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In the News

Jun 9, 2022

CBDC Tracker cited in Axios on Bank of Jamaica’s progress towards launching its CBDC

Read the full article here.

Caribbean Digital Currencies

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2022

The Summit of the Americas should shift US Caribbean policy into overdrive

By Jason Marczak, Wazim Mowla

The United States has the opportunity to build new diplomatic, economic, and energy ties with a critical region.

Caribbean International Financial Institutions

Press Release

Apr 26, 2022

Ambassador Riyad Insanally, Ambassador Kevin Whitaker, and Sally Yearwood join the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center as nonresident senior fellows

New class of fellows to bring deep foreign policy experience and understanding of US-Caribbean and US-Colombia relations, as well as China’s role in the Western Hemisphere.

Caribbean Colombia

Report

Mar 1, 2022

Financial de-risking in the Caribbean: The US implications and what needs to be done

By Jason Marczak, Wazim Mowla

This report identifies how the withdrawal of correspondent banking relations, otherwise known as de-risking, affects Caribbean economies, people, and US-Caribbean relations.

Americas Caribbean

Report

Feb 23, 2022

US-China vaccine diplomacy: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean

By María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila, Bosco Marti, Riyad Insanally and Claudia Trevisan

The implications of diverging COVID-19 responses, notably at the onset of the pandemic’s rise in the region, will reverberate beyond the health sector. What might the differing US and China pandemic approaches portend for future influence in the region? 

Caribbean China

Engagement Reframed

Jan 26, 2022

Engagement Reframed: Introduction

By Robert A. Manning, Christopher Preble

The Biden administration has been slow to distribute surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries in need or to facilitate foreign manufacturing of vaccines, squandering a diplomatic opportunity and potentially endangering US security.

Africa Caribbean

Testimony

Jan 19, 2022

Marczak testifies to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the new Alliance for Democratic Development

By Jason Marczak

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Senior Director Jason Marczak testifies to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding the new Alliance for Democratic Development.

Caribbean Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 18, 2022

Wazim Mowla and Pepe Zhang in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs: Latin America and the Caribbean’s Asymmetrical Engagement with China during the COVID-19 Pandemic

On January 18, 2022, Wazim Mowla and Pepe Zhang co-authored an article in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, "Latin America and the Caribbean's Asymmetrical Engagement with China during the COVID-19 Pandemic."

Caribbean Civil Society

In the News

Jan 6, 2022

Wazim Mowla and Isabel Bernhard in Global Americans: Why Might Taiwan’s Allies in Latin America and the Caribbean Soon Look to China?

On January 6, 2022, Wazim Mowla and Isabel Bernhard co-authored an article in Global Americans, "Why Might Taiwan’s Allies in Latin America and the Caribbean Soon Look to China?"

Caribbean China

Spotlight

Jan 4, 2022

Spotlight: Latin America and the Caribbean – Ten questions for 2022

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

The year 2022 will be one of change across the Western Hemisphere. So, what might or might not be on the horizon?

Brazil Caribbean

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