It’s difficult to talk about public safety in Latin America today without talking about El Salvador and its president, Nayib Bukele. In a region where concerns about crime are running high, and organized crime groups are expanding their reach in many places, El Salvador stands out.
On August 30, 2024, the Dialogue’s Rule of Law Program published a policy brief on the need for democratic and effective security policies in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting insights from Guatemala, São Paulo, and Bogotá.
Centroamérica está avanzando de manera significativa hacia una transición energética más limpia y sostenible. Los programas de transición energética y climática, junto con políticas y regulaciones favorables, están fomentando un entorno propicio para el desarrollo de proyectos que energías renovables.
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on digitalization in the region.
Margaret Myers, director of the Asia & Latin America Program, joined the China Global South Project podcast to discuss key findings from the new Inter-American Dialogue report.
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Tamara Taraciuk Broner, director of the Rule of Law Program at the Dialogue, spoke to Viewpoints Radio about this year’s presidential elections in Mexico and what’s at stake for democracy within the country and the region.
China’s investment in Latin America is increasingly focused on a handful of innovation-related sectors.
In Latin America’s 2024 electoral super-cycle, voters seem likely to reward leaders who address their most fundamental needs—in some cases regardless of whether they value democracy, clean government or the rule of law.
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In Latin America, trust in democracy takes two paths: Good Governance, meeting citizens’ expectations under the rule of law, and Populism, where a leader perceived as a savior, centralizes power to deliver on promises. This finding was among the key insights revealed during the highly anticipated launch of the 2023 AmericasBarometer.
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“Building Economic Resilience—Japan’s Evolving Approach to Engagement with Latin America” was the ninth in a series of Inter-American Dialogue-JALAC events considering Japan’s evolving approach to engagement with the Latin American region.
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on economic growth in Latin America.
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on Chinese investment in Latin America.
On April 16, Margaret Myers, director of the Asia and Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue spoke with Ada Derana English about new trends in Chinese overseas economic engagement.
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El 14 de abril, Margaret Myers, directora del Programa de Asia y América Latina del Diálogo Interamericano, habló con Voz de America sobre tendencias en la relación entre China y América Latina.
The Migration, Remittances, and Development Program published a presentation that delves deeply into how the scale, composition, and nature of migration in the Americas has changed drastically since 2015.
