Is Latin America Making Strides Against Poverty?
Experts’ views on poverty reduction in the region.
Gene Kuleta
December 5, 2024
Experts’ views on poverty reduction in the region.
Tropical forests, which cover 6 percent of Earth, are our planet’s largest natural carbon sink and our first line of defense against climate change. Even
The Latin America Advisor’s latest video features Thea Lee, the U.S. Labor Department’s deputy undersecretary for international affairs. Lee spoke with Advisor editor Gene Kuleta
Luis Gilberto Murillo was tapped by President-elect Gustavo Petro as the incoming ambassador of Colombia to the United States on July 12. Once confirmed, Murillo would become the first Afro-Colombian official to step into the role as the country’s primary envoy to Washington, the Associated Press reported.
The Latin America Advisor’s latest video features Inés Vesga, partner at Holland & Knight. Vesga spoke with Advisor editor Gene Kuleta in July about the
A Latin America Advisor piece on President Iván Duque’s remarks amid ongoing protests against his government in Colombia.
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President Duque must confront a new test of his leadership rather than put the JEP controversy behind him. Duque has remained silent on the referendum thus far, but now must decide whether to accept the judgment of the Colombian Congress and Constitutional Court and allow the transitional justice process to move forward, or join his mentor Uribe’s continuing efforts to undermine the JEP.
2018 will be a pivotal year for energy in Latin America, as the region’s top oil producers are set to hold presidential elections that could lead to sweeping policy changes.
Policymakers in Bogota are running out of time to preemptively tackle a potential humanitarian crisis that could complicate the implementation of the peace accords with the FARC rebels.
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