The countries of Central America’s Northern Triangle—El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—are especially vulnerable to the severe and worsening impacts of climate change. This policy brief, the first in a series of three publications, describes the main challenges and provides broad recommendations for the US strategy on climate change adaptation in the region. It is based on inputs from the Task Force on Climate Change in the Northern Triangle, coordinated by the Inter-American Dialogue.
Reports ˙
˙ Climate Change in the Northern Triangle: Recommendations for US Assistance
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.”
Santiago Canton
Event Summaries ˙
˙ National Endowment for Democracy
Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, spoke in an interview with The Washington Post Podcast regarding the challenges the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will face in Latin America, given the current socio-political climate in the Americas. Shifter acknowledged that Blinken gave a positive diagnosis of the region and emphasized the importance of being realistic regarding US relations with Latin America.
Thomas A. Shannon, co-chair del Inter-American Dialogue habló con El País de España sobre los desafíos de la democracia en América Latina, la política exterior de la administración Biden y de países puntuales como Colombia, Venezuela y México.
This study, prepared by Marcela Pardo and Felipe Godoy with the support of the Inter-American Dialogue and the LEGO Foundation, provides the results of an exploratory study of Latin American countries that have made significant advances in the development of competency frameworks for early childhood teachers.
Michael Shifter, presidente del Diálogo Interamericano, participó en una entrevista con La Nación donde habló sobre la falta de visión y estrategia para América Latina. Según Shifter, el ambiente político de Washington se ha enfocado en asuntos domésticos, dejando de lado tema de índole regional. Durante la entrevista también se habló sobre la urgente necesidad de una nueva narrativa política y diplomática y la renovación de vínculos con países de América Latina.
América Latina enfrenta desafíos en su estabilidad democrática. Michael Shifter, presidente del Diálogo Interamericano, conversó con Gustau Alegret en el marco de la conferencia CAF 2021, sobre cómo la paulatina recuperación de los países vuelve a poner en la actualidad problemas sociales y políticos que quedaron relegados por la Covid-19.
On October 13, 2021, the Inter-American Dialogue convened the virtual panel discussion on “Youth Employment and Sustaining Latin America’s Economic Recovery. In partnership with the United Way and Aspen Institute, the Inter-American Dialogue invited panelists to discuss how to create sustainable youth employment, highlighting the need to create better tools for job readiness and new frameworks to create opportunity for young people.
Michael Shifter, presidente del Diálogo Interamericano, participó en una entrevista con El Mercurio donde habló sobre la importante relación entre Estados Unidos, Colombia y Ecuador. En dicho artículo se hace mención específicamente sobre la presión migratoria en la frontera sur de los Estados Unidos, el viaje a Ecuador del Secretario de Estado Antony Blinken y el avance de los valores democráticos, la prosperidad de estos países, y su seguridad en medio de la fuerte presencia de crimen organizado en la región.
En una entrevista para VIVO Play, Santiago Canton, director del Programa de Estado de Derecho Peter D. Bell, habla sobre la muerte reciente del General Venezolano Raúl Baduel bajo custodia de las autoridades venezolanas.
On October 7, 2021, the Inter-American Dialogue held the event “Debating the Facebook Oversight Board and Self-Regulation Mechanisms” to discuss the new report from the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program, Content Moderation and Self-Regulation Mechanisms: The Facebook Oversight Board and its Implications for Latin America.
While 2021 has been a year of transition for the energy sector in Latin America, it has also been a year of instability in the region’s political conditions and social environment. Under this context, industry experts, government officials and corporate representatives convened virtually to discuss the challenges, opportunities and changes in Latin America’s energy markets at the Fifth Annual Latin America Energy Conference.
Event Summaries ˙
˙ Fifth Annual Latin America Energy Conference
