Latin America: Ready for the Challenges Ahead?
A conference for Washington officials and opinion leaders on hemispheric affairs.
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What Can We Expect from Pope Francis?
Pope Francis’ preferential option for the poor and genuine benevolence is part of an effort to stop the hemorrhaging of Catholics to Pentecostalism in Latin America.
Earthquake Exposes Haiti’s Silent Crisis
Haiti represents one of the most complex and deeply rooted challenges facing U.S. foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere: a failing state on the doorstep of the world’s most powerful nation.
Teacher Effectiveness
A definition of teacher effectiveness that is appropriate and workable in theLatin American context.
Experiencias en países con población indígena: La introducción de la educación intercultural y bilingüe
México, Guatemala y Bolivia, junto con Perú y Ecuador, son los países latinoamericanos que tienen el mayor peso continental de población indígena, lo que ha desafiado a sus sistemas educativos a incorporar la educación intercultural bilingüe. Se presentan aquí los casos de los tres primeros países mencionados, partiendo con México,…
Transformación educativa en Argentina: De cara a la sociedad del conocimiento
En los años ’80, el sistema educativo argentino mostraba un alto nivel de deterioro de su tradicional calidad, a lo que se sumaban los viejos problemas no resueltos: segmentación del servicio en términos de calidad según la situación socioeconómica o ubicación geográfica de la población; déficit de escolarización en el…
Las tendencias de las reformas y los nudos de conflicto con los elencos sindicales
Hay entre los elencos sindicales un consenso generalizado respecto de la necesidad de llevar adelante una reforma y se han logrado acuerdos generales sobre los lineamientos de la misma. Los desacuerdos parecieran estar relacionados no con la reforma en sí, sino con el modelo organizacional subyacente, que propone un sistema…
Twin Failures
Last month’s CELAC meeting was a celebration of the single point of consensus among its members: their opposition to US policies.
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Education, Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Education leads to entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship leads to innovation.
Guatemala’s Electoral Outlook
Guatemala has seen some improvements in public institutions and finances but its political party system is highly fragmented and its citizenry remains disillusioned by widespread corruption.
The FTA, Not Such a Happy Story
Someday, someone will write the objective history of the US-Colombia free trade agreement For the US, the history is not a happy one.
The US Needs a Drug Policy That Works Much Better
The picture of a drug-legalized America is sensationalist and plays on existing societal fears that drug use will spread like a disease.
Mexico: How Far Have its Institutions Really Come?
The question remains if Mexico has achieved a degree of institutional development consistent with its participation in those organizations.
Beyond Ideological Labels in Latin America
Although politics has cyclical features, and ideology is sometimes a factor in choices made by Latin American voters, the left-right labels obscure more than they illuminate.
Should Insulza Have Another Term as OAS Secretary General?
Should Insulza be elected to another term as OAS secretary general? Will he be challenged for re-election?