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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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April 19, 2012
Cuba
1,158 Reasons To Think Again About the Pope’s Visit To Cuba
I’ve written here before about the Pope’s visit to Cuba and his disappointing silence about political repression there. Now we learn in the Miami Herald that his visit occasioned the detentions of 1,…
June 30, 2015
Mexico
Mexico’s Economic Divide
Mexico’s national GDP numbers remain lackluster. In 2014, the country grew 2.1 percent, and forecasts for 2015 predict a modest 3 percent increase. Yet these numbers mask the great diversity within a…
October 19, 2021
Elections and Voting
Democracy and Reporting on Elections
Robert Griffin, research director for the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group, discusses voter demographics at the municipal, state, and federal level and what this tells us about civic engagement and i…
October 23, 2015
Americas
This Week in Markets and Democracy: Corruption in Honduras and an Election Timeline
CFR’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy (CSMD) Program highlights noteworthy events and articles each Friday in “This Week in Markets and Democracy.” U.S. Acts on Honduran Corruption Hondur…
June 8, 2015
Mexico
Mexico’s Midterm Elections
Yesterday, Mexicans headed to the polls to vote for 500 federal deputies, 17 state legislatures, 9 governors, and more than 300 mayors. Corruption and security dominated many local discussions. And b…
