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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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October 28, 2016
Venezuela
How Venezuela Got Into This Mess
[This post was co-authored with John Polga-Hecimovich*] By the end of 2017, the Venezuelan economy will likely be less than three-quarters of its 2013 size. Inflation is set to increase from 700 p…
October 24, 2016
Brazil
Corruption, FATCA, and the Tightening Dragnet Around Brazilian Offshore Accounts
The Brazilian Federal Revenue Secretariat (SRF) has some good news to cheer: a big haul of fines and taxes from assets held offshore by Brazilians. The deadline for filing under Brazil’s equivalent o…
October 21, 2016
Brazil
A Brief Note on Eduardo Cunha’s Arrest
This week’s arrest of Eduardo Cunha—the former president of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, a leading member of President Michel Temer’s PMDB party, and a principal architect of Dilma Rousseff’s impeac…
October 3, 2016
Colombia
Five Questions After Colombia’s Surprising Vote Against Peace
Pollsters’ best bets were radically overturned in Colombia Sunday, as widespread apathy and torrential rains dampened turnout in the referendum on the peace deal. Opponents of the deal appeared as su…
August 31, 2016
Brazil
Political Fault Lines in Post-Rousseff Brazil
After nearly nine months, Brazil’s impeachment drama is over. The process ended on a curiously subdued note: the Senate’s questioning of Dilma Rousseff on Monday was a staid affair, and Tuesday’s spe…
