What Can Artificial Intelligence Bring to Latin America?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on ChatGPT and the implications of Artificial Intelligence for Latin America.
Analysis
India’s Approach to Engagement with the Latin American Region
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.
English Language Learning In Brazil
The report presents an overview of English teaching in Brazil, examining the main national policies that regulate and inform English language learning and how they have been implemented.
Haiti’s Rule of Lawlessness
Criminality is ubiquitous in Haitian officialdom. In fact, Haitian politics and government at all levels have become so enmeshed in and dependent on graft, gunrunning, drug smuggling, and gang violence that it is nearly impossible to disentangle them.
Chinese Finance in Argentina
A recent Economist article discussing Sino-Argentine relations cited to commercial loan statistics from the Asia and Latin America Program’s China-Latin America Commercial Loans Tracker.
What Challenges Will Face the World Bank’s Next Leader?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on Ajay Banga’s nomination to succeed David Malpass as president of the World Bank.
Why Latin America Should Care About China-Taiwan Relations
Margaret Myers, director of the Asia and Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, discusses the implications of a potential escalation in China-Taiwan relations for Latin America.
Video
Between Radicalization and Prospects for Change in Nicaragua
To discuss the implications of the release of political prisoners in Nicaragua, the Inter-American Dialogue hosted a hybrid event titled “Between Radicalization and Prospects for Change in Nicaragua” on February 10, 2023.
Does Colombia’s Health System Need an Overhaul?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s proposed health care reforms, and why they are so controversial.
Member in the News: Mario Vargas Llosa
On Thursday, February 9, 2023, Inter-American Dialogue member and prolific, award-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa was inducted into the Académie Française.
What Led Ortega to Expel Hundreds of Political Opponents?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on Nicaragua’s recent decision to expel hundreds of political opponents to the United States.
Orozco: “No volveré a ver a mi madre con vida”
El régimen Ortega-Murillo despojó de su nacionalidad a 94 ciudadanos nicaragüenses. Manuel Orozco, uno de los incluidos en este listado, habla con CNN sobre esta decisión unilateral del Gobierno de Nicaragua.
El aval del FMI no es un cheque en blanco para Ortega
El FMI debería considerar los cuatro factores clave de la gobernabilidad como métricas críticas que aseguran la estabilidad económica; particularmente en referencia a la independencia del Banco Central, la supervisión del sector financiero y la regulación del mercado y el Estado de derecho. autoestima al pueblo para presionar por un cambio político.
Should Brazil Expect to See More Foreign Direct Investment?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on Brazil’s soaring level of foreign direct investment.
Pairing Migration Enforcement with Foreign Policy
The Biden administration’s new border enforcement actions may reduce some but not all migration from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The measure may have the unintended result of marketing migration to those whose intention to do so was not as strong. This report recommends three differentiated steps the US should consider, including leveraging sanctions, working with the diaspora, and OAS engagement.