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January 9, 2019

Americas
Latin America Needs to Fix Its Education Deficit

Investing more in human capital is the region’s best hope to escape the middle-income trap.

School children play in classroom at Sao Jose school in Morro Do Veridiano, Belagua
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

June 29, 2012

Elections and Voting
What to Expect From Mexico’s Election

Whoever wins Mexico’s presidential election will need to jumpstart economic growth, work toward energy reform, and deal with a violent drug war, says CFR’s Shannon K. O’Neil.

Interview by Shannon K. O'Neil and Brianna Lee Latin America Studies Program

February 4, 2016

Americas
Latin America’s Ninis

18 million Latin Americans—1 in 5 of those between the ages of 15 and 24—neither work nor attend school. Commonly dubbed “ninis” (ni estudian ni trabajan), a new World Bank report looks at this pheno…

Young people rest on a sidewalk in Mexico City
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

January 26, 2016

China
Opportunities for U.S. Engagement in Latin America

Last week, I had the privilege of testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations at a hearing titled "Political and Economic Developments in Latin America and Opportunities for U.S…

Opportunities for U - LAM
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

December 15, 2015

United States
A Conversation With Mark Jones and Kellie Meiman Hock

This post features Mark P. Jones, the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy’s political science fellow and Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin America Studies at Rice University, and Kellie Meim…

Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment