An Era of Containment: Latin America’s Top 10 LGBTQ Stories of 2023
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2M ago
Source: Nelson Antoine/AP. The golden era of LGBTQ rights in Latin America, which started in the mid-2000s, seems to have ended. It has been replaced by an era of containment, focused on preventing rights deteriorations rather than achieving rights expansions. The golden era was no doubt a historic period. Improvements for the LGBTQ community materialized over a broad terrain, including awareness of the ills of homophobia, greater social acceptance of LGBTQ people, enhancement of legal protections, and expansion of pro-LGBTQ public policies. In most countries, gains for the LGBTQ community sur ..read more
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Migrant and Refugee Integration in Cities across the Americas
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7M ago
Image Source: Reception and Integration of Migrants and Refugees in Cities Across the Americas (OAS) According to United Nations data, 26 percent of the world’s migrant population lives in the Americas, which means that migrants make up 7 percent of the region’s total population as of 2020. Of this total, 58.7 million are in North America, and 14.8 million live in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to UNHCR’s 2022 Global Trends in Forced Displacement Report, by the end of 2022, at least 108.4 million people had been forcibly displaced globally. In the Americas, 9.2 million people moved ..read more
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In the Corridors of Dissent: Understanding Opposition Congresses in Latin America
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7M ago
Image Source: Latin America Reports Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first leftist president, entered office in August 2022, touting a “second chance” in the country’s ongoing efforts to fight crippling poverty and the constant specter of violence that stems from conflict between rebels, drug trafficking organizations, and the government. However, a series of scandals have tanked his approval ratings to the low 30s, putting his ambitious reform agenda at severe risk. With his internal political struggles becoming more prominent, the opposition Congress he faces creates a layer of obstacles that might ..read more
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It Is Time to Look Beyond Buenos Aires
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8M ago
Image Source: El País Despite being a federalist country, Buenos Aires’ prevalence against the rest of the country’s provinces has been tangible, and its political realm is no exception. Since the return of democracy in 1983, at least one member in each winning presidential ticket has been from Buenos Aires. What’s more, according to polls for the 2023 election, the presidential candidates that performed best were all from Buenos Aires. While most people are currently focused on the presidential race that has once again become a competition between inhabitants of the city and province of Bueno ..read more
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Ecuador: The Next Domino to Fall to Autocracy?
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8M ago
Source: The New York Times. Leaders of the world’s democracies, convening a few months ago in South Korea, pitched the tagline “Democracy Delivers…opportunities, digital freedom, prosperity, free elections.” etc.  However well-intentioned, the messaging missed the mark. By touting the benefits of democracy, the leaders directed their message to those in failing democracies, not to lose hope and fall for the siren song of rising populist autocrats. In doing so, these democratic leaders fundamentally failed to understand the modern autocrat’s appeal. This failure continues to result in the ..read more
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Decarbonize, Diversify, and Depolarize
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9M ago
Source: Atlantic Council. Climate change and the global energy transition place Latin America and the Caribbean at a crossroads: it can either take a leap forward to become a more prosperous and relevant region, or it can fail and see our human and economic development stagnate. To address this dilemma and seize opportunities while avoiding impending risks, the region must follow the path of the three “Ds”—Decarbonize, Diversify, and Depolarize. Decarbonize Scientific evidence tells us that decarbonization must happen if we want to have a planet for the next generation. When Costa Rica launche ..read more
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Peru and Ecuador: Cases of Risky Institutional Designs
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9M ago
Source: BBC. Originally published in Spanish in Diario Libre. Following Latin America’s democratic transitions in the 1980s, confrontations between legislative and executive branches controlled by opposing political forces produced institutional crises in many countries that seriously affected governance. Presidents, rather than being in positions of strength faced the impossibility of implementing their government programs and necessary economic reforms to face financial and economic crises of indebtedness due to the obstruction by legislative bodies. The most emblematic case of this institut ..read more
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A One-Way Ticket to Irrelevance: The Dangers of Active Non-Alignment by the Global South
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9M ago
Source: Milos Miskov/Anadolu Agency. Active Non-Alignment is the term some analysts and academics have begun to attach to an aspirational policy that would promisingly guide the nations of the Global South between the Scylla and Charybdis of Great Power competition in the 21st century. In truth, it is more likely to cause a shipwreck or at least a few rudderless ships of state. The active non-alignment argument goes something like this. Latin America and the Caribbean are currently irrelevant on the world stage. Summitry between the European Union and the region is on life support and the Grou ..read more
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As the Summit for Democracy Ends, What is the State of Democracy in Latin America?
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9M ago
Source: AP Photo/Susan Walsh. The Biden administration convened the Second Summit for Democracy from March 28-30, and the event has triggered a backlash from authoritarian countries such as China and Russia, which, as Washington Post Columnist Josh Rogin opined, “are attempting to redefine the world’s understanding of what democracy means.” These attempts to redefine democracy are why it is important to remember that the concept of democracy alludes to multiple characteristics, in addition to fair and free elections—such as freedom of expression and association, an even leveled playfield for o ..read more
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How Blue are our Economies?
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9M ago
Source: pixabay.com. The “Blue Economy” is a new development framework for the oceans’ economy, seeking to balance three objectives: the economic development of the maritime sectors, social equity, and environmental sustainability. To qualify a program under this innovative development framework, Blue Economy activities must be environmentally sustainable, socially equitable, and economically viable. Crucially, the Blue Economy differs from Blue Growth—while the latter tries to maximize economic growth, the former focuses on sustainability. The Blue Economy incorporates specific economic secto ..read more
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