Latin America & the Caribbean

This camp is managed by both the state and humanitarian organizations, and the displaced people have found a more normal life here than elsewhere / The UNHCR official makes the children repeat certain phrases.The region of Cabo Delgado, in the northeast of Mozambique, has been experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian drama for the past 4 years. Al-Shabab jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State since 2019 are wreaking havoc there. This armed group terrorizes the different ethnic groups while carrying out coordinated and simultaneous attacks against public institutions. To date, more than 2,800 people have been killed.In Pemba, the capital of the region and a former tourist town, the humanitarian situation has continued to deteriorate. The town's population has doubled. The displaced are piling up on the beaches or waiting in buildings requisitioned by the state before being rehoused.Camps are multiplying throughout the region. The inhabitants are totally dependent on humanitarian aid. The conditions are precarious, between insecurity, extreme poverty and the beginning of famine.Where: Montepuez, Cabo Delgado, MozambiqueWhen: 28 Apr 2021Credit: Chris Huby/Le Pictorium/Cover Images

Order from Chaos

Events of last six months show fragile countries must remain priority for the US and its allies

Alexandre Marc and Bruce Jones

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Cuban flags as Cuban residents that live in Colombia protest against the unrest and violence held in the Island against the government of Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel.

Latin America & the Caribbean

How can the US support democracy and development in Latin America?

Santiago Levy and David Dollar

Monday, July 19, 2021

Dustin, an asylum-seeking migrant from Honduras, holds his six-year-old son Jerrardo, 6, as they awake at sunrise next to others who took refuge near a baseball field after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico on rafts, in La Joya, Texas, U.S., March 19, 2021. Emergency blankets were provided to the group of about 150 migrants from Central America by the U.S. Border Patrol agents. REUTERS/Adrees Latif TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Future Development

4 things the Biden administration should pay attention to with the border crisis

Elaine Denny, David Dow, Jose Ordoñez, Wayne Pitts, Diego Romero, Juan Tellez, Mateo Villamizar Chaparro, Erik Wibbels, and Pamela Zabala

Friday, April 2, 2021

Asylum-seeking mothers from Guatemala and Honduras carry their children after they crossed the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico on a raft, in Penitas, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Future Development

Climate, violence, and Honduran migration to the United States

Sarah Bermeo and David Leblang

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Reports

Report

Gender-based violence in primary schools: Jamaica

Dasmine Kennedy

Friday, January 22, 2021

Report

Dislocation of labor markets: What policies to mitigate the shock?

Marcela Escobari and Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

People cross the Colombian-Venezuelan border over the partially opened Simon Bolivar international bridge in San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela June 8, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez

Report

Venezuelan migration, crime, and misperceptions: A review of data from Colombia, Peru, and Chile

Dany Bahar, Meagan Dooley, and Andrew Selee

Monday, September 14, 2020

Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members wait to be escorted upon their arrival at the maximum-security jail in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

Crime & Criminal Justice

Bargaining with the devil to avoid hell? Negotiations with criminal groups in Latin America and the Caribbean

Vanda Felbab-Brown

July 2020

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: China's President Xi Jinping (R) speaks with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in front of a statue of Venezuela's late president Hugo Chavez during a ceremony in Caracas July 21, 2014. China will provide Venezuela with a $4 billion credit line under an agreement signed on Monday, with the money to be repaid by oil shipments from OPEC member Venezuela. The deal was inked during a 24-hour visit to Venezuela by Xi, who is on a tour of Latin America. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo

Latin America & the Caribbean

China and Latin America: A pragmatic embrace

Ted Piccone

July 2020

Blog Posts

Venezuelan migrants react when members of the Bolivarian National Guard (not pictured) try to stop them on their way to the border between Venezuela and Colombia, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in San Cristobal, Venezuela October 12, 2020. Picture taken October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez

Up Front

Venezuelan refugees and their receiving communities need funding, not sympathy

Dany Bahar and Meagan Dooley

Friday, February 26, 2021

People wearing protective face masks line up to cross the border between Colombia and Venezuela at Simon Bolivar international bridge in Cucuta, Colombia March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez

Up Front

The US can learn a lot from Colombia about giving rights to undocumented immigrants

Dany Bahar

Monday, February 22, 2021

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Up Front

Lessons for combating despair? Hope, aspirations, and the outcomes of young adults in Peru

Carol Graham

Monday, February 1, 2021

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Events

2020

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Global China Webinar: Assessing China’s growing regional influence and strategy

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Latin America after COVID-19: A conversation with OAS Secretary-General Luis Almagro

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Financial tools for US policy toward Nicaragua and Venezuela: A conversation with Treasury Assistant Secretary Marshall Billingslea

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Experts

Marcela Escobari

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development

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Multimedia

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Dany Bahar and Felipe Muñoz

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

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Podcast Episode

How can Chile resolve public frustration and mass protests?

Richard E. Feinberg and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, October 31, 2019

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How to repair Venezuela’s shattered economy

Dany Bahar and Jonathan Tepperman

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