Latin America

The domestic roots of Venezuela’s political crises precede Chavez, and foreign interventions exacerbate them. In January 2019, the United States, France, and Britain recognized the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly,…

Brazil’s income inequality is among the world’s worst. The country’s unemployment rate is currently 13 percent, compared to 4.6 percent in 2012, and the number of Brazilians in…

Despite having a smaller indigenous population than many other Iberian-American countries, Brazil’s constitutional acknowledgment of the rights of Brazilian Indians dates back many decades. Indeed, the Constitutions of 1934, 1937,…

High unemployment may become the greatest test for the new government of President Jair Bolsonaro and his Minister of the Economy, Paulo Guedes. Bolsonaro promised to fight corruption and…

On April 5th, Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis gave the keynote speech for the Walsh Exchange, an undergraduate research conference centered on international relations hosted by Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

On February 12th, the Georgetown Center for Latin America Studies welcomed H.E. José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the United States, for a discussion with…

On January 22, Brazilian Ambassador the United States Sergio Silva do Amaral joined the Georgetown Center for Latin American Studies for its Ambassador Series to discuss the prospects for Brazil…

On November 19, former President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernández joined the Georgetown Center for Latin American Studies for a conversation on the future of education. Following the event,…

On November 15, The Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University hosted an event on the subject…

Mexico has a long history with social security; the country’s first social security law was enacted in 1943. Today, the social security system is fragmented into several institutions that…