The FTA, Not Such a Happy Story
Someday, someone will write the objective history of the US-Colombia free trade agreement For the US, the history is not a happy one.
Analysis
Beyond Ideological Labels in Latin America
Although politics has cyclical features, and ideology is sometimes a factor in choices made by Latin American voters, the left-right labels obscure more than they illuminate.
Washington’s Mixed Signals
It is not easy to interpret often mixed signals coming from Washington about US foreign policy. But with its wide-ranging agenda, Colombia seems especially complicated.
What has Colombia’s Santos Achieved in his First Year?
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos last week completed his first year in office. What is behind his high approval rating, and will he be able to sustain it?
A Mutual Desire to Reduce Tensions
Given today’s realities, the glowing terms some used to describe US-Argentine relations in the 1990s do not make sense. But neither does the excessively negative talk heard in Buenos Aires and Washington.
The “Other” Latin America
The formal launching of CELAC revealed the strength of regionalism in Latin America.
Will Venezuela Allow a Top Chávez Opponent to Run?
Is the Venezuelan government likely to comply with the IACHR’s ruling or will it uphold the ban?
Bachelet’s Regional Challenges
Even before Michelle Bachelet began her second term she got a taste of the difficult regional climate she will have to deal with over the next four years.
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Shifter: “Gane quien gane en Ecuador, es el fin de una época”
En este programa de CNN en Español, Michael Shifter habla sobre las elecciones presidenciales en Ecuador. “Aún si Lenin Moreno gana, las cosas van a cambiar. Es una sociedad muy dividida. La economía está muy mal. Hay muchas acusaciones de corrupción y Correa, el líder carismático, no está. Se tienen que buscar nuevas fórmulas para gobernar.”
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Venezuela, Luis Almagro, y la OEA
En esta entrevista en vivo con CCN en Español, Michael Shifter, presidente del Dialogo Interamericano, analiza la intervención de Delcy Rodriguez y su pedido de destitución del Secretario General de la OEA, Luis Almagro.
Latin American-Gulf Economic Ties Are Still Largely Aspirational
Attempts to deepen ties between Latin American and Gulf countries have long run into geographic, political and cultural obstacles. In an interview, Michael Shifter discusses the slow process of trying to bring the two regions closer together.
Venezuela en la OEA
Michael Shifter analiza en CNN la controversia por el debate en la OEA sobre Venezuela.
U.S. Pressure on Venezuela Could Backfire
More regional governments are waking up to Venezuela’s disaster and are willing to do something about it. If Washington assumes a more unilateral, interventionist stance, progress could stall, drawing the United States and a transformed Latin America further apart.
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Maduro Holds on in Venezuela
In this interview with BBC World News, Michael Shifter analyzes the situation in Venezuela the day when the Andean country erupts in its “Mother Of All Protests”, leaving three dead and many injured.
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Los primeros 100 días de Donald Trump y su relación con América Latina
De cara al cumplimiento de los primeros 100 días en el poder de Donald Trump, Michael Shifter se refirió en entrevista con NTN24 a la postura de la administración del presidente estadounidense con Venezuela hacia el futuro próximo y aseguró que considera que se pueden esperar más sanciones para quienes están acusados de violaciones de Derechos Humanos y corrupción, “va a haber más y más duras”, señaló.