América Latina

Por Manuel Cuesta Morúa

27-03-2024 | Latino-Cuban Dialogue

Por Gabriel C. Salvia

12-12-2023 | Articles

30-08-2023 | Statements

Por Cecilia Noce

28-08-2023 | Articles

23-08-2023 | Statements

09-06-2023 | Events

02-03-2023 | Statements

Por Cecilia Noce y Diana Arévalo

02-12-2022 | Research Reports

29-09-2022 | Events

Por Carlos Lauría

11-08-2022 | Articles

13-07-2022 | Statements

03-03-2022 | Events

In July 2020, Global Americans—in collaboration with four regional partner organizations: CADAL (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Medianálisis (Caracas, Venezuela), Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico), and Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia)—launched a research project dedicated to understanding the dissemination of disinformation, misinformation, and propaganda in Latin America and the Caribbean. Over the past 16 months, these four teams engaged in extensive qualitative and quantitative research and social media monitoring in order to gain insights into the misinformation and disinformation landscapes in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.

Por Global Americans (United States)

05-11-2021 | Research Reports

08-09-2021 | Videos / English

14-07-2021 | Events

16-06-2021 | Events

10-06-2021 | Events

27-04-2021 | Events

11-03-2021 | Events

21-01-2021 | Events

09-11-2020 | Events

30-09-2020 | Events

27-09-2020 | Statements

14-08-2020 | Events

30-07-2020 | Events

23-07-2020 | Events

16-07-2020 | Events

15-07-2020 | Events

15-07-2020 | Videos / English

09-07-2020 | Events

02-07-2020 | Events

01-07-2020 | Events

01-07-2020 | Videos / English

29-04-2020 | Statements

11-03-2020 | Videos / English

11-03-2020 | Events

10-03-2020 | Events

03-02-2020 | Videos / English

28-01-2020 | Events

10-09-2019 | Events

06-06-2019 | Events

27-05-2019 | Statements

Por Gabriel C. Salvia

30-04-2019 | Articles

06-04-2019 | Statements

15-03-2019 | Events

09-01-2019 | Events

22-09-2018 | Statements

21-08-2018 | Events

09-07-2018 | Statements

28-05-2018 | Statements

26-04-2018 | Events

05-04-2018 | Statements

26-06-2017 | Statements

It is evident that the CELAC emerges as an initiative of the Alba to politically influence the rest of the countries in the region. For various motives, the CELAC member states that were really committed with the rule of law and the respect of the fundamental liberties have to take advantage of the actual context in Venezuela to abandon this organism that suffers of authoritarians vice in its origins, giving the anti-democratic cases of Venezuelan y Cuban governments.

28-04-2017 | Statements

18-08-2016 | Events

18-07-2016 | Statements

06-07-2016 | Events

01-06-2016 | Events

24-02-2016 | Statements

24-11-2015 | Events

18-03-2015 | Events

18-10-2014 | Statements

The Spanish writer and journalist spent the past decade passing between China and Hong Kong. Beginning 4 years ago, he has carried out research on the internationalization of China in 40 countries across the world. China, the same country that is currently the largest investor and lender in the world, and is also the country with the largest number of people incapable of exercising their basic democratic freedoms.

Por Gabriel C. Salvia

30-06-2014 | Interviews

Por Gabriel C. Salvia y Manuel Cuesta Morúa

20-01-2014 | Articles

31-12-2013 | Latino-Cuban Dialogue

A constantly recurring theme in our discussions has been the extent to which a country’s, or group of countries’, distinctive history and culture impacts on what can be done and how quickly it can be done when it comes to both initiating and sustaining transitions from authoritarianism to democracy, and in particular whether revolutions are likely to consolidate or collapse.

Por Gareth Evans

31-10-2013 | Documents

In order to appear in the ranking, the counties must qualify in the three indices from which the scores are drawn from. For the first time, North Korea is being included in this ranking. The totalitarian dictatorship is the most closed in the world and comfortably occupies the last position.

Por Gabriel C. Salvia y Hernán Alberro

06-04-2013 | Research Reports

Por Jerzy Pomianowski

29-01-2013 | Documents

Por Glanis Changachirere

01-11-2012 | Documents

The Network of Democracy Research Institutes recently held a workshop at the World Movement for Democracy's Global Assembly in Peru. Entitled "Enhancing the Policy Impact of Democracy Research," the workshop featured presentations by NDRI members Martin Butora (Institute for Public Affairs, Slovakia), Gabriel Salvia (Center for the Development and Opening of Latin America, Argentina), and Tanya Hamada (INCITEGov, Philippines).

30-10-2012 | Statements

Por Gabriel C. Salvia y María Rosario Savini

28-06-2012 | Articles

While the developed countries struggle with serious debt crises (as in the case of Europe), stagnation (like Japan), or listless recuperation (the United States), the Latin American economies are alive and kicking. Yes, the region's growth will slow in 2012, but it will still be significant and above the global average. The region is reliving the 2008-2009 crisis, when the greater part of countries in the region endured the considerable slowdown in the world's economy in a more than satisfactory manner.

Por Raúl Ferro

28-06-2012 | Articles

Por Gabriel C. Salvia

28-06-2012 | Articles

This document seeks to study the UPR corresponding to the Cuban regime, which took place during the fourth working session of the UPR Working Group, in the period February 2nd-13th 2009, and its corresponding context. The focus is comparative between two regions of the world: Latin American governments and European governments.

Por Eduardo Viola y Héctor Ricardo Leis

28-10-2010 | Documents

Plataforma Democrática informs that it is already available, and free to access, the colection of articles on Geopolitical Change and the future of Democracy in Latin America: plataformademocratica.org

30-09-2010 | Statements

Por Christopher Sabatini

06-11-2009 | Articles

This document seeks to study the UPR corresponding to the Cuban regime, which took place during the fourth working session of the UPR Working Group, in the period February 2nd-13th 2009, and its corresponding context. The focus is comparative between two regions of the world: Latin American governments and European governments.

Por Pablo Brum y Mariana Dambolena

17-09-2009 | Documents

The most serious crisis has taken place in Central America, specifically in Honduras – The global economic crisis, which was unleashed in the United States around September 2008 and soon spread out to the rest of the world, didn’t affect the region in a direct way – The regional economy will already start to recover towards the beginning of next year, and those countries which adopt a more sensible economic policy, like Peru, Brazil or Chile, and probably Mexico, will do that even before and more vigorously – The rise to power of a new American president, the Democrat Barack Obama, also contributed to the creation of a relatively relaxed atmosphere in the political field – The left-turn of the region is reaching an end: with Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Mexico in a clearly distinct position, the expansion of populist policies already turns out to be impossible.

Por Carlos Sabino

10-08-2009 | Research Reports

It is paradoxical that Argentina, being a country with an economic history in which these events have been repeated ad nauseam and with awful results, still insists in this model. It would be very useful for the government to look at some of its neighbors, where progressive and center-left leaders have demonstrated to have learned from history and today navigate with relative comprehensiveness the stormy waters of the global economic crisis.

Por Raúl Ferro

18-06-2009 | Articles

Committed diplomacy is a problematic concept. Even though its exact definition is elusive, it is a practice that is backed by sufficient historical evidence to be recognized internationally. However, that does not subtract from the fact that the acts of diplomats committed to human rights beyond their call of duty are a scarce minority.

Por Pablo Brum y Mariana Dambolena

14-05-2009 | Documents

Living a very different economic situation, a recession and a constriction of the world markets, the populist governments are currently confronted with a tough reality: they are not able any more to go on dispensing money abundantly (money which they do not possess), and now they have to adhere the limits which are set by the reality of their countries.

Por Carlos Sabino

22-01-2009 | Research Reports

Por Fernando J. Ruiz

08-01-2009 | Research Reports

The Rio Group is a Latin American mechanism of political articulation and diplomatic negotiation which was created in 1986 and currently consists of 23 member countries. The Rio Group decided to incorporate the Cuban dictatorship as a full-fledged member during the presidential summit of Mercosur.

Por Gabriel C. Salvia

22-12-2008 | Articles

Just like in the previous edition, two former British colonies, New Zealand and Myanmar, occupy the first and last position in this ranking, respectively. All in all, referring to 2007, about 75 countries improved their score while 62 got worse and seven stayed the same.

Por Gabriel C. Salvia y Hernán Alberro

16-12-2008 | Research Reports

The economy Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen revolutionized the concept of development by referring to it as "human development". This is how liberty became a central element of the process of development. Following this path, today many authors vigorously defend freedom of the press as an elementary base for development.

Por Hernán Alberro

30-10-2008 | Research Reports

It finally happened. The moment has come to start shivering. The economic debacle that departing from Wall Street affected the whole world has become so intensive that the question is no longer if it will impact on Latin American economies, but rather in which way that will happen.

Por Raúl Ferro

14-10-2008 | Articles

Hillel Neuer is Executive Director of UN Watch, a non-governmental organization based in Geneva whose mandate is “to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own Charter”. What follows is a summary of the interview held on June 26th in his office.

Por Pablo Brum

12-08-2008 | Interviews

THE WORST AREAS TO PRACTICE JOURNALISM IN THE SECOND SEMESTER 2007
- During the succession currently underway, Cuba is maintaining control over public communications.
- In almost every country in the region, presidents criticize media outlets and journalists on a regular basis, as well as journalism in general.
- The revenue bonanza many Latin American countries are enjoying is strengthening government-owned media.
- In the context of a worsened institutional culture, Argentina maintains a government communications model that has proved successful at preserving governability and winning elections.

Por Fernando J. Ruiz

31-12-2007 | Research Reports

This report argues that development stands on three pillars: democratic liberties, a market economy and transparency in government.

Por Gabriel C. Salvia y Hernán Alberro

12-11-2007 | Research Reports

Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay lead the ranking.
 Bolivia fell five positions in the region.
Haiti did not change its position in the ranking but managed to increase its distance from Venezuela.
The only country still behind Venezuela is Cuba, that in the global aspect is only before North Korea.

Por Hernán Alberro

02-10-2007 | Research Reports

THE WORST AREAS TO PRACTICE JOURNALISME IN THE FIRST SEMESTER 2007
- Journalists' life in Cuban prisons.
- Mexico surpasses Colombia in the number of journalists murdered.
- Bolivia and Ecuador Constitutional Assemblymen and the media.
- Congresses refuse to eliminate "dead words".
- Latin American Supreme Courts' took key decisions.

Por Fernando J. Ruiz

30-07-2007 | Research Reports

Rogue states are perhaps new as a term in international politics, but they are not a novelty per se. They have existed throughout the different periods of history, generally displaying the same characteristics: The system of government is dictatorial and tend more towards totalitarianism than towards authoritarianism; their rhetoric and foreign policy are fervently anti-American; unlike other dictatorships, they are obsessed with international politics; they are constant practitioners of melodrama and expert users of propaganda.

Por Pablo Brum

20-07-2007 | Documents

THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK BECOMES CLEARER
21st. century socialists. Cuba. Venezuela. Bolivia. Ecuador. Nicaragua.
There is a group of countries where important changes have been taking place, mainly in the political sphere, threatening certain basic liberties of citizens.
THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IS MAINTAINED
The rest of the region is following a relatively stable path, of an acceptable economic growth and of relative political calmness.

Por Carlos Sabino

18-07-2007 | Research Reports

Iceland heads this 2006 ranking whilst Turkmenistan is assigned the last spot. Chile makes an impressive appearance at post number 17, best ranked amongst all Latin American Countries.

Por Gabriel C. Salvia y Hernán Alberro

26-04-2007 | Research Reports

A lot of “Argentine ideas” have been floated in Serbia of late. As Serbia looks at experiences of other countries, it must realize that the key to growth and development lies in generating the kind of economic competitiveness that allows the country to succeed in the global marketplace. Most importantly, it must realize that there is no global conspiracy led by international fi nancial institutions, and that the blame for failure, as well as praise for success, should be directed towards domestic reformers, rather than anyone else.

Por Boris Begovic

02-03-2007 | Documents

Por Fernando J. Ruiz

26-12-2006 | Research Reports

Por Carlos Sabino

26-12-2006 | Research Reports

Por Hernán Alberro

01-09-2006 | Research Reports

Por Fernando J. Ruiz

01-07-2006 | Research Reports

The role of the Soviet Union in Argentina’s defense is well-known among human rights experts, who noted the development of an “unholy alliance.” Less is understood about the support that Cuba gave the military government in order to block consideration of the Argentine case at the United Nations. This document, based on a chapter of a planned book on Argentine-Cuban relations, attempts to fill that gap based on information from personal interviews, Argentine archival material, and secondary sources.

Por Kezia McKeague

10-03-2006 | Documents

Por Fernando J. Ruiz

30-12-2005 | Research Reports

Por Fernando J. Ruiz

30-12-2005 | Research Reports

Por Ricardo López Göttig

07-11-2005 | Articles

Por Hernán Alberro

01-11-2005 | Research Reports

15-09-2005 | Events

Por Fernando J. Ruiz

01-07-2005 | Research Reports

04-05-2005 | Events

This Document is part of a program of activities between the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America (CADAL) and the Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies (CLDS), with the support of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE).

Por Boris Begovic

26-03-2005 | Documents

Por Fernando J. Ruiz

01-01-2005 | Research Reports

Por Fernando J. Ruiz

01-12-2004 | Research Reports

In its relationship with China, Kirchner’s government seems to be decided to apply a sort of pinochetist pragmatism: “economic openning is welcome, leaving aside the great internal repression”. And is curious that this is the foreign policy of a “progressist” government that ensures to have human rights as a priority.

Por Gabriel C. Salvia

23-11-2004 | Documents

Por Hernán Alberro

01-08-2004 | Research Reports