A Conversation with Colombia’s Minister of Defense
In 2015, Colombia enters a critical phase in the effort undertaken by President Santos to end the country’s longstanding armed conflict.
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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.
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.
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The Skills Development Challenge in Latin America
The lack of adequate skills represents a bottleneck to productivity growth and to the ability of workers to obtain gainful employment in Latin America.
Remittances to Latin America & the Caribbean in 2013
One in three Latin American households has a family member living abroad and approximately 70% of migrants from the region send remittances home.
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.
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.
¿Hacia una nueva era? Retos y oportunidades para la relación entre EEUU y América Latina
En estos episodios especiales de Club de Prensa en el Diálogo Interamericano se analizan los retos y las oportunidades para la relación entre EEUU y América Latina
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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.
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Regulating Campaign Finance in the Americas
Political finance may not get headlines, but it is the backbone of clean and fair elections
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.
Migration & Development: Trends & Policy Options
Despite the economic importance of migration, Central American governments have lacked integral policies to leverage migration for development.
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.
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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.
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.