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Dec 13, 2017

Argentina’s Political and Economic Transformations

By Roberta Braga & Sean Miner

On December 7, 2017, days before the second anniversary of President Mauricio Macri’s time in office and the start of the Eleventh Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Buenos Aires, the Atlantic Council, in partnership with HSBC, hosted “Argentina’s Transformations: Open to the World.” The half-day conference at the Alvear Palace Hotel in […]

Latin America

Article

Dec 13, 2017

Colombia: One Year After Peace Accord Ratification

By Andrea Saldarriaga Jiménez and Juan Felipe Celia

Read the Publication (PDF) On November 30, 2016, the Colombian Congress ratified the peace accords signed by the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), setting in motion a series of reforms stipulated in the accords. One year later, how much has implementation of the accords advanced and […]

Colombia

Video

Dec 11, 2017

Venezuela: Municipal Elections Aftermath

Venezuela

New Atlanticist

Nov 22, 2017

Debt Default Pushes Venezuela Further into Russian Orbit

By Rachel Ansley

Venezuela’s default on a massive international debt and Russia’s ongoing financial assistance to the South American country that is under both US and European Union (EU) sanctions, will push Caracas further into Moscow’s sphere of influence, according to an Atlantic Council analyst. “The Russians are throwing lifelines to the criminal Venezuelan regime with the intention […]

Russia Venezuela

New Atlanticist

Nov 9, 2017

New Sanctions on Cuba: Bad for Cubans, Worse for the United States

By Nicole Wadley

Actions by US President Donald J. Trump’s administration, namely his November 8 announcement of further sanctions and travel restrictions on Cuba, have created a geopolitical vacuum, leaving the door open for US adversaries to reassert influence over one of the United States’ closest neighbors. Further measures which have ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Havana […]

Cuba

In the News

Nov 3, 2017

Marczak Quoted in La Voix Du Nord on President Maduro’s Intent to Restructure Venezuelan Debt

By Jason Marczak

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Venezuela

In the News

Nov 3, 2017

Marczak Quoted in Le Point International on President Maduro’s Intent to Restructure Venezuelan Debt

By Jason Marczak

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Venezuela

In the News

Nov 3, 2017

Marczak Quoted in MSNBC Venezuela Debt Crisis

By Jason Marczak

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Venezuela

In the News

Nov 2, 2017

De Alba Quoted in Efecto Cocuyo on Humanitarian Aid in Venezuela

By Mariano de Alba

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Venezuela

In the News

Nov 2, 2017

De Alba Quoted in Panam Post on Humanitarian Aid in Venezuela

By Mariano de Alba’s

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Venezuela

Experts