Analysis

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Myers: “The rationale for cutting ties with Taiwan is mostly based on the expected benefits of direct agricultural and other trade with China…”

This week, Margaret Myers, director of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Asia and Latin America Program, spoke with Newsweek about the significance of upcoming presidential elections in Paraguay for the country’s relationship with Taiwan, and Taiwan’s relations with the LAC region more broadly.

Margaret Myers, Tom O'Connor

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Newsweek

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India’s Approach to Engagement with the Latin American Region

Margaret Myers and Steven Holmes discuss developing trends in the India-LAC dynamic, including India’s appetite for crafting a regional foreign policy for Latin America and potential increased commercial competition with China in the region.

Margaret Myers, Steven Holmes, Mahendra Gaur

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Foreign Policy Research Centre, New Delhi

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Haiti’s Rule of Lawlessness

Criminality is ubiquitous in Haitian officialdom. In fact, Haitian politics and government at all levels have become so enmeshed in and dependent on graft, gunrunning, drug smuggling, and gang violence that it is nearly impossible to disentangle them.

Monique Clesca

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Foreign Affairs

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Chinese Finance in Argentina

A recent Economist article discussing Sino-Argentine relations cited to commercial loan statistics from the Asia and Latin America Program’s China-Latin America Commercial Loans Tracker.

Margaret Myers

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ The Economist

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Why Latin America Should Care About China-Taiwan Relations

Margaret Myers, director of the Asia and Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, discusses the implications of a potential escalation in China-Taiwan relations for Latin America.

Margaret Myers

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Diario Financiero

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El aval del FMI no es un cheque en blanco para Ortega

El FMI debería considerar los cuatro factores clave de la gobernabilidad como métricas críticas que aseguran la estabilidad económica; particularmente en referencia a la independencia del Banco Central, la supervisión del sector financiero y la regulación del mercado y el Estado de derecho. autoestima al pueblo para presionar por un cambio político.

Manuel Orozco

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Confidencial

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A ‘Globo Chino’ Floats Over Latin America

Margaret Myers, director of the Asia and Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, contrasts the reactions in the United States and Latin America to the Chinese balloon controversy.

Margaret Myers, Liying Meng

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ The Weekly Asado

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How Latin America Factors in China’s Property Market Equation

Margaret Myers, director of the Asia and Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, considers how trends in China’s real estate sector will affect China-Latin America relations.

Margaret Myers

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Diario Financiero

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La cuenta regresiva de la dictadura en la represión de 2023

El malestar creciente entre los altos funcionarios, la corrupción desenfrenada y las purgas, revelan que no hay salida con Ortega y Murillo. El reto radica en aprovechar las crecientes debilidades, las posibles rupturas y recuperar espacios en miras de devolver la confianza y la autoestima al pueblo para presionar por un cambio político.

Manuel Orozco

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Confidencial

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Haiti Policy: Stumbling Toward 2023

Diagnosis of the crisis has been easy—but what key actors in Haiti and its international partners can agree on what to do about has remained muddled.

Georges Fauriol

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Global Americans

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La verdadera economía de Nicaragua está en declive

Para un país pequeño como Nicaragua, con menos de 150,000 negocios formales, la imposición de impuestos, aun en medio de pandemia y crisis económica, ha sido una guerra frontal del Estado en castigo por su patriotismo por el cambio democrático.

Manuel Orozco

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Confidencial