Analysis

Is the Money-Transfer Industry Facing a Shake-up?

Will PayPal become a major player in the remittances sector? To what extent will PayPal disrupt established business models in the remittances industry?

Manuel Orozco, Mario Trujillo, David Landsman, Richard Child

˙ Latin America Advisor

Is Costa Rica’s Economy on the Right Track?

How well is President Luis Guillermo Solís handling the economy? How strong are the country’s levels of investor and business confidence?

Laura Chinchilla, Kevin Casas-Zamora, Alexander Mora, José Antonio Muñoz, David Gutiérrez

Latin America Advisor ˙ ˙ Latin America Advisor

Colombia’s Peace Process and Brazil’s Corruption Battle

Following Santos lead, the Michel Temer government would first have to test whether Brazil’s legislative leaders are willing to conduct serious negotiations, and prepared to make concessions that could be effective in curbing the country’s pervasive corruption—or at least offer a better solution than the current case-by-case approach of criminal investigations and trials.

Peter Hakim

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Folha de S. Paulo

奥运会不是巴西的“解药”

巴西正深陷数十年来最严重的衰退之中,罗塞夫总统(Dilma Rousseff)可能遭遇弹劾,而巴西又将于今年夏季举办奥运会。

Latin America Advisor ˙

Video

Can Venezuela’s Elections be Clean & Fair?

The question of transparency and fairness will be paramount for both the political stability of Venezuela and the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Felipe Franco Gutiérrez

Event Summaries ˙

The healthy roots of corruption anger in Latin America

The emergence of this new normative edifice in favor of transparency and accountability is one of the most important, yet unsung, stories of the consolidation of democracy in Latin America.

Kevin Casas-Zamora, Miguel Carter

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Latin America Goes Global

叙利亚难民对拉丁美洲有何影响?

欧洲国家在“是否协助叙利亚难民”这一问题上难以达成协议,但拉美国家如乌拉圭、阿根廷、巴西、委内瑞拉、哥伦比亚、智利已经对叙利亚内战的受害者敞开大门。

Latin America Advisor ˙

The Future of Oil & Gas Exploration & Production in Colombia

The collapse in global oil prices has led to a steep decline in investment in Colombia’s hydrocarbons sector and reduced the value of its oil exports, depleting a key source of government revenue.

Lisa Viscidi, Rebecca O’Connor

Event Summaries ˙

Fidel Castro’s controversial legacy

Castro, who led Cuba for nearly 50 years, died Friday. In 2006, he had transferred the presidency to his younger brother, Raul Castro, after a debilitating intestinal ailment. Fidel Castro’s vision and iron rule shaped every aspect of life in Cuba and its relations worldwide. Many, perhaps most, Cubans would say he held power too tightly and too long. He was Latin America’s most prominent 20th century leader, but his legacy remains to be defined.

Peter Hakim

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Newsday

Central America’s Great Crisis

Central America is not moving forward; rather, it has regressed. The region is experiencing one of the most severe crises in its history.

Manuel Orozco

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Confidencial