South America

Blog Posts

A man stands on the dried ground at the Tisma lagoon wetland park due to drought affecting Tisma town, Nicaragua April 20,2016. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

Future Development

Climate migration and climate finance: Lessons from Central America

Sarah Bermeo

Friday, November 19, 2021

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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Events

An update on Colombia

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

The Road to Hemispheric Cooperation: Beyond the Cartagena Summit of the Americas

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Education Reform Experiences on the Ground: Implementing a Learning Agenda

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Related Books

The Obama Administration and the Americas

Edited by Abraham F. Lowenthal, Ted Piccone, and Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead; Foreword by Strobe Talbott

2009

Brazil’s Second Chance

By Lincoln Gordon

2001

Democracy, Decentralisation and Deficits in Latin America

By Kiichiro Fukasaku and Ricardo Hausmann

1998

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Experts

Dany Bahar

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Associate Professor of Practice of International and Public Affairs - Brown University

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David Dollar

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, John L. Thornton China Center

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Ted Piccone

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

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Multimedia

A demonstrator walks past a burning barricade during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile October 30, 2019. The graffiti on the wall reads: "Chile woke up". REUTERS/Jorge Silva - RC1AFD58CC70

Podcast Episode

How can Chile resolve public frustration and mass protests?

Richard E. Feinberg and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, October 31, 2019

A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro raises his fist during a rally against the report of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, in Caracas, Venezuela July 13, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Podcast Episode

How to repair Venezuela’s shattered economy

Dany Bahar and Jonathan Tepperman

Foreign Policy

Monday, October 21, 2019

A graffiti that reads "FARC-EP present" is seen at the door of a mechanical workshop, on the road between El Palo and Toribio, where indigenous guards were killed by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissidents, according to the Colombian Ombudsman in Toribio, Colombia August 10, 2019. Picture taken August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Federico Rios - RC122B235D10

Podcast Episode

Colombia’s search for peace and justice

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Ted Piccone, and Fred Dews

Friday, August 23, 2019

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More on South America

A garbage collector pulls his cart in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina November 8, 2021. Picture taken November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mariana Nedelcu

Argentina’s imaginary miracle

Andrés Velasco and Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Monday, January 31, 2022

Pedestrians walk past out-of-business stores, near the Buenos Aires' Obelisk, Argentina April 6, 2021. Picture taken April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

The Latin American pandemic

Ilan Goldfajn and Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Monday, December 20, 2021

Demonstrators hold up banners during a protest against the possible new deal with the IMF, at the Plaza de Mayo square, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 11, 2021 REUTERS/Mariana Nedelcu

Argentina’s warning to Latin America: ‘I am you, tomorrow’

Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Monday, November 8, 2021

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA- In the photos taken on August 19, 2020, the shops of the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Once opened their doors this Wednesday (19), thanks to current regulations that allow their operation during the current phase of Social, Preventive Isolation and Mandatory in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Building an inclusive recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, Otaviano Canuto, and Pepe Zhang

Monday, October 25, 2021

Lima, Lima / Peru - November 11 2016: Young Students with Uniform of Ramon Castilla School Attend Classes

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

Carol Graham

Monday, February 1, 2021

CUSCO PERU-NOV. 25: Unidentified School girls posing for portrait on Nov. 25 2010 in Cusco Peru.

Do high aspirations lead to better outcomes? Evidence from a longitudinal survey of adolescents in Peru

Carol Graham and Julia Ruiz Pozuelo

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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Reports

An update on Colombia

The Road to Hemispheric Cooperation: Beyond the Cartagena Summit of the Americas

Education Reform Experiences on the Ground: Implementing a Learning Agenda

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Associate Professor of Practice of International and Public Affairs - Brown University

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, John L. Thornton China Center

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology