El estado policiaco y el clientelismo político del FSLN
Una lectura crítica de las encuestas de opinión revela las realidades que el régimen intenta ocultar, en la lucha del pueblo por la democracia.
Manuel Orozco
Nicaragua | Program Director, Migration, Remittances & Development
Manuel Orozco is the director of the Migration, Remittances and Development Program at the Inter-American Dialogue. He also serves as a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Center for International Development and as a senior adviser with the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
Orozco has conducted extensive research, policy analysis and advocacy on issues relating to global flows of remittances as well as migration and development worldwide. He is chair of Central America and the Caribbean at the US Foreign Service Institute and senior researcher at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University.
Orozco frequently testifies before Congress and has spoken before the United Nations. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Texas at Austin, a MA in public administration and Latin American studies, and a BA in international relations from the National University of Costa Rica.
Orozco has published widely on remittances, Latin America, globalization, democracy, migration, conflict in war torn societies, and minority politics. His books include International Norms and Mobilization for Democracy (2002), Remittances: Global Opportunities for International Person-to-Person Money Transfers (2005), América Latina y el Caribe: Desarrollo, migración y remesas (2012) and Migrant Remittances and Development in the Global Economy (2013).
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Restricciones en EE.UU.: migrantes cada vez más vulnerables
La Justicia de EE.UU. avala la agenda antimigrantes de Donald Trump. Una victoria política para Trump y un revés para quienes tratan de pedir asilo como refugiados en aquel país. Manuel Orozco analiza la situación.
¿Hacia dónde lleva Ortega a Nicaragua?
La apuesta de Ortega para ganar se basa en su creencia de que tiene una ventaja en este momento siempre y cuando actúe en seis frentes: la represión política y económica, el acomodamiento económico del sector privado, la división y censura de la oposición, una comunidad internacional poco activa, y la protección a su círculo de poder.
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Opportunities for Development in Guatemala: A study on the nostalgic trade
Migrants often purchase products from their country of origin such as food, clothing or handicrafts, a practice which is known as the “nostalgic trade.” To better understand this practice, the project surveyed 380 Guatemalans in the United States and visited more than 40 stores that offer Guatemalan nostalgic products. The…
Building Human and Economic Capital: A Strategy for Guatemala
Guatemala’s economic growth and development has historically been affected by high rates of inequality, as well as by a poorly performing economic model that is based on agricultural exports.
Financial Inclusion in El Salvador
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.
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La política de Estados Unidos es obvia en relación con Nicaragua, y es que quieren que se produzcan reformas políticas para que el país entre en elecciones adelantadas y que se restauren todas las libertades civiles y constitucionales.
Para Estados Unidos era perceptible el que el Gobierno de Daniel Ortega no iba a cumplir con los acuerdos, entonces ya se había preparado una serie de sanciones.