Press Mentions

US clout has declined in the world, even in Central America where you would think US influence would be the strongest.

Consumada la elección, la situación en Nicaragua constituye una prueba para la comunidad internacional. Este un tema fundamental para la agenda de la Asamblea General de la OEA, la cual es un espejo de la fuerte polarización que vive la región.  

More than 200,000 Nicaraguans have left the country since the 2018 crackdown. Many went to the United States and neighboring Costa Rica, with a large number of families back home relying on remittances.

In Latin America as a whole, not nearly enough progress has been made in cutting emissions ahead of the Glasgow conference.

Aunque la producción [de crudo en Colombia] no es muy alta en comparativa global, las exportaciones petroleras son clave para su economía: es una de sus principales fuentes de divisas y es fundamental para el tipo de cambio del peso colombiano.

Las Américas atraviesan un momento crítico y la experiencia de la pandemia demostró el gran compromiso de cooperación hemisférica que necesita la región.

Para Venezuela, que en este momento no está produciendo crudo ligero, [el acuerdo con Irán] es un negocio excelente porque reciben lo que necesitan, y les da la posibilidad de producir más, de aumentar sus exportaciones.

English is a valuable skill in the job market and a lingua franca in many places and sectors. Given this reality, countries in Latin America will need to develop policies and programs that equip students with language proficiency, and the reality is that they will need to rely on NNESTs to do that.

Argentina is concerned about climate change, but they don’t see it primarily as their responsibility.

Brasil es el más beneficiado de la Organización de Países Exportadores de Petróleo [por la subida de los precios de petróleo]. Exporta mucho, sobre todo a China, y las ventas se han mantenido en niveles altos incluso en los peores momentos de la pandemia.

El objetivo de forjar una nueva estrategia común [tras el fracaso de la Iniciativa Mérida] no será fácil. Si se mide en función de si redujo el tráfico de drogas y la violencia en México o detuvo el flujo de armas desde Estados Unidos, claramente fracasó.

The Merida Initiative is indeed dead. Mexico is expected to press for significant US assistance and investment in the southern part of the country, but with budget pressures and other priorities in Washington, US officials are unlikely to be receptive.

Boric is clearly a product of very particular circumstances in Chile. Any comparison with other leaders is difficult. I don’t think he’d be particularly close to Castillo in Peru.

[Increasing droughts in South America are] an escalating problem, and the fact that we’re seeing more and more of these events, and more extreme events, is not a coincidence. It’s definitely because we’re seeing the effects of climate change.  

[Ecuador's comments about a shift toward China] is a narrative that we're hearing across the entire region, and I think it's not without reason. China has now surpassed the United States in all but Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay, and it may soon be the largest partner for those countries as well. It’s not as though the United States is no longer a critical ally for countries in the region. It’s just that China is very much present in sectors where the United States is not.