巴西能确保奥运会的安全吗？
“伊斯兰国”（ISIS）在网上发布了一些葡语宣传帖，明显地威胁即将召开的里约奥运会的公共安全。巴西和其他拉美国家是否准备好了应对国内的恐怖主义？拉美有哪些能共享全球信息、协调反恐战略的情报系统？
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How Will Cuban Migration Change in the Years Ahead?
The White House on Jan. 12 ended the so-called “Wet Foot, Dry Foot” policy, which for two decades had automatically allowed Cubans who reach dry land in the United States to stay. Then-U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration announced the end of the policy, which Cuba’s government had long opposed, just eight days before Obama left office. How will the change affect Cuban migration patterns throughout the region?
The Implications of Argentina’s Elections
Argentina’s economic woes, as well as the president’s health problems, have raised a number of questions about its political situation.
Beyond Venezuela’s Simmering Crisis
Inflation in Venezuela has already topped 63% and shortages of basic goods including food and medicine will continue into 2015.
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The Skills Development Challenge in Latin America
The lack of adequate skills represents a bottleneck to productivity growth and to the ability of workers to obtain gainful employment in Latin America.
Videgaray visto desde Washington
¿Por qué fue Videgaray designado como secretario de Relaciones Exteriores? ¿Qué tipo de relación tendrá él con la administración entrante de Trump?
Violence Driving Migration
Tens of thousands of children have been apprehended at the US border over the past year.
Brazil’s Challenges and Dilma’s Choices
President Dilma Rousseff, a political neophyte when she was took office in 2011, had a rough first term.
¿Significa algo la visita de Obama en el contexto político de los Estados Unidos?
Temas me ha preguntado si la histórica visita del presidente Barack Obama a Cuba y el momento en que se realiza debe ser analizada en términos de la política interna de los Estados Unidos, como ha sido el caso tan a menudo con la política de Washington hacia Cuba. Creo que esencialmente no es así.
Civil-Military Relations Sour as Correa Amasses Power in Ecuador
Last month, Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, removed the entire armed forces high command. The causes of the tension run deep.
The Remittance Marketplace in Europe: Competition and Pricing
This text analyzes the remittance marketplace in Europe based on selected indicators that measure: number of remittance service providers (RSPs), number of countries they serve, the diversity in type of RSP, the cost of sending money, the number of payout locations, type of paying partners, their presence or penetration in rural areas, and consumer satisfaction.
What Will It Take to Win the Battle Against Corruption?
Recent years have brought unprecedented levels of attention to corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean, with heads of state in countries large and small removed from office amid allegations of bribery, self enrichment and mismanagement of public funds. However, advocates for increasing transparency and fighting corruption worry that superficial changes and isolated high-level prosecutions do not get to the deep and structural safeguards needed to tackle the problem in 2017 and beyond. Is the popular and political will to address graft and corruption waning?
Migrant Remittances & Development in the Global Economy
How do patterns of migration and remittances differ across regions? What kinds of frameworks support the contributions of remittances to local development?
Is Macri Trying to Do Too Much, Too Soon in Argentina?
Argentine President Mauricio Macri’s government started negotiations Jan. 13 with creditors to end the country’s protracted dispute over repaying bondholders, which stems from Argentina’s massive 2001 default.
Por qué Fidel destruyó su propio legado
Nadie puede negar Fidel Castro su lugar en la historia. Era la figura política más importante en América Latina tal vez desde Cristóbal Colón en 1492. La pregunta es hasta qué punto su legado será el de unos sueños osados y unas transformaciones progresistas o por el contrario, un relato de opresión y de estancamiento para Cuba.