Report: Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017
Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean grew over 8% in 2017, according to new research by the Inter-American Dialogue.
Analysis
Will PPK Be Able to Complete His Term in Peru?
Several public officials in Peru have resigned in the wake of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s near-impeachment and his subsequent pardoning of former President Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year prison sentence for abuse of power and human rights violations. Will Kuczynski be able to complete his five-year term?
¿Cómo ven los inversionistas al Perú tras el indulto a Fujimori?
Michael Shifter advierte sobre la posible repercusión de la crisis política en la economía peruana.
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Peruvian Politics Under Strain
A year and a half into his term, President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s government is in crisis over revelations that the president accepted payments connected to the Odebrecht corruption scandal.
Can Peru Provide Power to the Entire Country by 2021?
The head of Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines, Cayetana Aljovín, estimated it would cost Peru some $1.05 billion to close the electrification gap in the country. What infrastructure will Peru have to build in order to realize this goal?
Experts Meeting on Democratic Governance Against Corruption
A meeting of a group of 28 anticorruption experts to discuss and draft recommendations for the VIII Summit of the Americas to be hosted in Peru in April, 2018.
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Harnessing the Anti-Corruption Wave in Latin America
On September 22, the Inter-American Dialogue hosted Jose Ugaz, the chairman of Transparency International. Ugaz answered questions about the nature of today’s corruption scandals, highlighting the Odebrecht case in Brazil that has implicated a number of other countries in Latin America.
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El primer discurso de Donald Trump en la Asamblea General de la ONU
El discurso de Donald Trump en las Naciones Unidas y sus referencias hacia Venezuela son analizados por Michael Shifter, presidente del Diálogo Interamericano; Arturo Sarukhán, exembajador de México en Estados Unidos; Raquel Godos, corresponsal de EFE; y Sebastian Rotella, reportero sénior de ‘Propublica’.
Cara a Cara con Michael Shifter
En esta entrevista con Radio Nacional de España, Michael Shifter discutió temas de actualidad en América Latina y Estados Unidos. Shifter comentó sobre los primeros meses de Donald Trump a cargo de la presidencia, y habló sobre la difícil relación entre el presidente estadounidense y su partido político. El presidente del Diálogo Interamericano exploró también las opciones de Estados Unidos respecto a la situación en Venezuela, los esfuerzos de gobiernos en la región para combatir la corrupción y los retos a corto plazo que enfrentan los países de América Latina.
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Acusaciones contra Humala, condena a Lula da Silva, Trump en París
En este episodio de Club de Prensa presentado por José Díaz Briseño, las acusaciones de corrupción hacia Ollanta Humala, la condena sobre Lula da Silva y la actitud de Donald Trump durante su viaje a Paris son analizadas por Michael Shifter, presidente del Diálogo Interamericano, María Peña, corresponsal de ‘La Opinión’ – Los Ángeles, y Jan Martínez Ahrens, corresponsal jefe de ‘El País’ de Madrid en Washington.
Cross Border Remittances: Technology in the Origin and Innovation on the Payout
Enabling tools that motivate remittance recipients to access and use a variety of financial services needed to increase assets is key to wealth generation.
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Trump y Rusia, Corrupción en Perú, Juegos Olímpicos
En este episodio de Club de Prensa presentado por José Díaz Briseño, junto a Xavier Vilà, periodista y analista catalán; Michael Shifter, presidente del Diálogo Interamericano; y Juliano Basile, corresponsal de ‘Valor Econômico’, se conversó sobre las interferencias de Rusia en la campaña presidencial de Estados Unidos, las más recientes acusaciones de corrupción en Perú y la polémica sobre actuar como anfitrión para los juegos olímpicos.
Private Roundtable with Ricardo Luna
The Inter-American Dialogue hosted a private roundtable event featuring Ricardo Luna, the Peruvian Minister of Foreign Relations. The discussion highlighted the Minister’s position on the best way for the international community to handle the crisis in Venezuela and how to confront infrastructural-based corruption throughout Latin America. Minister Luna also addressed some of the upcoming plans his government has in its preparation to host the eighth Summit of the Americas next March in Lima.
Even More Relevant: The Washington Diplomat’s Profile of the Inter-American Dialogue
In the early 1980s, when the Inter-American Dialogue was born, the U.S. was actively supporting right-wing governments from El Salvador to Nicaragua. There were “tremendous misunderstandings between Latin America and the United States,” says Michael Shifter, longtime president of the D.C.-based think tank. These days, it seems those tremendous misunderstandings have returned with a vengeance, making the Dialogue’s work even more relevant.
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Congressional Testimony: Energy Opportunities in South America
Lisa Viscidi, Director of the Energy, Climate Change and Extractive Industries Program, testified before the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on the subject of “Energy Opportunities in Latin America.”