Tag: Latin America
80 Articles
- 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
- Human Rights & Development
The Long Quest for Reproductive Justice in Mexico: Feminist Legal Strategies and Challenges to Changing Abortion Precedent in a Federal System
Mexico has entered the international spotlight due to a recent federal Supreme Court ruling protecting abortion rights. This groundbreaking decision has resulted from the…
January 15, 2024
- Global Governance
Policing Without a Political Plan? The New UN-Backed Mission in Haiti
On October 2, 2023, the United Nations Security Council approved an international policing mission for Haiti, a country whose weak, unelected government and ailing national…
December 18, 2023
- Business & Economics
The Role of Sovereign Green Bonds in Chile’s Development
What are green bonds? Green bonds, issued for the first time in 2007 by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Bank, represent a major financial innovation of the last…
October 16, 2023
- Global Governance
Between Total Peace and Armed Peace
What is it About? Total Peace, proposed by Gustavo Petro’s government, aims to foster dialogue between the state and multiple groups of different natures, whether they are…
July 19, 2023
- Dialogues
A Reframed Understanding of Urbanism in the Global South with Professor AbdouMaliq Simone
In international relations, cities occupy a rich focal point of migration, economic activities, and other distinctive urbanized social formations. The work of Professor…
May 5, 2023
- Global Governance
- Society & Culture
Political Protests in Peru: Causes, Complications, and Remedies
The Nature and Causes of Peru’s Recent Protests On December 7, 2022, severe confrontations began between protesters and security forces; although the confrontations abated during…
April 26, 2023