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Dimmed Economic Growth Prospects in Nicaragua

Nicaragua is a country where democracy and economic policy have been criminalized because the independence of state institutions is absent. The Ortega-Murillo family has chosen to enact laws that protect the status quo and not the public good. This report makes recommendations that would help ensure economic stability.

Manuel Orozco

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A ‘Globo Chino’ Floats Over Latin America

Margaret Myers, director of the Asia and Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, contrasts the reactions in the United States and Latin America to the Chinese balloon controversy.

Margaret Myers, Liying Meng

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ The Weekly Asado

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Why Are Rights Activists Being Targeted in Colombia?

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the the escalation of human rights activists and social leaders in Colombia.

Elizabeth Dickinson, Juan F. Vargas, Julia Zulver, Kiran Stallone, Gwen Burnyeat, Jamie Hagen

Latin America Advisor ˙

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How Much Growth Can Latin American Fintechs Sustain?

A Financial Services Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ viewpoints on the growth of the financial technology sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Rasheed Griffith, Ray Ruga, Philip Benton, Lourdes S. Casanova, James Bosworth, Camilo Gantiva Hidalgo

Financial Advisor ˙

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Will Latin America See Big Gains From Global Tax Reforms?

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the proposed global minimum tax, its appeal and its expected annual revenue gains in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Carlos Vargas Alencastre, Eugenio Grageda, Manuel Baltazar Mancilla

Latin America Advisor ˙

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How Latin America Factors in China’s Property Market Equation

Margaret Myers, director of the Asia and Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, considers how trends in China’s real estate sector will affect China-Latin America relations.

Margaret Myers

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Diario Financiero

Member in the News: Richard Haass

In January 2023, Dialogue member Richard Haass released a new book, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens.

Richard Haass

Member in the News ˙ ˙ Council On Foreign Relations

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What Must Be Done in Order for Haiti to Survive?

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on Haiti’s deepening crisis as the country’s last democratically elected institution, the Senate, adjourns with no new members to convene a new term and gangs tighten their grip.

Peter Hakim, Georges Fauriol, Sibylle Fischer, James Morrell

Latin America Advisor ˙

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Was This Year’s ‘Three Amigos’ Summit a Success?

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the recent North American Leaders’ Summit with U.S. President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Tara Hariharan, Nicolás Mariscal, Arturo Sarukhan, Andrés Rozental, Jean Daudelin, José Antonio Muñoz, Duane Bratt

Latin America Advisor ˙

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A Conversation with Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso

On the heels of President Guillermo Lasso’s White House meeting with President Joe Biden on December 19, 2022, President Lasso joined Inter-American Dialogue President & CEO Rebecca Bill Chavez for a conversation about the US-Ecuador bilateral relationship.

Devon Severson

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