Analysis

Priorities for the Next U.S. Administration

Whatever policies he pursues, the election of Trump is likely to sour relations with virtually every country in Latin America. Normal ties will be virtually impossible with a U.S. president who has so intensely insulted the region and its people.

Peter Hakim

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ The Cipher Brief

How Will Trump Change U.S. Immigration Policy?

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump kicked off his candidacy a year and a half ago by condemning illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States. How likely is it that Trump will be able to achieve what he has promised with regard to Mexico and immigration policy during his campaign?

Latin America Advisor ˙

Where Is the Drug Policy Debate Headed?

How will measures in Colorado and Washington affect the federal government’s relationship with Mexico in the ongoing fight against drug cartels?

Andrés Rozental, Peter Hakim, Ray Walser

Videgaray visto desde Washington

¿Por qué fue Videgaray designado como secretario de Relaciones Exteriores? ¿Qué tipo de relación tendrá él con la administración entrante de Trump?

Latin America Advisor ˙

Por qué Fidel destruyó su propio legado

Nadie puede negar Fidel Castro su lugar en la historia. Era la figura política más importante en América Latina tal vez desde Cristóbal Colón en 1492. La pregunta es hasta qué punto su legado será el de unos sueños osados y unas transformaciones progresistas o por el contrario, un relato de opresión y de estancamiento para Cuba.

Peter Hakim

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Infolatam

Campaign Finance and Women’s Representation in Latin America

Despite taking significant steps towards a more gender-balanced political system –notably the recent adoption of female representation quotas— Colombia, like many other Latin American countries, continues to struggle with the legacies of pervasive social, economic and political inequality that disproportionately affect women. The study gauges the effect that campaign finance has for aspiring female leaders, and puts it in the context of broader social and cultural barriers that hinder women’s political activism throughout the region.

Tim Mahony

Event Summaries ˙

Las agendas de Trump para América Latina

Nada indica que el resto de América Latina no pueda volverse blanco de la ira nacionalista de Trump en el futuro.

Michael Shifter

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ El Comercio

European & US Policies Converge in Latin America

Despite the many reasons for divergent approaches to Latin America, the US and EU relationships with Latin America turn out to be strikingly similar, and they are continuing to converge.

Peter Hakim

Articles & Op-Eds ˙

Votar contra el candidato que menos les gusta, es la consigna

En una elección en la que ambos candidatos se han dedicado más a golpear a su contrincante que en mostrar las bondades de su propuesta, para Peter Hakim, presidente de dialogo Intermericano, un think tank con sede en Washington, sólo un fenómeno muy especial como Donald Trump ha logrado mantenerse cerca de su oponente en las encuestas.

Peter Hakim, Luis Custodio

Interviews ˙ ˙ El País (Uruguay)

Remittances Scorecard: 2016

In its fourth edition, the Remittances Scorecard ranks 30 companies working in 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries. It evaluates them across 12 indicators to assess their performance and competition in the money transfer industry.

Manuel Orozco, Laura Porras, Julia Yansura

Reports ˙ ˙ Results

Cuba and the US

A normalization of relations will now push Cuba to view its problems as its own, and not as a result of failed US policy.

Murat Dagli

Event Summaries ˙