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May 23, 2018
Americas
Latin America Needs More Home-Grown Supply Chains
The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) — an organization that once aspired to become South America’s answer to the European Union — quietly faded away last month. Deep divisions over Venezuela’…
June 27, 2023
China
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series: Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances Its Global Ambitions by Zongyuan Zoe Liu
One of the keys to China’s global rise has been its strategy of deploying sovereign wealth on behalf of state power. Since President Xi Jinping took office in 2013, China has doubled down on financia…
March 7, 2017
United States
Automation is Changing Latin America Too
While politicians have focused primarily on the effects of trade, automation is rapidly transforming the nature of work. A recent McKinsey report estimates that half of the labor done today can be tu…
March 11, 2019
Americas
Lopez Obrador Is Dismantling Democracy in Mexico
His concentration of power in an already strong presidency bodes ill for civil society and fragile institutions.
March 13, 2014
Americas
This Year’s Presidential Elections in Latin America
Earlier this week, Salvadorans headed to the polls to cast their ballots in a presidential runoff election, since on February 2 the candidates failed to reach the 50 percent threshold to avoid a seco…
January 21, 2016
Americas
Opportunities for U.S. Engagement in Latin America
Shannon K. O’Neil testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, laying out the largely positive trends in Latin America and the benefits for the United States of working more close…