Analysis

The Implications of Argentina’s Elections

Argentina’s economic woes, as well as the president’s health problems, have raised a number of questions about its political situation.

Veronica Gaitan

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Beyond Venezuela’s Simmering Crisis

Inflation in Venezuela has already topped 63% and shortages of basic goods including food and medicine will continue into 2015.

Marielle Coutrix

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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

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Looking Back at the XX Annual CAF Conference

Since its first edition in 1997, the CAF Conference has expanded to become the premier annual event on Western Hemispheric affairs in Washington, DC.

Bruno Binetti

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Comunidades afrocolombianas y el posconflicto

Para discutir la paz territorial y el rol y las expectativas de los afrocolombianos en el posconflicto, el Diálogo Interamericano invitó a unos expertos a compartir sus impresiones del actual proceso.

Juan Felipe Celia

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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

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What Does Latin America’s Shift to the Right Mean for the Energy Sector?

At a breakfast meeting with members of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Energy and Resources Committee, Michael Reid, The Economist’s senior Latin America editor and author of the “Bello” column, discussed why he thinks the region is shifting to the right.

Lisa Viscidi

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Education Reform in Chile

Chile has been rocked by powerful student protests that call for greater education quality and equity since 2011.

Federico Sucre

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The US-Brazil Relationship through the Crisis

Brazil remains an important ally for the US and both countries would benefit from a cooperative approach towards solving the crisis and achieving political stability.

David Alzate

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