Trump nos ha recordado a todos que el gobierno cubano no ha dialogado, no dialoga, ni dialogará con una pistola en la cabeza. Esto, más que un enunciado rimbombante, es un dato histórico luego de 1959. En ese sentido, el camino trazado por Barack Obama con respecto a Cuba, por su clarividencia y capacidad estratégica, sigue siendo el que más convergencia guarda con los intereses de los pueblos cubano y norteamericano.Read more +
The Latin America Advisor interviewed Jeff Zhao, partner at Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP, on China's relations with and presence in Latin America and the Caribbean.Read more +
The country is perhaps more profoundly and bitterly polarized than ever, with a high level of mutual distrust. Trumpism proved not to be a fleeting phenomenon, but a movement that is likely to persist and be part of the US political landscape for some time.Read more +
A popularly written constitution marks a new founding for Chilean democracy after the Pinochet dictatorship and the subsequent decades-long transition. But it will not assure the success of any one project in particular.Read more +
Sarah Stanton, Mariano Jabonero
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How to increase productivity and competitiveness in a complex and changing environment? Mariano Jabonero, Secretary General of the OEI, presents the findings of their latest report "Higher Education, Productivity and Competitiveness in Ibero-America" and answers our questions. Read more +
As governments and regional organizations muster a plan for post-pandemic economic recovery, addressing corruption must be at the forefront of any response — now more than ever.Read more +
Ariel Fiszbein, Ana María Nieto, Alejandra Cortázar
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In this blog, we present the core elements necessary to implement the Declaration of the Regional Forum: Towards Quality Early Childhood Education in the region. Read more +
El Perú ha logrado salir airoso de otras duras pruebas en el pasado y no hay razón alguna que permita anticipar que esto no vuelva ocurrir. Las elecciones del próximo año serán clave para determinar el futuro de millones de ciudadanos peruanos y se logre impulsar una agenda que revierta el deterioro social del país y lo haga menos vulnerable a los shocks que a futuro se tendrán que enfrentar.Read more +
The Latin America Advisor interviewed Marta Colomar Garcia, administrative managing partner at Diaz, Reus & Targ, about the future of U.S. sanctions on Latin American countries.Read more +
The context surrounding the Covid-19 crisis has aggravated the circumstances limiting remittance flows to Cuba. This article explores how digital technologies and cryptocurrencies are emerging as new, formal channels for sending remittances and paying for goods and services from abroad.Read more +
The Latin America Advisor interviewed Ana Heeren, senior managing director at FTI Consulting, about the "Brussels Effect," or how countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are adopting or planning to adopt European policies. Read more +
Joan Caivano, Sofia Lalinde, Sarah Galbenski
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The Dialogue’s pioneering work has made significant contributions to the advancement of women in leadership, the promotion of reproductive rights and health, and the reduction of violence against women. However, these issues remain extant in the region, emphasizing the need to continue conducting research and analysis in each of these key areas of concern to women and crucial to the health of the region’s democracies.Read more +
Brent Scowcroft was truly one of the giants of the US foreign policy establishment. We admire his wisdom, prowess as a strategist, and humility as a person. Like few others, he understood the importance of building and sustaining US alliances and respectful relations. At the Dialogue, we are inspired by Scowcroft’s rich legacy.Read more +
This blog details some of the responses implemented by telecommunication companies in the region to address connectivity problems in order to ensure students can continue their online education. Read more +
The Latin America Advisor interviewed Arachu Castro, Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America and Director of the Collaborative Group for Health Equity in Latin America at Tulane University, about how nationalism might affect the distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine in Latin America and the Caribbean.Read more +
Joan Caivano, Sofia Lalinde, Melanie Ordóñez
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Covid-19 restrictions have resulted in an increase of domestic violence throughout the region. In response, governments and other societal actors have had to quickly implement new forms of outreach, adapt their resources to fit a Covid-19 reality, and develop new partnerships to widen their impact. Read more +
Desde hace décadas la sociedad cubana demanda un “nuevo pacto social” a través de una renovada Constitución de la República. Aunque se realizaron modificaciones positivas, estas no atendieron reclamos importantes. Cuba Posible y el Programa Cuba de la Universidad Jesús Arboleda presentan el libro "La Cuba que quisimos", la más completa expresión pública del nuevo pacto social. Read more +
While AMLO deserves credit for pledging to combat Mexico’s impunity crisis, he has failed to set a clear strategy to address the faults and lack of independence within the justice system, calling into question his commitment to confront the root causes of impunity.Read more +