Press Mentions

[La llegada de AMLO al poder] va a quitar fuerza al esfuerzo regional para aumentar la presión sobre el régimen de Maduro. Esto es un golpe para cualquier intento de coordinación de la región sobre Venezuela.

The G-20 summit features high drama on the turbulent global stage, with U.S. President Donald Trump, China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin playing leading roles.

Fiscal considerations are important in Brazil, and electric vehicle incentives are a tough sell in an austerity environment.

This G-20 summit was once considered an opportunity for Latin American members Argentina, Brazil and Mexico to project a regional bloc to shape a global agenda. But that turned out to be a fleeting aspiration.

The fact that the G-20 is taking place in South America for the first time is almost beside the point. Argentine President Mauricio Macri, the summit's host, has lowered expectations. Now a success would be a summit meeting that goes smoothly, without any major disruption.

Latin American countries are still looking to China as a critical partner and creditor. The ways countries are engaging with China might change slightly, but the fundamentals of their bilateral relations with China will withstand political changes.

É pouco provável que os latino-americanos vejam a reunião de Trump com Macri ou a assinatura de um acordo comercial que deixou um sabor ruim na boca de México e Canadá como demonstrações de um interesse genuíno na região.

[Las sanciones] puede afectar mucho los intereses económicos de los que tienen poder en Nicaragua, entonces puede haber un efecto- lo que pasa es que no se sabe hasta qué punto el impacto afectaría realmente la disposición del gobierno para mantenerse en el poder o no.

E a realidade é que a China é sócio fundamental para o Brasil. A realidade é que, se mudar a embaixada, isso pode ter consequências com outros países da região. E a Argentina segue sendo muito importante para a economía brasileira. 

Es dudoso que muchos latinoamericanos vean la reunión de Trump con Macri, o la firma de un acuerdo comercial que ha dejado un mal sabor de boca en México y en Canadá, como la demostración de un interés genuino en la región.

There are interesting parallels [between Trump and Bolsonaro]; a lot of news outlets that started out being more restrained, and that gave them access, are now in kind of open war with Trump, CNN being the biggest example. I bet all these media outlets are trying to figure out how to deal with this situation. Do they want to be cut out, do they want to be part of it, and if so how do they position themselves?

[The request by Human Rights Watch to investigate Saudi Arabia’s crown prince] will certainly affect the mood [at the G20] and how his counterparts treat him, knowing that this is hanging over him.

Lo que vemos en América Latina en la última decada o quince años es que en todos los países ha habido un aumento importante en los recursos designados a la educación.

La firma del acuerdo [USMCA] producirá un escaso ambiente de celebración, ya que la fricción entre las partes persiste y no está claro si las legislaturas de los tres países ratificarán el acuerdo. 

The signing [of USMCA] will hardly produce a celebratory mood, as friction among the parties persists and it’s unclear whether the three countries’ legislatures will ratify the accord.