Will Emergency Measures Amid the Pandemic Threaten Democracies?
Are emergency measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic putting Latin American and Caribbean democracies at risk?
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Congressional Testimony: The Health, Economic, and Political Challenges Facing Latin America and the Caribbean
Michael Camilleri, Director of the Dialogue’s Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program, testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security and Trade, on the subject of “The Health, Economic, and Political Challenges Facing Latin America and the Caribbean.”
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The 2021 NED Democracy Award: Honoring Central American Civil Society
On October 20, 2021, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) honored four civil society organizations with their 2021 Democracy Award. Santiago Canton, director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program at the Dialogue, took part in the first panel for the event, “Democracy and Governance in Central America: Defending Civic Space and Independent Media for Democratic Accountability.”
What Will Next Year Bring in Latin America’s Politics?
With elections coming up in 2022 in Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica, which countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will be the political hot spots to watch next year? What political trends will be the strongest in the coming year, and what traits will countries’ political trajectories have in common? Is authoritarianism and polarization likely to worsen in the region in 2022, and what factors would influence that?
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Shifter: “La unidad de la OTAN es un respaldo para la democracia que demuestra fuerza y compromiso”
El 7 de Mayo 2022 Michael Shifter, expresidente y senior fellow del Diálogo Interamericano fue entrevistado por CNN en el programa semanal Globoeconomía. El tema de la conversación fue el actual escenario internacional después de la pandemia, la guerra en Ucrania y las consecuencias para América Latina.
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Testimony to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing: Crackdown on Religious Freedom in Nicaragua
Manuel Orozco testified before the US Commission on International Religious Freedom on November 15, 2022.
The Authoritarian Wave in the XXI Century: Toward A Democratic Reset
On September 26, 2024, the Inter-American Dialogue released the report “The Authoritarian Wave in the XXI Century: Toward A Democratic Reset.” The report, produced by Manuel Orozco, director of the Working Group on Politics and Mediation in Nicaragua focuses on the global rise of authoritarian regimes and their impact on democracy, security, and migration.