Content Syndicationhttps://carnegieendowment.org/rss/?fa=rss https://carnegieendowment.org/rss/solr/?fa=feeds http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/174859_62935143720_1836682_n.jpg Thursday, 22 Jun 2023 03:33:20 EST https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/90028?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The vast majority of Guatemalans think the country is on the wrong track, but elections are unlikely to lead to improvements.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/90028?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 22 Jun 2023 03:33:20 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights, Economic Instability, Economy https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89630?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Corruption allegations, a drought, and economic struggles may threaten the Colorado Party's seven-decade rule in upcoming elections.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89630?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 27 Apr 2023 04:48:33 EST Americas, Latin America, Economy https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89575?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Brazil is offering to be a peacemaker between Russia and Ukraine as Russia's foreign minister pays a visit to Brazil's capital Brasilia.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89575?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 17 Apr 2023 01:52:21 EST Americas, Latin America, Foreign Policy, Russian Foreign Policy https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89551?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Everybody wants to be friends with Brazil because Brazil is an environmental superpower. But it's not like everybody will eternally sort of support Lula on the foreign policy front.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89551?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 13 Apr 2023 02:20:31 EST Americas, China, East Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Ukraine, Foreign Policy https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89545?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss It is not only in Washington where China's growing role in Latin America is keenly watched. ]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89545?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 12 Apr 2023 04:03:11 EST Americas, Latin America, Western Europe, Foreign Policy https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89501?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss One hundred days into his term, the president has taken steps to address the country's divisions. But his attempts to play to his base are muddling his push for unity.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89501?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 11 Apr 2023 06:06:06 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights, Economy https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88895?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss What's clear from these disagreements is a sharp difference between the worldviews of moderate left figures in Chile and Brazil, on the one hand, and more extreme figures in countries such as Mexico, Venezuela and Nicaragua, on the other. These discrepancies could present an insurmountable impediment to more wide-ranging cooperation.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88895?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 23 Jan 2023 01:14:10 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights, Foreign Policy, Political Reform https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88782?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Attackers invaded the centers of power in Brasília, asking for an intervention.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88782?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 09 Jan 2023 05:15:12 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88798?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the nation's Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace on Sunday, claiming the recent election was stolen from him.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88798?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 09 Jan 2023 11:56:59 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88797?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss NRP's Leila Fadel speaks with Oliver Stuenkel of the Vargas Foundation in Brazil about what the attacks in the Brazilian capital mean for democracy in the country.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88797?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 09 Jan 2023 11:54:31 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88697?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Fifth and finally, the international community played a surprisingly important role in the months prior to the election, including by making it clear that a rupture of democratic rule in Brazil would lead to the country's international isolation. ]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88697?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 20 Dec 2022 12:38:11 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88676?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss When João Amoêdo recently announced, on Twitter, his decision to leave the Novo Party, which he had himself founded a decade earlier, the parallels with Bernd Lucke's decision to quit the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) a few years earlier were striking.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88676?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022 02:10:27 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88455?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Divisions over a candidate for a multilateral post show that obstacles to cooperation still remain, even with more ideological alignment.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88455?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 17 Nov 2022 09:51:29 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88357?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss A more disciplined demagogue would have succeeded in destroying Brazilian democracy.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88357?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 08 Nov 2022 08:03:03 EST Americas, Latin America, Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Defense and Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Military https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88088?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The next four weeks are likely to be shaped by intensifying polarization and high risk of increased political violence. ]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88088?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 03 Oct 2022 10:44:02 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87879?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The utopian proposal must give way to a more moderate vision, voters say. ]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87879?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 08 Sep 2022 02:48:21 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87811?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss While negligible in terms of total numbers, the growing elite brain drain-already highly visible in the scientific community, where scholars face a dramatic shortage of research funds-is deeply troubling. ]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87811?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022 05:55:41 EST Americas, Latin America, Political Reform, Society and Culture https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87739?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Oliver Stuenkel on the consolidation of a wave of leftist and left-leaning leaders in the region.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87739?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 18 Aug 2022 01:13:15 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87733?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Ahead of Brazil's elections in October, Brazilian professor of international relations Oliver Stuenkel describes the tests facing his country's fragile democracy.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87733?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 16 Aug 2022 02:44:28 EST Americas, Latin America, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87663?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Gustavo Petro's opponents worry he'll try to concentrate power, but public frustration due to unrealistic expectations are more likely to stall his agenda. ]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87663?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 11 Aug 2022 01:43:11 EST Americas, Latin America, Economy, Society and Culture