Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Uncertain Energy: The Caribbean’s Gamble with Venezuela

July 16 – The Obama administration must quickly adopt a range of transformative policies to avoid an energy crisis in the Caribbean and Central America, given the possibility that Venezuela’s financial support for energy imports to the region could erode quickly, according to the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center’s new report titled Uncertain […]

Improving the Quality of Latin American Education will Depend on Bringing Innovation into the Sector

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

Twenty years ago, universal access to education was the major challenge in Latin American school system, according to Marcelo Cabrol, head of external relations at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), based in Washington, DC. “And it looks like we have done well in that regard, improving access in both primary and secondary education,” he says. Cabrol […]

Why the Way We Think About Social Entrepreneurship Needs to Change

Social entrepreneurship is changing the face and meaning of social work worldwide. Latin America is leading the charge in the development of new models of private involvement in social work and in the creation of a new class of socially minded innovators that is radically affecting the lives of those who need it most in […]

Two Years after Ghana Judge, US Supreme Court Rules against Argentina

By Kelsey Lilley

Earlier this week, Argentine stocks plummeted after the US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the Argentine government in an epic court battle with angry investors. The case pitted Argentina against US-based investors, both big and small, who lost fortunes during the South American country’s 2001-2002 economic implosion when it defaulted on its […]

Colombia Bets in Favor of Peace

By Carlos Guzman

Colombians cast their vote for the presidential elections this last Sunday, leading to the re-election of incumbent president Juan Manuel Santos. The question of what the bitterly contested election’s final result means for the near future of the Andean country reigns as the dust settles from Sunday’s vote. Amid good economic conditions, an improving quality […]

The Colombian Conundrum: Predictions for the Presidential Runoff

On June 13, the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center held an event to discuss the Colombian presidential elections in partnership with the Inter-American Dialogue. The event featured expert analysis from Miguel Silva, international political consultant and former chief of staff to President César Gaviria, and Peter Schechter, director of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center […]

Are Governments Ready for the Fourth Revolution?

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

Whether or not you believe in more or less government, in a more interventionist approach to economic management or in pure free markets, The Fourth Revolution is a book you shouldn’t miss. Subtitled “The Global Race to Reinvent the State,” authors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge – editor in chief and managing editor, respectively, of […]