Member in the News: Julián Castro
Julián Castro, Inter-American Dialogue member and Former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, has been named as chief executive of the San Francisco-based Latino Community Foundation.
Analysis
What Did Latin American Nations Achieve at APEC?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
An Unprecedented Migration Crisis: Characterizing and Analyzing its Depth
This report offers a look at the current migration trends and points to large differences that characterize this situation as a crisis: the scale, composition, nature, and management of migration is outside conventional or historical patterns.
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Panelists Discuss Japan’s Evolving Approach to Engagement with Latin America
“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.
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Orozco: “Ortega no se siente protegido por sus aliados políticos”
En una entrevista con Esta Semana y Confidencial, Manuel Orozco, director del programa Migración, Remesas y Desarrollo del Diálogo Interamericano, conversó con Carlos F. Chamorro sobre el rol del sistema interamericano en promover cambio democrático en Nicaragua, el uso de las sanciones y la política exterior del régimen Ortega-Murillo entre otros temas.
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Art and Politics in Nicaragua: A Conversation with Carlos Fernando Chamorro and Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy
On November 14, 2023, the Inter-American Dialogue welcomed Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, a Nicaraguan singer, composer, poet, and social activist, and award-winning Nicaraguan journalist, Carlos Fernando Chamorro to a conversational and musical dialogue that aimed to reflect on the political situation in Nicaragua through art.
What Is at the Root of Anti-Mining Protests in Panama?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the Minera Panamá’s contract.
China-Colombia Relations are Growing, if Slowly
Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s visit to Beijing in October amounted to a notable — if quite small — step forward for China and Colombia.
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Orozco: “La gente está saliendo y votando con sus pies por las razones políticas que están ocurriendo en sus países”
El director del programa de Migración, Remesas y Desarollo del Diálogo Interamericano, Manuel Orozco, habló el 8 de noviembre, 2023 con la periodista Mayorie González de VPItv sobre cambios recientes en las tendencias migratorias de la región. Además de identificar que los migrantes provienen con más frecuencia de países donde se observan políticas de represión, resalta que los niños migrantes son los que salen con mayor intensidad.
La nueva ola migratoria a Estados Unidos
La situación migratoria con la llegada de siete millones de personas desde 2020 a la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos, con siete mil personas a diario en 2023, clasifica como crisis. La manifestación de esta migración sobre el entorno es tan fuerte que su contención escapa al control y la capacidad de manejo de expertos y autoridades en Estados Unidos.
Family Remittances from Latin America and the Caribbean 2023: Outbound Transfers
On November 1, 2023, the Inter-American Dialogue released the presentation “Family Remittances from Latin America and the Caribbean 2023: Outbound Transfers” that contains research from Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program.
Does Venezuela’s Opposition Stand a Chance Next Year?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the presidential elections in Venezuela.
Is China the Leader of the Global South?
China’s engagement across the Global South is inherently complex. Asia and Latin America Program Director, Margaret Myers, considers whether or not China has achieved the role of de facto leader of Global South nations.
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Orozco: “Nicaragua has become the most remittance dependent country in the Western Hemisphere”
Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program at the Inter-American Dialogue sat down with Richard McColl of The LatinNews Podcast to provide his analysis on Nicaragua and the Ortega-Murillo regime.
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A Conversation with Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali
On September 13, 2023, President Irfaan Ali joined Inter-American Dialogue President & CEO Rebecca Bill Chavez for a conversation on sustainable management of oil & gas revenue and the future of US-Guyana ties.