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.
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How Well Is Peru’s Gov’t Fighting Corruption?
What does the arrest of Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori mean for the country’s politics?
Private Roundtable with Hugo de Zela
On September 21, 2018, the Inter-American Dialogue hosted a private roundtable event featuring Hugo de Zela, the vice minister of Foreign Relations of Peru.
A Requiem for UNASUR
The unraveling of UNASUR—perhaps the most ambitious attempt at Latin American integration in recent times—is another sign that Latin America’s much-vaunted solidarity has splintered.
Michael Shifter: “Es una oportunidad perdida para Trump”
El presidente del Diálogo Interamericano cree que no hay razones que justifiquen que Donald Trump no acuda a Lima para limar asperezas con el continente.
Why Antiestablishment Fervor Is Growing in Latin America
Will today’s corruption scandals fuel tomorrow’s demagogues?
‘Debería salir una estrategia para atender la crisis de Venezuela’
“La ausencia de Trump en la Cumbre representa una oportunidad de Diálogo perdida.” Michael Shifter en entrevista sobre las ausencias de Trump y Maduro, la crisis venezolana y corrupción en la región.
La “Cumbre”, ¿el peor momento para la región?
¿Pueden los países verdaderamente democráticos asumir un liderazgo regional, con autoridad política y moral para plantear salidas a la corrupción?
Anxiety at the Summit of the Americas
Although perhaps justified by the tragic events in Syria, President Trump’s last-minute decision to skip the eighth Summit of the Americas, which begins this week in Lima, Peru, was discouraging to his Latin American and Caribbean counterparts.
Security for Sale
The rapid rise of the private security industry is an inevitable byproduct of high levels of crime and violence in the region, and brings a new set of challenges to citizen security in Latin America.
Can Trump Succeed at the Summit of the Americas?
Before the president’s trip to Lima—his first to the region—the administration should take a close look at why US credibility in Latin America is at historic lows.
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Nombramiento de Pompeo, Toledo y Odebrecht, elecciones en Colombia
En esta edición de Club de Prensa, Michael Shifter comenta sobre el despido de Rex Tillerson y nombramiento de Mike Pompeo, las acusaciones contra Alejandro Toledo, y las elecciones presidenciales en Colombia.
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Trump promoverá su agenda en América Latina en su visita a Perú y Colombia
El presidente Donald Trump participará en la Cumbre de las Américas en Perú el 13 y 14 de abril. Después viajará a Colombia, en una visita que según la Casa Blanca resalta el compromiso del mandatario con la región. Juan Carlos López de CNN en Español analiza esta agenda con Michael Shifter.
The Energy Solution Latin America Needs
If the region increases renewables to 80% of the electricity matrix and expands integration, countries can save billions of dollars in investments, avoid blackouts and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, argue Lisa Viscidi and Ariel Yépez.
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Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017
On January 25, 2018 the Inter-American Dialogue’s Migration, Remittances & Development Program hosted “Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017,” an annual event presenting remittance flows to the region.