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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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May 23, 2018
Women and Women's Rights
Violence Against Women in the Inter-American Human Rights System: A Case Study of Jessica Gonzales v. United States
In 1999, Jessica Gonzales’ three daughters were abducted by her estranged husband and killed after the Colorado police refused to enforce a restraining order against him. Caroline Bettinger-López and…
April 12, 2018
Cuba
The Latin American Summit Must Deal With Dictatorship in Cuba
The Latin American summit meeting in Lima, Peru this coming weekend occurs just a week before Raul Castro "steps aside" and Cuba has a new president. But consider this anomaly: Venezuelan president M…
May 15, 2017
China
China Still Wants To Import Commodities, Not Manufactures (Judging From The "Early Harvest" Trade Deal)
China tends to import natural resources—oil, iron ore, soybeans and the like. Now that China has a large industrial economy, it doesn't have much choice: China wasn’t blessed with a ton of oil or gas…
January 25, 2017
China
Open Questions about Latin American Relations During the Trump Administration
We know very little about who will run Western Hemisphere affairs under the Trump administration. So far, the only named appointees are Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and National Security Co…
July 28, 2016
Brazil
Teetering at the Precipice: Brazil and the 2016 Summer Olympics
Experts discuss Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial, Brazil’s deepening economic recession, the Zika virus outbreak, and other issues facing Brazil as the country prepares to host the 2016 Summer Olym…
