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Prospects for an Uncertain Future
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is struggling to manage a deteriorating political and economic situation.
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Will Washington or Havana Move Toward Warmer Relations?
Will Washington or Havana make a move toward warming relations?
¿Qué significan los resultados de las elecciones locales para el futuro de Chile?
Candidatos conservadores ganaron docenas de alcaldías en las elecciones del 23 de octubre, triunfando sobre la coalición centro-izquierda, Nueva Mayoría, de la que Presidente Michelle Bachelet es miembro. ¿Cómo afectará la elección presidencial del próximo año los resultados de las elecciones locales, además del panorama político?
Decentralization for Educational Quality
The education law and the various decennial and operation plans of education have specifically presented a policy of education participation, where the community, families and organizations non-governmental are stimulated to integrate in the development of education programs and projects.
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CIEPLAN Celebrates 40th Anniversary
CIEPLAN, one of Chile’s (and Latin America’s) leading think tanks, celebrated its 40th anniversary on November 7th in Santiago
Report Card on Education- Peru
This is the third Report Card on Education that is produced in Peru. In that sense, this gives us the possibility- as long as the data allow us- to make comparisons over time. It is important to recognize that the results of the first report card, published in 2004, we…
Legado poderia ter dado a Cuba outro destino
Ninguém pode negar a Fidel Castro o seu lugar na História. Ele foi a figura política mais proeminente da América Latina talvez desde Cristóvão Colombo, em 1492. A questão é até que ponto sua narrativa será mais sobre sonhos ousados e mudanças progressistas — ou sobre opressão e, no fim, estagnação em Cuba.
US Policy in the Western Hemisphere
US Secretary of State John Kerry addressed US-Latin America relations for the first time in the United States since his appointment.
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Security and Human Rights in Honduras
Honduras is in the midst of a security crisis, with alarming levels of official corruption and the world’s highest homicide rate.
Chavez, No Longer Such a Strongman
Chavez’s illness and physical limitations will inevitably compound his already serious political problems in Venezuela.
The Nationalism of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Argentine President Cristina Fernández has increased her appeals to nationalist sentiment to build domestic political support.
Decentralization for Quality Education
Since its creation in 1995, the Program for Education Reform Promotion in Latin America and the Caribbean (Programa de Promoción de la Reforma Educativa en América Latina y el Caribe (PREAL) has proposed to contribute to the improvement of quality and equity in education through the enhancement of education policies,…
Michael Shifter: “La desconfianza ciudadana alcanza a toda la clase política, y con razón”
Michael Shifter responde a preguntas sobre el estado de Venezuela, Cuba y Brazil.
Ibero-American Summit Loses Steam
The Ibero-American Summit bore little resemblance in spirit and tenor to its launch in 1991. Where do Ibero-American relations stand?
Mega-Regional Trade Negotiations
During this decade, and with particular intensity in recent months, several far-reaching trade negotiations have been in the works worldwide.