Will Police Forces Undergo Reforms in Latin America?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ takes on the likelihood of police reform in the region following protests against racism and police brutality.
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Shifter: “Trump genera miedo por crear un ambiente que lleve a la violencia”
El presidente del Diálogo Interamericano, Michael Shifter, cree que se configura sobe EEUU una tormenta perfecta, en la que se combinan la explosión social por la muerte de George Floyd, la pandemia y la polarización que provoca el presidente de Estados Unidos. Javier Conde de El Observador le preguntó sobre este y otros temas.
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Shifter: “El caso George Floyd marca un punto de inflexión en Estados Unidos”
En esta entrevista con No Hay Derecho, Michael Shifter habló con Glatzer Tuesta, el director del Instituto de Defensa Legal e Ideeleradio, sobre la pandemia y las protestas recientes en los Estados Unidos y sus implicaciones para el futuro.
Michael Shifter sobre protestas en EE.UU.: “En lo racial, Trump en vez de unir, polariza”
El presidente de Diálogo Interamericano, Michael Shifter, analiza para Peru21 qué hay detrás de las protestas en EE.UU., las cuales durante una semana han movilizado a miles de personas en diferentes estados y han llevado al presidente Donald Trump a amenazar con sacar a los militares a las calles.
A Message from Our President
A message from Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, on reaffirming the Dialogue’s mission at a time of crisis in the United States.
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Trump hace que la violencia suba de tono en Estados Unidos
En esta entrevista para el programa La Nota Dura en El Financiero, Michael Camilleri y Javier Risco hablan sobre la situación actual de las manifestaciones en los Estados Unidos y las reacciones del presidente Trump y los gobiernos estatales.
Will Brazil Allow Development on Indigenous Lands?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ viewpoints on the development of indigenous land in Brazil.
Why Do Gender Gaps Persist in the Region’s Work Force?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ viewpoints on the gender gap in Latin America.
Can Ecuador Reap Oil Benefits While Protecting its Land?
A Latin America Energy Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ viewpoints on the 2019 judicial win of the Waorani indigenous community against Ecuador.
Where Is Chile’s Conflict With the Mapuche Headed?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ viewpoints on the death of Juan de Dios Mendoza Lebu of the Raquem Pillá community of Chile`s Mapuches.
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Colombia expands national parks and ethnic community lands
Under President Juan Manuel Santos, the Colombian government has vastly expanded protected areas, creating new national parks and providing land titles to indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in the Amazon, Chocó and other important forest regions. However, many challenges remain. National parks and indigenous and Afro-Colombian lands continue to be threatened by illegal occupation, coca cultivation and illegal gold mining.
How Should Brazil Resolve Disputes With Its Indigenous?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ viewpoints on Brazil’s handling of a 2017 land dispute between indigenous tribes and rural farmers.
Ethno-Racial Poverty and Income Inequality in Brazil
Fiscal policy played an important role in reducing poverty and inequality in Brazil (Higgins and Pereira, 2014) over the last fifteen years, but how much redistribution and poverty reduction is being accomplished across ethnic groups?
Fiscal Policy, Inequality & the Ethnic Divide in Guatemala
Guatemala is among the most unequal countries in Latin America. Fiscal policy has done very little to reduce inequality and poverty overall and along ethnic lines.
Fiscal Policy and Ethno-Racial Inequality in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala and Uruguay
African descendants and indigenous peoples in Latin America face higher poverty rates and are disproportionately represented among the poor. Per capita income of the white population can be sixty percent higher to twice as high as the per capita income of the African descendant and indigenous populations.