Has Covid Halted Momentum for Change in Chile?
Has the coronavirus pandemic interrupted protesters’ momentum and hopes for social change in Chile?
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Member in the News: Catalina Botero
Catalina Botero, dean of the Law School at Universidad de los Andes, was selected as one of the four co-chairs for the new oversight Board for Facebook. The company’s independent oversight body will focus on challenging content issues, such as areas of hate speech, harassment, and protecting people’s safety and privacy.
China’s Regional Engagement Goals in Latin America
The success of China’s regional outreach in Latin America will depend, as it has for a number of years, on Beijing’s relative influence in regional institutions and on the capacity and effectiveness of the institutions themselves.
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Early Childhood and Covid-19: Responses to the Emergency
What effect has the Covid-19 pandemic had on services for early childhood? This webinar explores how the responses in the region have responded to the crisis.
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Mask Diplomacy
How is China’s coronavirus assistance to Latin America being perceived and what are the implications for US-China competition in the region?
Is López Obrador Eroding Mexico’s Business Climate?
How are President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s policies affecting Mexican companies and foreign investors’ appetite for putting money into the country’s businesses?
Covid-19 in the Americas: A Case in Contrasts
Some governments in Latin America imposed early preventive measures and mobilized health systems to meet the threat of Covid-19. Meanwhile, others with populist national leaders have done very little to prepare for or otherwise mitigate the epidemic.
Can Innovation and Tech Help Colombia Cope and Recover?
How can innovation and technology be deployed in Colombia in education, health, financial services and other areas affected by the health and economic crises?
Uruguay: Informe de Progreso de Políticas de Primera Infancia
Uruguay se destaca en la región por sus políticas de primera infancia comprehensivas, lea su informe de progreso.
The Trump Show
In just two months, the US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has surpassed US casualties from the Vietnam War, and more than 30 million American workers have already applied for unemployment insurance. Against the backdrop of this devastating health and economic crisis, Trump is simply unable to show real leadership and has been unwilling to assume his share of responsibility for the calamity. As the US entered the worst phase of the crisis, his position on the pandemic has been notably incoherent and contradictory.
China’s Economy is Rebounding, but Its Interest in Latin American Oil May Not
The 41 percent drop in China’s first quarter GDP, compounded by the global oil price rout, has been something of a worst case scenario for the region’s producers.
Is El Salvador’s Bukele Operating Above the Law?
Is President Nayib Bukele right or wrong to stand his ground on the government’s tough coronavirus lockdown measures in El Salvador despite court rulings against them?
Will the Pandemic Lead to a Less Globalized World?
Will the post-coronavirus world see a significant shift away from multilateralism, and which countries in Latin America and the Caribbean would stand to gain or lose the most in this context?
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Pandemic Response and Executive Authority – The Case of El Salvador
On April 22, the Inter-American Dialogue hosted Pandemic Response and Executive Authority – The Case of El Salvador, an online event focused on recent developments in El Salvador, including President Nayib Bukele’s open defiance of the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Chamber ruling against arbitrary detention in containment centers for those who break quarantine.
El vacío de poder y el secuestro de los servidores públicos
Desde inicios de 2020, Nicaragua se ha estancado ante un vacío de poder que se ha agravado por la crisis de la pandemia, acompañado de un empate político prolongado entre el régimen y los actores del movimiento opositor de la Coalición Nacional.