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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.

Margaret Myers, Steven Holmes, Mahendra Gaur

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Foreign Policy Research Centre, New Delhi

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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.

Sarah Stanton, Thaiane Pereira

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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.

Monique Clesca

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Foreign Affairs

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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.

Margaret Myers

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ The Economist

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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.

Alicia Bárcena, Isabel de Saint Malo, Riordan Roett, Tobías Belgrano

Latin America Advisor ˙

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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.

Margaret Myers

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Diario Financiero

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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. 

Gina Kawas

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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.

Maria Velez de Berliner, Javier Guzman, Alessandra Durstine, Anwar Rodríguez Chehade, Carolina Batista

Latin America Advisor ˙

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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.

Mario Vargas Llosa

Member in the News ˙ ˙ El País

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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.

Manuel Orozco, Deborah Ullmer, Edison Lanza, Payson Sheets, Alina Ripplinger

Latin America Advisor ˙

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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.

Manuel Orozco

Interviews ˙ ˙ CNN

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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.

Manuel Orozco

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Confidencial

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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.

Manuel Orozco

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