Indivisible: A Special Issue on the U.S. and Mexico
Indivisible: The Truth About the U.S. and Mexico by Brian Winter Let’s improve the relationship, not destroy it. A new issue of AQ looks at where U.S.-Mexico ties stand today, and where they’re headed. Full text available. 5 People Who Bring Mexico and the U.S. Closer Together by AQ Editors AQ’s Top 5 Border Ambassadors … Read more
Young Entrepreneurs
Introducing AQ’s Top 5 Young Entrepreneurs in Latin America by AQ Editors From Brazil to Colombia and beyond, the region is a hive of dynamic, creative businesspeople. More should be done to help them.Full text available. Lessons from AQ’s Top 5 Entrepreneurs by AQ Editors Our AQ Top 5 traveled different routes to success, but … Read more
Fixing Brazil
Marina Was Right. Will She Be Brazil’s Next President? by Brian Winter The environmentalist who predicted the crisis is now a contender for 2018. But she has her own challenges to face.Full text available. Ciro? Serra? 10 Candidates Who Could Become Brazil’s Next President by Brian Winter A very early look at the race to … Read more
Memos to the Next President
Rethink the War on Drugs, President Santos Says by President Juan Manuel Santos The U.S. and Latin America should work to strike criminal organizations where it hurts them most – their finances. Full text available. Heal the Relationship With Mexico by Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan It will take much more than “xenophobia, irresponsibility and total disregard … Read more
Which Future for Central America?
Articles: Central America Is As Violent As Ever. What Would it Take to Change? by Richard Lapper Thirty years after covering wars in the “Northern Triangle,” a veteran reporter returns to find several reasons for hope amid the violence. Full text available. Where Are Central America’s Real Jobs? by Richard Lapper The Northern Triangle lags … Read more
Corruption Busters
Articles: The Amazing Case That Proved Latin America’s Crackdown on Corruption Is For Real by Brian Winter If it can happen here, it can happen anywhere. Full text available. Time to Clean Up: A Case For Greater Transparency in the Americas by Jorge Medina Méndez Why the costs of corruption are too high for executives, … Read more
The Amazon Today
Articles: Let’s Cut Amazon Deforestation to Zero. Here’s How. by Beto Veríssimo How a seemingly audacious goal to protect the Amazon makes economic sense. Full text available. Why Amazon Tribes Are Losing the Fight Against New Dams – Again by Juliana Barbassa Another fight between developers and indigenous tribes is raging deep in the rain … Read more
Trade Is Back!
Articles: Ask the Experts: Trade is Back! by Ann Lee, John Manley, Shihoko Goto and Antoni Estevadeordal How can Latin American economies better engage global trade partners as they recover from the end of the commodities boom? Full text available. Charticle: How We Trade in the Hemisphere by Barbara Kotschwar and Nicolas Albertoni For the … Read more
Technology in Latin America
Articles: Robots in Your Future by James Bosworth Getting a grip on technology—before it gets a grip on us. Full text available. Interview: Javier Olivan, Facebook by Americas Quarterly Facebook’s Javier Olivan on the future of social media in Latin America. Full text available. Decoding the Digital Cold War by Ellery Roberts Biddle Could newly … Read more
The Decline of U.S. Power?
Articles: A Post-Hegemonic Paradise in Latin America? by Daniel W. Drezner How the region can turn a multipolar world to its advantage, and stay friendly with the U.S. Full text available. Latin America and UN Climate Talks: Not in Harmony by Guy Edwards and Timmons Roberts COP15 and the fissures inside the Latin American bloc. … Read more
Cuba and Colombia
Articles: published article?1 A Skeptic’s View on the “Peace Dividend” by Alberto Bernal The economic benefits are neither direct nor certain. The Obstacles to Political Integration Post-Peace by Juanita León The obstacles to political integration. Full text available. Law and Reconciliation in Colombia by Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes and Nelson Camilo Sanchez Here’s how to achieve … Read more
Higher Education and Competitiveness
Articles: The Future of Latin American Studies by Charles Hale The prospects have never been better. Full text available. published article?1 Protest U. by Indira Palacios-Valladares Latin America’s students are angry—and getting angrier. Student Debt in the Americas by Carolina Ramírez A threat to the region’s middle class? Full text available. Academic Brain Drain by … Read more
Consulta Previa and Investment
Articles: Country Study: Peru by Cynthia Sanborn and Álvaro Paredes Full text available. Country Study: Chile by Jerónimo Carcelén Pacheco and Valentina Mir Bennett Full text available. Country study: Guatemala by Silvel Elías and Geisselle Sánchez Full text available. Country Study: Colombia by Diana María Ocampo and Sebastian Agudelo Full text available. Reducing the Financial … Read more
Our Cities, Our Future
Articles: Extreme Sustainable City Makeover: New York by Michael Sorkin How to make a city self-sufficient, neighborhood by neighborhood. Full text available. National to City, Diagnosis to Funding by Ellis J. Juan The IDB tackles climate change at the municipal level. Full text available. From “Make-Sicko” back to Mexico City: The Greening of Mexico’s Distrito … Read more
Media in the Americas: Threats to Free Speech
Articles: Journalists Speak Out by Carlos Dada, Jorge Ramos, Ricardo Uceda, Tim Padgett, Michèle Montas-Dominique and Alfredo Corchado Past winners of the Maria Moors Cabot Gold Medal for reporting on the Americas assess the future of journalism in the region. (video available) Full text available. Breaking Up is Hard to Do by Silvio Waisbord Tackling … Read more