Tag: Latin America
76 Articles
- Society & Culture
Venezuelan Migration: Past, Present, and Future
Introduction Venezuela has become one of the largest sources of international migrants worldwide. An estimated 7.9 million Venezuelans live abroad today, 85 percent of whom…
February 2, 2026
- Dialogues
Pura Vida Diplomacy: Costa Rica’s Vision for Sustainable Partnerships in the Gulf
GJIA: With the recent appointment of Your Excellency Ambassador Esquivel, what are Costa Rica’s key diplomatic priorities in Qatar and the broader Gulf region? Ambassador…
October 2, 2025
- Dialogues
Contesting Electoral Fraud in Venezuela: Implications for the Future of Democracy in Latin America
GJIA: How has Maduro’s leadership eroded democratic institutions in Venezuela since he began his presidency 11 years ago, and how have those changes culminated in the…
June 13, 2025
- Conflict & Security
How the Trump Administration Can Make the United States and Haiti Safe Again
The Haiti Challenge Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, the Haitian state has largely collapsed. Today, an unelected, US-backed Transitional Presidential…
May 27, 2025
- Human Rights & Development
Oil Licenses and Repression: The Human Rights Impact of Sanctions Policy in Venezuela
Introduction On March 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) revoked General License No. 41 (GL41), a significant policy…
May 14, 2025
- Society & Culture
A Rush to Pave the Peruvian Amazon: Bypassing the Law, a Highway Megadevelopment Project Threatens Indigenous Land Rights and Biocultural Resources
Introduction The Bellavista-Mazán-Salvador-El Estrecho highway (the Bellavista-El Estrecho highway) in the Peruvian Amazon is a planned megadevelopment project that illustrates…
March 25, 2025
- Dialogues
Rethinking Policy and Political Identity in Puerto Rico: Perspectives from Former Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs: Puerto Rico’s political system operates under unique constraints as U.S. territory. In your view, how does this influence the…
February 10, 2025
- Dialogues
Mexico’s and Qatar’s Evolving Partnership: A Conversation with Ambassador Guillermo Ordorica
In this interview, Guillermo Ordorica, Mexico’s Ambassador to Qatar since 2022, discusses the growing economic and cultural ties between Mexico and Qatar. Ambassador Ordorica…
December 26, 2024
- Business & Economics
Beyond Financing: Sectoral-Complementary Foreign Direct Investment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Public investment gaps pose challenges to economic development in LAC The COVID-19 crisis has taken a toll on lives and livelihoods in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC),…
November 22, 2024
- Global Governance
Soft Power with Teeth: Looking Beyond Military Action in Solving the Fentanyl Crisis
About half of Americans polled in September 2023 were in favor of sending U.S. armed forces into Mexico to fight drug cartels. Unfortunately, fentanyl trafficking and the…
March 2, 2024