Trump’s acquittal is a severe wound to America’s democracy. Among the Republican Senators, only Mitt Romney had the courage to stand out—unfortunately. As an American citizen who migrated from Venezuela, I saw Venezuela’s democracy agonize over the years through a…
We continue our series analyzing the hemisphere by shining a light on the Republic of Suriname. Together with the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, despite being located in South America, it has a closer bond with some Caribbean islands or European…
Continuamos nuestra serie para analizar el hemisferio, poniendo el foco esta semana en la República de Surinam comparte con la República Cooperativa de Guyana una condición similar: aunque son, en lo territorial, parte de Sudamérica, tienen un vínculo mayor con…
We resume our Latino Debates series, dedicated to understanding the hemisphere, its context, possibilities, challenges, and present, to think about the future of what we have defined as the Triangle of Opportunities—the shape we visualize geographically on the map from…
Retomamos nuestra serie Debates Latinos, dedicada a entender el hemisferio, su contexto, posibilidades, desafíos y actualidad, como base para pensar el futuro de lo que hemos denominado el triángulo de oportunidades, que visualizamos geográficamente dentro del mapa que dibujan la…
This week, two key issues took over the public’s opinion: the announcement of a trade truce with China and the transmission of the articles of impeachment to the Senate. Let’s focus on the former this time. If there is one…
Dos asuntos álgidos retuvieron la atención del público esta semana. El anuncio de un supuesto acuerdo comercial con China y el inicio del juicio político a Trump en el Senado. En esta entrega, nos concentraremos en lo primero. Si algo…
Desde que asumió la Presidencia, Trump ha adoptado la bravuconería, que dista mucho de ser estratégica, como forma de conducir la política exterior de los Estados Unidos. Por cierto, estas son expresiones que tomo prestadas del senador Chris Murphy, quien,…
Since he assumed the presidency, Trump has adopted a non-strategic bravado in foreign policy style (I am borrowing this characterization term from Senator Chris Murphy). His improvisations, though dangerous to our national security, speak to his electoral base, which praises…
As the end of 2019 approaches, we put aside the impeachment against Trump and the 2020 electoral cycle, dominating political conversations, to take stock of US Latin American foreign policy, under Trump’s administration. Let us begin with Mexico. Last week,…