Tag: Debates
In December, the U.S. Congress passed the Engel List Act, which establishes that the president must submit to Congress every six months a list of citizens of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras who have incurred in fraudulent actions. But in the Central American Northern Triangle no one believes in it.
Cuba has launched a series of economic reforms induced by several factors: the continuity of an inefficient central planning model, the cutback of Venezuelan aid, sanctions imposed by former President Trump and the pandemic, all of which led to an 11% drop in GDP in 2020.
The Australian think-tank Lowy Institute conducted a survey on the response capacity of countries to the pandemic, including, among other parameters, the number of confirmed cases and deaths. According to the ranking, Brazil is in the worst position among the 98 countries.
The Asylum Cooperation Agreements (ACAs) were known as "safe third country agreements". However, this was a euphemism to prop up the restrictive and exclusionary policies of the Donald Trump administration towards irregular migrants.
The elections in Ecuador open an unprecedented scenario whose transcendence goes beyond the borders of the Andean country. The traditional polarization between left and right is now replaced by a new field for political definitions, which is the confrontation within the leftist forces themselves.
Just when it was thought that there would be no more surprises, the still-president of the United States has struck a blow that will compromise Joe Biden's foreign policy. The outgoing administration has declared Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism.
The interpretation of Bolsonaro's controversial statements has become a kind of Brazilian national sport. The last statement that sowed confusion was that of January 5 when he stated that Brazil is broke and assumed that he could not solve the problem.
The countries of the North Central American triangle and Nicaragua, which represent a different problem for Washington, concentrate the greatest violence, poverty, lack of justice and low development indicators in the region. The causes of almost all the problems are the high level of institutional corruption and the absence of justice and compliance with the law.
Co-author Camila De Mario
If a fundamental element of late modernity and the contemporary state is the right to kill. Bolsonaro's policy is based on death, the physical elimination of the citizens of his country, and in particular of his "enemies".
There is a risk that as a result of the pandemic, Latin America's weight in the world economy will continue to decline and its role will be limited to that of a supplier of raw materials. Latin America has no voice in the debate on current challenges in international politics.