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August 31, 2023

Argentina
Latin America This Week: August 31, 2023

BRICS becomes BRICS+, though not all may join; Latin America looks West, not East, for its technology; more frequent droughts promise more slow downs in the Panama Canal.

Leaders of BRICS nations meet during the most recent BRICS Summit in Johannesburg.

November 16, 2023

Argentina
Argentina Election Draws Wider Attention to Embattled Economy

The country’s massive economic problems will be a vexing challenge for whoever becomes president.

People line up in front a butcher shop next to signs showing meat prices.

January 18, 2024

Aging, Youth Bulges, and Population
Responding to Demographic Trends

Jess Maurer, executive director of the Maine Council of Aging, discusses demographic trends in Maine and the work of her organization. Jennifer Sciubba, global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Internatio…

Play Lady Playing Pickleball

June 5, 2023

Latin America
Latin America This Week: June 5, 2023

Lula’s promise to reindustrialize Brazil won’t be easy; As Milei gains momentum, dollarization gets a second look.

Employees work on a solar energy panel of Chinese solar equipment manufacturer BYD in Campinas, Brazil February 13, 2020.

August 15, 2023

United Nations
The Role of the UN Secretary-General

The United Nations’ top leadership position has broad authority to steer the organization’s agenda, but its impact has varied widely since 1946.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is escorted by staff at a displaced persons camp in Somalia.

June 12, 2023

Latin America
Latin America This Week: June 12, 2023

Mexico’s 2024 campaign season officially begins; Petro’s window for reform narrows further; Latin American economies will stagnate through 2025.

Mexico City’s Governor Claudia Sheinbaum walks past Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico, January 20, 2023.

May 27, 2021

Japan
Japan’s Difficult Summer

As the United States begins to see light at the end of the tunnel with COVID-19, Japan remains locked in its struggle with the pandemic.  On May 24, 2021, the Biden Administration raised the travel a…

Senior citizens wait to receive a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a large-scale coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre in Osaka, western Japan May 24, 2021