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How Can Latin America Fix Its Water Crisis?
Latin America in Focus - June 26, 2024 04:05 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsLatin America, the biggest source of freshwater in the world, is running dry. Amid record-breaking temperatures, 150 million people live in water-scarce areas and water insecurity is becoming a new normal for many. But solutions exist. World Meteorological Organization’s Rodney Martinez and A...
In Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Won Big. Now What?
Latin America in Focus - June 06, 2024 06:58 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsClaudia Sheinbaum and her Morena party won Mexico’s June 2 election by a landslide, and that means the country’s first woman president is set to have a huge mandate. What will she do with it? On the ground in Mexico City, AS/COA Online spoke to voters and then three experts on concerns and prior...
How Latin America Fits into the Biden-Trump Battle
Latin America in Focus - May 16, 2024 04:05 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsBuckle up: U.S. politics are headed for a bumpy ride. And the issue of migration, particularly at the U.S. Southern border, will significantly influence this year’s elections. In this episode, AS/COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth moderates a conversation between two top political consultants—a ...
How the Dominican Republic Breaks Latin America’s Election Mold
Latin America in Focus - April 25, 2024 19:13 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe Dominican Republic’s Luis Abinader is one of the most popular leaders in Latin America, if not the world, so it may come as little surprise that Abinader appears to be on comfortable footing to win in the first round of the country’s presidential vote on May 19. But then again, the country’s...
Is Latin America Ready for Another Pandemic?
Latin America in Focus - April 11, 2024 04:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsAn old adversary of Latin America is back: Dengue. The current outbreak of the mosquito-transmitted disease is the worst in years. Across the region, from Argentina to Brazil to Puerto Rico, images of hospitals filled with patients are coming into view. Four years after the start of the Covid-19...
Is Latin America Ready for Another Pandemic
Latin America in Focus - April 11, 2024 04:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsPod dek: An old adversary of Latin America is back: Dengue. The current outbreak of the mosquito-transmitted disease is the worst in years. Across the region, from Argentina to Brazil to Puerto Rico, images of hospitals filled with patients are coming into view. Four years after the start of the...
What's on the Economic Agenda for Panama's Next President?
Latin America in Focus - March 27, 2024 04:05 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsPanama is facing a moment of uncertainty amid an electoral race with eight candidates, droughts affecting the Panama Canal, and fallout over massive 2023 mining protests. But Felipe Chapman, chairman and managing partner of economic and financial advisory firm INDESA, remains optimistic about hi...
Brian A. Nichols on the Biden Administration's Latin America Policy
Latin America in Focus - March 13, 2024 04:05 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsJust hours before Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, the State Department’s Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere Brian A. Nichols joined AS/COA in an event covering the state of U.S. policy in the Americas. In a conversation with AS/COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth, Ambassador N...
As Mexico’s Election Fires Up, a Look at Youth and Democracy
Latin America in Focus - February 22, 2024 05:05 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsIn Mexico’s 2024 vote, more than a quarter of eligible voters are under 30 and nearly half are under 40. That means younger voters have an opportunity to play a major role in an election not only for president, but one that will see more than 20,000 seats up for grabs. But they have to participa...
How Courts Can Make or Break Latin America's Corruption Battle
Latin America in Focus - February 08, 2024 15:56 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsWhen it comes to corruption perceptions, Latin America is stagnating. And what’s one major obstacle to improvement? Judiciary independence, explains Transparency International’s Luciana Torchiaro. In this episode, she dives deep into how the region fared in her organization’s latest Corruption P...
Online Reach and Expat Votes in El Salvador’s Election
Latin America in Focus - January 25, 2024 05:05 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratings2024 will be a big year for Latin American elections, and the first one takes place in El Salvador. Popular President Nayib Bukele is likely to win a race that showcases his regional—and global—influence. Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas’ Roberta Braga explains how Bukele’s social med...
Ten Years in, What's the Future of Mexico's Morena Party?
Latin America in Focus - December 14, 2023 05:05 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratings2024 doesn’t just mark Mexico’s biggest elections ever, but the tenth anniversary since Morena, the party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, became an official party. And it now faces a test: will it build on its expanding control or find itself reined in by Mexican voters in June 2024? I...
Beyond the Boom: Latin American Writing in Translation
Latin America in Focus - November 30, 2023 17:11 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsEarlier this year, Latin American literature lost a champion when Edith Grossman, one of the foremost Spanish language translators, passed away. Grossman not only translated some of the region's master writers, but she advocated for her profession and for the value of reading in translation. In ...
Did Colombia’s Local Elections Spell Problems for Petro?
Latin America in Focus - November 09, 2023 05:05 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsOn October 29, Colombians voted for mayors and governors across the country, and President Gustavo Petro’s candidates fared poorly in an election that many say served as a referendum on his leadership. Sergio Guzmán, director of Colombia Risk Analysis, talks with AS/COA Online’s Jon Orbach about...
Venezuela’s Energy Sector Primes for a Thaw
Latin America in Focus - October 26, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsOctober was a busy month for Venezuela. The United States eased sanctions on the country’s oil sector, the opposition and the Maduro regime sketched out an electoral roadmap, and María Corina Machado triumphed in the opposition primary. What does all this mean for the country’s energy sector? ...
Can Carbon Markets Finance Brazil’s Green Transition?
Latin America in Focus - October 12, 2023 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsAs the world falters in its 2015 Paris Agreement goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, Brazil is helping turn the tide. As the country’s Senate approved a bill that would regulate companies releasing more than 10,000 tons of CO2 per year, it looks to start making a profit on emissions...
Dollarization, Inflation, and Voter Frustration in Argentina
Latin America in Focus - September 28, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsArgentines face a three-horse race when they vote for a president on October 22. Each contender has distinct ideas for resolving the country’s economic and security woes. One of those candidates— libertarian Congressman Javier Milei—has brought back the idea of dollarizing the country’s economy....
How Women Won Political Parity in Mexico—and What Comes Next
Latin America in Focus - September 14, 2023 04:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsWith Mexico’s two main political alliances selecting Claudia Sheinbaum and Xóchitl Gálvez as their 2024 contenders, it’s looking likely that the country’s next president will be a woman. But already in Mexico, women hold a range of top political seats and have achieved gender parity in Congress....
What AI’s “Tectonic Change” Means for Latin America
Latin America in Focus - July 26, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsArtificial intelligence may spark job loss fears across the Americas, but businesses and people in the region are increasingly adopting the technology. Ángel Melguizo, partner at Argia and Latin America advisor to UNESCO on ethics and AI, outlined what countries need to do to benefit from the AI...
Michael Reid on This EU-Latin American Moment
Latin America in Focus - July 12, 2023 06:20 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe second half of 2023 will see Spain take over several EU leadership posts, and Madrid has pledged to deepen its focus on EU-Latin American relations. Could this lead to aflourishing regional relations? Ahead of the EU-CELAC summit in July, author Michael Reid explained the roadblocks to tran...
Empowering North American Goals
Latin America in Focus - June 28, 2023 16:56 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsIn a world struggling with geopolitical uncertainty, how can North America offer a secure environment and economic stability? In this episode, conducted in collaboration with the U.S.-Mexico Foundation (USMF), we explore the answer to this question and more. USMF Managing Director Enrique Perret...
Guatemala's Electoral Crossroads
Latin America in Focus - June 07, 2023 18:58 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsGuatemalans head to the polls June 25 with their country’s democracy at a crossroads. Despite nearly two dozen presidential candidates on the ballot, three key contenders were eliminated and dozens of the country’s corruption-battling prosecutors and journalists face exile or imprisonment. What ...
Life after “Crossed Death” in Ecuador
Latin America in Focus - May 24, 2023 20:08 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsEcuador’s Guillermo Lasso chose to do something unprecedented on May 17, invoking a constitutional clause that dissolved the National Assembly and triggered a new set of elections for the executive and legislative branches. Now that he’s Lasso ruling by decree, what can Ecuadorans expect in this...
The Story of Unlikely Art Genius Bispo do Rosario
Latin America in Focus - May 04, 2023 16:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsArthur Bispo do Rosario never intended to become an artist. But he’s now recognized as a pioneering force in Latin American art. After experiencing hallucinations at the age of 29, he was checked in to a psychiatric institution where he spent the rest of his life. While there, he heard voices th...
The China-Taiwan Tussle in the Americas
Latin America in Focus - April 19, 2023 14:43 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsWith Honduras having switched sides to Beijing in March 2023, only 13 countries worldwide recognize Taiwan over China. More than half are in Latin America and the Caribbean. Why are so many of Taipei’s allies based in the region? What happens after a country chooses China? And what do upcoming e...
What the SVB Collapse Signals for Latin America
Latin America in Focus - April 05, 2023 17:31 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsLatin America’s startups have spent the past three years navigating the tricky macroeconomic environment wrought by the pandemic. Now, they’re fending with high interest rates, a tightening pool of venture capital, and—oh yeah!—the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. AS/COA CEO and President Susan ...
Could a Clash over Corn Upend U.S.-Mexico Trade Ties?
Latin America in Focus - March 15, 2023 14:38 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsWhen thinking about challenges for U.S.-Mexico ties, corn might not be the first thing to come to mind. But a simmering trade dispute over a potential Mexican ban of GMO corn could have enormous consequences for these intertwined economies. In this episode, North American trade expert Diego Marr...
A Decade of Nicolás Maduro
Latin America in Focus - March 01, 2023 05:15 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsMarch 5, 2023 marks 10 years of President Nicolás Maduro’s rule in Venezuela. Maduro has overseen a decade of economic turmoil, democratic backsliding, and a mass exodus of more than seven million Venezuelans. How does the government operate? And what will the 2024 elections bring? Bloomberg jou...
Can a Lawsuit Stem Spyware Use in Central America?
Latin America in Focus - February 15, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsAfter his phone was hacked with Pegasus spyware four times, El Faro journalist Roman Gressier and 17* colleagues at the Salvadoran outlet decided to sue a software manufacturer in a U.S. court. His lawsuit is part of a growing effort to regulate the exploding market for digital surveillance worl...
Will the Anti-Incumbency Wave Reach Argentina and Guatemala?
Latin America in Focus - February 02, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsWhat’s the mood on the ground in Guatemala and Argentina, both of which hold presidential elections this year? Given voter dissatisfaction, will they follow the regional trend of backing the other side and bucking the status quo? Universidad del Valle de Guatemala’s Marielos Chang tells AS/COA’s...
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