Last week, Venezuela occupied, once again, an important space in the U.S. legislative agenda. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unanimously and bipartisanly approved the VERDAD Law—acronym for Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development Act. The following is a…
With an area of almost 1.29 million squared kilometers, Peru is one of the most diverse countries with respect to the geography, altitudes, climates, flora and fauna, and, in short, a wide palette of landscapes. Travel blogs and columns specialized…
I take this opportunity to make a parenthesis on the country-by-country analysis, which is the objective of the series Latino Debates, to talk about Sustainable Development in our countries. Sitting on my desk is the Quadrennial report on regional progress…
The transcendence of an event that took place in 2008 has not had the broadcasting it deserves: Ecuador’s Constitution, which was approved this year, established—specifically, in article 71—Nature’s Rights. The first paragraph of the Article establishes: “Nature or Pacha Mama,…
Two weeks ago, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden formalized his campaign to run for the Democratic primaries with an extraordinary video that went viral on social media. During the first 24 hours after the announcement, Biden’s campaign raised a…
Colombia is one of the most important countries in the region, as well as in the US foreign policy agenda. Relevance in the region Let’s begin analyzing its relevant weight on the region, taking some notes from our last Latino…
Latino Debates: Colombia There probably is not another country in Latin America where historical memory has a more central role in public debate than in Colombia. The reader might recall that on October 2nd, 2016, Colombians were consulted on whether…
Trump has repeatedly undermines the autonomy of public powers and federal agencies in the US. For one, this week he instructed and started a legal battle to impede government departments from following Congress’s instructions and handing in information about his…
Towards the end of 2018, the highest authority of the Dominican Republic Central Bank, Héctor Valdez Albizu, made an announcement that resonated in both his country and continent: the quisqueyana economy grew 7% during that year and inflation was only…
Scandal continues to follow Trump. On one hand, the Mueller Report is completed and the US Congress is not satisfied with the four-page summary Attorney General William Barr sent to both Chambers, demanding access to the details. To support this…