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Chile’s initiative to fully phase out coal generation by 2040 will be critical for the Southern Cone country to comply with its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. However, despite the urgency of slashing Chile’s emissions, ensuring that coal workers are not economically abandoned in the process exemplifies one of the main challenges for policymakers surrounding the just transition.Read more +
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How has the pandemic affected the growth of children in the Latin American region? Ángela Constanza Jerez, coordinator of NiñezYA, presents the findings of their latest report on the impact of the pandemic on the rights of children. Read more +
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The failure of the right to obtain sufficient seats for a veto, the near total rejection of the moderate parties that historically have governed Chile, and the stunning power of anti-establishment, independent leftists all point towards a Convention that will draft a thoroughly leftist new constitution.Read more +
We are pleased to announce that Barbara Kotschwar has joined the board of advisors of the Inter-American Dialogue’s daily Latin America Advisor publication. Kotschwar is the executive director of the Visa Economic Empowerment Institute, where she heads a team of experts in the fields of payments, economic policy, technology and security…Read more +
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The Latin America Advisor interviewed Pamela K. Starr, professor at the University of Southern California, about Mexico’s midterm elections.Read more +
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The intersection of domestic violence and migration in the Northern Triangle necessitates the protection of survivors seeking asylum. Biden’s stated commitments to gender-based issues and promises made on immigration reform prior to the election call on the administration to immediately restore asylum protections for domestic violence survivors.Read more +
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The Latin America Advisor interviewed Michael Reid, senior editor for Latin America and Spain at The Economist, about Latin America's social contract and the upcoming election supercycle.Read more +
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Although progress has been made in the fight to decriminalize abortion, limited access to the procedure remains a human rights issue, a public health crisis, and a problem for democracy.Read more +
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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 +
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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 +
