Member in the News: Enrique García
Enrique García, co-vice chair of the Inter-American Dialogue, was awarded the “Enrique V. Iglesias” business award presented by King Felipe VI of Spain during the VVXI Ibero-American Summit in Guatemala.
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Police Transformation in Latin America by 2030
A new report by Dialogue fellow Kevin Casas, Paola González and Liliana Mesías analyzes the dominant trends in police behavior and organization and predicts how they will shape police forces over time.
¿Puede Sudamérica capitalizar sus reservas de litio?
¿Qué tan bien están los países sudamericanos involucrando a inversionistas internacionales en sus estrategias de desarrollo de litio?
Nearing the Tipping Point: Drivers of Deforestation in the Amazon Region
The largest tropical rainforest on the planet, the Amazon plays a critical role as a storehouse of carbon and mediator of the global water cycle and holds a greater share of the world’s known biodiversity than any other ecosystem. However, unchecked development is placing the Amazon under threat, pushing deforestation rates to near-record levels throughout the region.
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Avoiding the Amazon Rainforest Tipping Point
Deforestation rates in the Amazon River Basin have risen to near-record levels in recent years, threatening biodiversity and indigenous lands as well as global climate change efforts and weather patterns in the Amazon region and beyond. The lack of governance across Amazonian nations is a primary factor behind countries’ failure to stem forest loss, said experts at an event launching a new Inter-American Dialogue report on May 29.
En busca de una estrategia de inserción internacional para América Latina
Lo mejor que pueden hacer los actores políticos y sociales latinoamericanos es concebir una estrategia de inserción internacional en la que sus países sean actores y no simples receptores pasivos de oportunidades y amenazas generadas desde el exterior.
Escenario de Bolivia no es repetible en Venezuela, según analistas
La convocatoria a una jornada de protestas permanentes hecha por el presidente designado de Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, difícilmente podría resultar en un escenario similar al de Bolivia, ya que existen diferencias importantes entre ambos países, según analistas que observan con detenimiento la región. Michael Camilleri, Director del Programa de Estado…
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Michael Shifter sobre Venezuela, Puerto Rico y el futuro de Bolivia
Michael Shifter habló con Gustau Alegret de NTN24 sobre temas de actualidad en la región, incluyendo la crisis en Venezuela, las amenazas de presidente Trump contra Guatemala, las manifestaciones en Puerto Rico, y las elecciones en Bolivia.
Fiscal Policy and Ethno-Racial Inequality in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala and Uruguay
African descendants and indigenous peoples in Latin America face higher poverty rates and are disproportionately represented among the poor. Per capita income of the white population can be sixty percent higher to twice as high as the per capita income of the African descendant and indigenous populations.
The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy in South Africa
This paper, published uses the 2010/11 Income and Expenditure Survey for South Africa to analyze the progressivity of the main tax and social spending programs and quantify their impact on poverty and inequality.
Will Bolivia’s Next Election Lead to More Uncertainty?
How is Bolivia’s race shaping up, and do opposition candidates stand a chance against Morales?
Are Amazon Nations Prepared to Fight Forest Fires?
What are South American countries already doing to protect the Amazon, and how else can they cooperate?
‘Fechar fronteira não é solução’, diz presidente do Inter-American Dialogue
A proposta de Wilson Witzel, governador do Rio de Janeiro, de pedir o fechamento da fronteira do Brasil com o Paraguai, Bolívia e Colômbia como forma de reduzir a violência dificultando o tráfico de drogas e de armas não é factível, na opinião de Michael Shifter.
How Evo Morales running again — and again — undermines Bolivia’s democracy
On Oct. 20, Bolivian President Evo Morales will go to the polls in search of a fourth term. Victory would extend his time in office to almost two decades, and — depending on how the election goes — could place democracy itself at risk in the Andean country.
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Elecciones en Bolivia y el futuro del trabajo en América Latina
El presidente del Diálogo Interamericano, Michael Shifter, habló con Gustau Alegret del programa Cuestión de Poder de NTN24 sobre el tema de la transformación laboral, con atención especial al nuevo informe del Dialogo Interamericano “El Futuro del Trabajo en América Latina: ¿Cómo impactará la digitalización y qué hacer?” escrito por Sergio Bitar. Shifter y Alegret continuaron su conversación discutiendo las elecciones en Bolivia.