co-hosted a webinar titled “At a Crossroads: China’s Post-Pandemic Economic Relations with Latin America and the Caribbean.” The event considered China’s dynamic and evolving economic engagement with the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, and drew upon new findings and data from the Inter-American Dialogue and the Boston University Global Development Policy Center.
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s visit to Latin America in April.
Insights from India-Latin America relations expert Hari Seshasayee on External Minister Jaishankar’s trip to Guyana, Colombia, Panama, and the Dominican Republic.
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On April 13, Asia and Latin America Program Director Margaret Myers joined BBC News to discuss Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s trip to China.
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on Brazil’s proposal for peace talks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Margaret Myers and Steven Holmes discuss developing trends in the India-LAC dynamic, including India’s appetite for crafting a regional foreign policy for Latin America and potential increased commercial competition with China in the region.
Insights from Inter-American Dialogue Research Fellow Bruno Binetti on prospects for future Sino-Argentine relations.
Insights from Karin Costa Vazquez on Lula’s recent re-election and its significance for Brazil’s relations with its Asian partners and in multilateral institutions.
Insights from Nicolás Albertoni on Uruguay’s completion of a joint feasibility study for a future free trade agreement with China.
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ viewpoints on bilateral relations between Russia and Brazil.
Brazil and China would have much to gain by adopting a shared commitment to social and environmental sustainability.
What would be the consequences for the government, individuals and companies if the Constitutional Court invalidates the tax reform?
