Analysis

中拉能源伙伴关系会变吗?

美洲对话组织的中拉金融数据库显示,过去10年,中国向拉丁美洲的能源行业提供了702亿美元贷款。中国的经济前景和投资策略的变化将如何影响拉丁美洲的能源行业?全球油价走低将如何改变中国参与拉美和加勒比地区能源业的方式?中国的进一步投资会引起当地的动荡和阻挠吗?

Latin America Advisor ˙

Campaign Finance and Women’s Representation in Latin America

Despite taking significant steps towards a more gender-balanced political system –notably the recent adoption of female representation quotas— Colombia, like many other Latin American countries, continues to struggle with the legacies of pervasive social, economic and political inequality that disproportionately affect women. The study gauges the effect that campaign finance has for aspiring female leaders, and puts it in the context of broader social and cultural barriers that hinder women’s political activism throughout the region.

Tim Mahony

Event Summaries ˙

Tal como va, el diálogo en Venezuela no llegará a nada

A pesar de que todos los países de América Latina se han comprometido formalmente a adoptar medidas colectivas para corregir los quebrantamientos de la democracia, se ignoraron las crecientes violaciones de los derechos humanos y el orden democrático en Venezuela.

Peter Hakim

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Infolatam

Looking Back at the XX Annual CAF Conference

Since its first edition in 1997, the CAF Conference has expanded to become the premier annual event on Western Hemispheric affairs in Washington, DC.

Bruno Binetti

Event Summaries ˙

Will Prison Riots in Brazil Lead to Justice Reforms?

Brazilian Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes on Jan. 3 pledged to overhaul the country’s criminal justice system to address prison overcrowding in the wake of a prison riot in Amazonas state that left 56 dead, the largest riot of its kind in two decades. Within days, dozens more inmates were killed in prison riots in Roraima state, Manaus and Rio Grande do Norte state. What reforms are most needed for the country’s criminal justice system, and how should they be implemented?

Latin America Advisor ˙

Will We Get There On Time?

Political financing is an important part of democracy, but when poorly regulated it can be immensely destructive.

Kevin Casas-Zamora, Daniel Zovatto

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ La Nación