Analysis

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Las sanciones internacionales en una Nicaragua doblegada por el miedo y la violencia

Las sanciones internacionales contra los actores cómplices de las atrocidades cometidas en Nicaragua han surtido el efecto de disminuir su influencia, y siguen arrinconando a los perpetradores. Contrario a las mentiras de Rosario Murillo, las sanciones no afectan al pueblo porque éstas poseen precisión en el impacto. La sanción es un es un juicio justo frente a la privación física, económica y política que ha causado la dictadura.

Manuel Orozco

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Confidencial

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Member in the News: Roberto Teixeira da Costa

Roberto Teixeira da Costa, member of the Inter-American Dialogue Board of Directors, has released a new book titled “Crises financeiras: Brasil e mundo (1929-2023).” 

Roberto Teixeira da Costa

Member in the News ˙ ˙ O Globo

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La radicalizaciación talibanista en Nicaragua y la presión internacional

La confiscación de la Universidad Centroamericana de Nicaragua, la UCA, ocurre en el contexto de la conformación de la dictadura familiar Ortega-Murillio en un tipo totalitarista con rasgos de tipo Talibanesco en Nicaragua. En particular, esta crisis política de Nicaragua está dibujada por este tipo de gobierno y la fuerza que posee en la etapa en que se encuentra.

Manuel Orozco

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ 100% Noticias

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La inflación, el congelamiento del córdoba y las remesas

La decisión de eliminar el deslizamiento anual de uno por ciento o más de devaluación gradual del tipo de cambio es un control de precaución monetaria ante la creciente inflación asociada con un aumento de las importaciones y un mayor encarecimiento en 2024.

Manuel Orozco

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Confidencial

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Orozco: “In the case of Nicaragua, in particular, the main determinant that drives people out is political”

In an interview with Esta Semana and Confidencial, Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program at the Inter-American Dialogue, spoke with Carlos F. Chamorro about the future of the remittance trends, migration from Nicaragua, the Nicaraguan economy, and the future of the Ortega regime.

Carlos Fernando Chamorro, Manuel Orozco

Interviews ˙ ˙ Confidencial

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Is LAC Prepared for Another Pandemic?

Expert panelists explored the question of Latin America and the Caribbean’s preparedness in the face of a future pandemic. Despite making up less than 10 percent of the world’s population, the region accounted for more than 25 percent of worldwide deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic. The panel focused on the ways in which healthcare policy in LAC shifted during and after the pandemic, as well as the outcomes from pandemic policy implementations. 

Anastasia Chacón González

Event Summaries ˙

What Would the U.S. IDEA Act Mean for Ecuador?

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the IDEA Act, a bill the U.S. Congress is considering, and which would make Ecuador an eligible beneficiary of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.

Ivonne A-Baki, Felipe Espinosa, G. Philip Hughes, Santiago Mosquera

Latin America Advisor ˙

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Economía Nicaragüense

La siguiente presentación publicada por el Diálogo Interamericano investiga la coyuntura económica actual en Nicaragua y refleja el análisis de Manuel Orozco, director del Programa de Migración, Remesas y Desarollo.

Manuel Orozco

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How Well Is the USMCA Working After Three Years?

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the three-year anniversary of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA.

Arturo Sarukhan, Beatrice Rangel, Molly McCoy, Dan Ciuriak, Jon E. Huenemann

Latin America Advisor ˙

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At a Crossroads: China’s Post-Pandemic Economic Relations with Latin America and the Caribbean

On May 24, the Inter-American Dialogue and the Boston University Global Development Policy Center co-hosted a webinar titled “At a Crossroads: China’s Post-Pandemic Economic Relations with Latin America and the Caribbean.” The event considered China’s dynamic and evolving economic engagement with the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, and drew upon new findings and data from the Inter-American Dialogue and the Boston University Global Development Policy Center.

Steven Holmes

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Nicaragua and CAFTA: Noncompliance with the Agreement

The purpose of this memo is to note the existence of partial violations to the Central America and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement with the United States known as CAFTA-DR.

Manuel Orozco

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