Voces

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A fractured country, a politically weak president, and disorganized guerrillas threaten to undermine the negotiations from the start.Read more +

Afternoon On The Avenue - Trinidad

This is an anxious, unsettled moment for Cuba. Its economy is faltering badly and could face a prolonged crisis. The nation’s leadership is on the verge of a critical turning point following the recent death of Fidel Castro and the likely retirement early next year of Raul Castro—who together have ruled the island with an iron hand for nearly 60 years.Read more +

Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy

US-Cuba relations have grown boring. That’s about to change.Read more +

The widespread outbreak of activism against gender-based violence in Latin America has captured the media and world’s attention.Read more +

Corruption scandals in Latin America, it seems, are endemic and getting worse.Read more +

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Mexico held a highly successful auction for oil and gas contracts in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico on December 5, giving a boost to its plans to lift production and investment in the country's failing oil sector.Read more +

Courtesy from CIEPLAN

CIEPLAN, one of Chile's (and Latin America's) leading think tanks, celebrated its 40th anniversary on November 7th in Santiago.Read more +

Photo: Casa Rosada (Argentina Presidency of the Nation) [CC BY 2.5 ar creative commons]

The liberal values of free trade and multiculturalism might be in retreat in the United States after the election of Donald Trump, but they are alive and well in Canada.Read more +

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This article analyses financial access in El Salvador, delving into its characteristics and determinants. The article also presents the impact of a financial inclusion strategy to increase savings formalization rates among the population. Read more +

It is often mentioned that remittances “are primarily spent on consumption, housing and land, and are not utilized for productive investment that would contribute to long-run development.”[2] Statements such as these typically reflect value judgments rather than informed opinions based on empirical evidence. Read more +

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The Venezuelan opposition took the streets to demand a recall referendum, and largely rejected the surprise announcement of a Vatican-backed dialogue.Read more +

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Chilean political parties are proud of the political stability and economic progress of the post-transition period. But the new generations demand more.Read more +

Recientemente la primera dama dijo que ella pensaba mandar a su hija a estudiar a Estados Unidos, “pero no la voy a mandar con un coyote, eso no lo haría nunca.”Read more +

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Historically, the United States has not invited OAS observers. To some, this was an implicit argument that observers are a more useful tool for weaker or less-stable democracies. Read more +

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The Honduran First Lady recently said that she would like to send her daughter to the United States to study, “but not with a coyote, that I would never do.” Read more +