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New Leadership, New Policies? Implications of Argentina’s Presidential Election

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Nov 19, 2025

Why modernizing CAFTA-DR matters for the United States, and options for updating the trade pact

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Enrique Millán-Mejía, Antonio Ortiz Mena, and Rocío Rivera Barradas

Central America and the Dominican Republic are emerging as key partners for US economic security. The United States has a unique opportunity to reform its free trade agreement with the region—CAFTA-DR—to strengthen these ties.

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New Leadership, New Policies? Implications of Argentina’s Presidential Election

New Atlanticist
Nov 6, 2025

The expert conversation: What’s Trump’s endgame in Venezuela?

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Matthew Kroenig, Jason Marczak

We spoke to Matthew Kroenig and Jason Marczak to shed light on the US campaign of attacks on alleged drug boats and lay out what’s next.

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New Leadership, New Policies? Implications of Argentina’s Presidential Election

New Atlanticist
Nov 17, 2025

Chile’s next president will either be from the far right or the far left. Washington should watch closely.

By
Maite Gonzalez Latorre

Either José Antonio Kast or Jeanette Jara will be Chile’s next president. The country is headed for a change no matter who wins.

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Event Recap

Nov 17, 2015

New Leadership, New Policies? Implications of Argentina’s Presidential Election

By Oriana Piña

It is anyone’s game on Argentina’s Election Day. In the first round of voting, pollsters predicted a win for Daniel Scioli from the ruling Frente para la Victoria (FPV) party. To the surprise of many, the results came in at a tight three percentage point difference. Days before the run-off elections, Mauricio Macri from the […]

Elections
Latin America

Article

Nov 17, 2015

Atlantic Council Poll Finds Bipartisan Support for Wider Cuba Opening

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

With presidential races heating up in key primary states, the Atlantic Council’s new US-Cuba poll of voters in America’s heartland finds majority support in both parties for further opening trade, travel, and investment with Cuba. Voters in Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa—though they largely consider the United States on the ‘wrong track’—strongly favor lifting trade […]

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Event Recap

Nov 13, 2015

Social Progress Reconsidered: What Really Is Success?

By Roberta Braga

Economic growth has improved the lives of millions worldwide, yet it has become increasingly clear that measures of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are not the sole indicators of a society’s growth and well-being. In considering social progress, it is important to account for citizens’ access to basic necessities, to knowledge, and to opportunities for growth. […]

Economy & Business
Latin America

Report

Nov 12, 2015

Path to peace and prosperity the Colombian miracle

By Miguel Silva

  Colombia approaches the third anniversary of the negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on November 19 at a time of heightened expectations that peace is within reach. The Atlantic Council report, The Path to Peace and Prosperity: The Colombian Miracle, warns that peace will not be inexpensive and calls for deep […]

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New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2015

In Argentina, a Promise of Change

By Ashish Kumar Sen

It is little surprise that Argentina’s presidential elections have gone into a second round, but what is startling is the narrow margin between the two leading candidates—both of whom promise change, one more so than the other. Daniel Scioli, endorsed by Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who is barred from seeking a third term, […]

Latin America

New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2015

Guatemala’s New President Faces His Biggest Challenge: Governing

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Jimmy Morales, a former comedian, has won a landslide election victory to become the next President of Guatemala. That was the easy part. Now comes the hard part: governing. Morales won twice the number of votes than his opponent, former First Lady Sandra Torres, in a runoff election on Oct. 25. He will take office […]

Central America

In the News

Oct 26, 2015

Marczak on Elections in Latin America

By Jason Marczak

The Miami Herald quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak on elections in Guatemala, Argentina, Colombia, and Haiti:

Latin America

Article

Oct 20, 2015

Spotlight: Argentina

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Read the Spotlight OnlineArgentines go to the polls on October 25 for what is shaping up to be one of the most important elections in years. Whoever wins — either this Sunday or in a likely November 22 runoff — will end the twelve-year Kirchner era. Who will tango their way into the Casa Rosada? […]

Latin America

In the News

Oct 11, 2015

Marczak: TPP and What it Means for the Role of China in Latin America

By Jason Marczak

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak writes for Excelsior on how the recently negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will affect China’s growing role in Latin America: Read the full article here.

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In the News

Oct 5, 2015

Marczak on Opening Trade with Cuba

By Jason Marczak

Bloomberg BNA quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak on the obstacles and process of opening trade with Cuba:

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Omar Vargas

Vice President, Head of Global Public Policy, General Motors; Chair, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Advisory Council

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Patricia R. Francis

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Liliana Diaz

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Helga Flores Trejo

Vice President, Special Envoy Multilateral & Sustainability Affairs, Bayer

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Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability at Coca-Cola Latin America

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