La economía del sector sigue siendo exigente y su desarrollo continúa dependiendo de variables considerablemente más complejas que una modificación coyuntural en los precios del petróleo y gas.
Illegal gold mining is rapidly overtaking cocaine as the most lucrative illicit economy in parts of South America. Latin America Advisor Editor Gene Kuleta examines how illegal gold mining has become deeply entwined with armed groups, corruption and environmental destruction.
Durante los últimos años, una parte relevante del debate energético global estuvo dominada por la transición, la electrificación, la expansión de las renovables, la caída relativa de la intensidad energética en algunas economías, y la idea de que el sistema internacional había desarrollado mayores capacidades de absorción frente a episodios geopolíticos.
Energy Transition and Climate Program non-resident senior fellow Leonardo Beltrán recently contributed an article to Mexico Business News comparing the impacts AI has on computing with the potential promise that increased energy efficiency could yield for Mexico’s power system. He argues that energy efficiency offers Mexico a fast, low‑cost, and strategic way to improve reliability, competitiveness, and economic resilience.
In this opinion column for La Silla Vacía, Education Program Associate Lucas Martins Carvalho examines the strategic role of civil society in protecting migrant children across borders amid increasing complexity.
President Trump has an opportunity to help stabilize Venezuela at no cost to Americans by avoiding a mistake from postinvasion Iraq.
USMCA review will test politics and economic realities. Preserving North American integration remains the least costly path forward, writes Inter-American Dialogue Board Member Kellie Meiman Hock for Americas Quarterly.
China has entered a new phase in its engagement with Latin America. Inter-American Dialogue Senior Advisor Margaret Myers considers the recent trajectory of the China–Latin America relationship and likely future developments.
The conviction of former President Jair Bolsonaro on coup plotting charges marks an unprecedented moment in Brazil’s history, with a coup leader finally held accountable. It highlights the strength of Brazil’s courts but also their politicization. The verdict tests whether judicial power can safeguard democracy without eroding it.
Director of the Brazil Program at the Dialogue reflects on how Trump’s policies are testing countries like Brazil, India, and South Africa as they pursue multialignment.
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