Manuel Alcántara Sáez is professor at the University of Salamanca (Spain) and a founding member of FLACSO-Spain. Bachelor in Political Science and Sociology (1976) and Ph.D. in Political Science (1984) from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Professor of Political Science ...
According to a new report from the Igarapé Institution called “Citizen security in Latin America: Facts and Figures”, 33% of the world’s homicides occur in Latin American soil, although the region has just 8% of the world’s population. Worse still, ...
Venezuela is currently submerged in one of the biggest economic crisis ever seen. With a projected hyperinflation of 1.000.000% this year alone, there is no food or drugs and not much available gas. What is worse, even if the country ...
Last week Colombia announced its withdraw from the Union of South American Nations (USAN or UNASUR in Spanish) by denouncing its treaty with full effect in 6 months. This news came after the decision of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and ...
Will Lula be able to run for president? During its national convention this weekend, the Workers’ Party launched – for the sixth time – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the party’s presidential candidate. In prison since April 7, the ...
This week’s edition of Explaining Brazil will discuss a highly charged issue that transcends our borders: the Venezuela crisis. Approximately 70,000 Venezuelans had crossed into Brazil by February this year, amid rumors that Brazil might close its border (something that the government has vehemently denied). Boa ...
Will an expanded Pacific Alliance be the successor to the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Fulfilling one of his most important campaign promises, Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) a few days after taking office in January. This action ...
Industry experts note that Latin America is now one of the hottest areas for sustainable business and ecological investments – and opportunities are only expected to grow in the years ahead. This article was written by Carla Adams , a guest ...
Chile has been in these last decades one of the most stable country in South America. It’s ability to adapt successfuly to the fall of prices of copper , to a political transition and to limit public spending and having ...
Barack Obama’s recent trip to Cuba and Argentina are the crowning achievement on his administration’s efforts to consolidate peaceful ties with and among Latin American countries. He entered the White House by sowing egalitarian hopes across the world. Now, President ...