Gabriela Frías, business anchor for CNN en Español and Juan Gonzalez, senior advisor and special assistant to the President of the United States as well as senior director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council convened for a keynote dialogue with insights into the White House’s perspective on a number of current trends across the Western Hemisphere.
Non-resident senior fellow, Antonia Urrejola, has been appointed by the UN as an expert on the peace agreement in Colombia. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights made the appointment following a request from that organization to designate an international expert tasked with identifying and verifying obstacles to the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement.
Expert panelists explored the question of Latin America and the Caribbean’s preparedness in the face of a future pandemic. Despite making up less than 10 percent of the world’s population, the region accounted for more than 25 percent of worldwide deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic. The panel focused on the ways in which healthcare policy in LAC shifted during and after the pandemic, as well as the outcomes from pandemic policy implementations.
The 26th Annual CAF Conference kicked off with a fireside chat between Dr. Rebecca Bill Chavez, President & CEO, Inter-American Dialogue and Ambassador Nina Hachigian, US Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy, to discuss the inaugural Cities Summit of the Americas, which was held in Denver, Colorado, in April.
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Listen to the contributing voices present at the OAS Migrant Children side event and learn more about the declaration’s relevance in promoting migrant and refugee children’s rights in the Americas.
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the IDEA Act, a bill the U.S. Congress is considering, and which would make Ecuador an eligible beneficiary of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
Tamara Taraciuk Broner, Director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, spoke with the Washington Post about the impact of President Nayib Bukele’s security strategy on democracy and the region.
La siguiente presentación publicada por el Diálogo Interamericano investiga la coyuntura económica actual en Nicaragua y refleja el análisis de Manuel Orozco, director del Programa de Migración, Remesas y Desarollo.
Despite receiving a minority of political support, the balance of power is in favor of the regime who dominates the repressive apparatus and possesses economic resources to maintain control and seek a dynastic succession. The magnitude of repression, as well as the noise of various international conflicts, render international mobilization difficult. However, the international community must confer greater importance to the Nicaraguan crisis in the global agenda.
Tamara Taraciuk Broner, la directora del Programa sobre Estado de Derecho del Diálogo Interamericano, participó en el podcast Voz Pública, donde conversó sobre la desinformación, el régimen de excepción del gobierno de Bukele en El Salvador y su impacto en otros países de la región, incluyendo Colombia, Guatemala y Honduras.
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on María Corina Machado ban from holding public office in Venezuela.
Dissidence within the Sandinista movement is generating a critical mass that wants either to escape the system or wait for change.
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Copresidenta de la junta directiva del Diálogo Interamericano, Laura Chinchilla, habló con Gabriela Frías de CNN en español sobre el liderazgo latinoamericano con la UE en la cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC).
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s ban from public office until 2030.
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En entrevista para el programa La Repregunta en La Nación, Tamara Taraciuk Broner, directora del Programa Peter D. Bell sobre Estado de Derecho, conversó, entre otros asuntos, sobre la doble vara que algunos gobiernos aplican en política exterior en materia de derechos humanos, las elecciones en Guatemala, el rol de Papa Francisco ante dictaduras, las sanciones económicas de EEUU a Venezuela, el desafío de brindar seguridad democráticamente, cómo responder ante protestas violentas, y el rol del movimiento de derechos humanos.
