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Three Stories You May Have Missed in 2022
Latin America in Focus - December 19, 2022 19:11 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsHear some of the uncovered stories of the year. Sofía Ramirez Aguilar of México ¿Cómo Vamos? details why Mexicans, who long had one of the lowest vacation rates in the world, got some good news in time for the holiday season. Claudio Ruiz of Derechos Digitales explains Chile’s moves to be a digi...
Who Will Foot the Bill for Climate Adaptation?
Latin America in Focus - December 02, 2022 14:28 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsIt could cost up to $6 trillion a year to finance the transition away from a carbon-intensive economy. That’s triple the current yearly global commitment. What would it take to rapidly expand the amount of financing available for decarbonization, sustainable infrastructure, and compensation for ...
Superpesos? Coldplay Dollars? Inside Latin America's Currency Markets
Latin America in Focus - November 10, 2022 21:14 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe U.S. dollar is stronger than it’s been in decades against currencies around the world. But that’s not true across Latin America where, in some cases, smart policies by governments and central banks have helped keep domestic currencies steady. XP Investment’s Alberto Bernal tells AS/COA Vice ...
Bonus Episode: Amb. Thomas Shannon on How Lula's Win Resets Brazi's Foreign Policy
Latin America in Focus - November 03, 2022 16:20 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsIn January, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will start a third term as Brazil’s president two decades after he began his first—and in a remarkably changed world. In this episode, former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon tells Executive Producer Luisa Leme what Lula’s comeback means for Latin Ame...
Bonus Episode: Amb. Thomas Shannon on How Lula's Win Resets Brazil's Foreign Policy
Latin America in Focus - November 03, 2022 16:20 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsIn January, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will start a third term as Brazil’s president two decades after he began his first—and in a remarkably changed world. In this episode, former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon tells Executive Producer Luisa Leme what Lula’s comeback means for Latin Am...
What the Guacamaya Hacks Reveal about Latin American Militaries
Latin America in Focus - October 26, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsIn September, a group of hacktivists known as Guacamaya sparked reverberations across much of Latin America when it released millions of documents and emails from the military and police forces of Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru. In this episode, UC San Diego’s Cecilia Farfán Mend...
The Battle For Brazil's Divided Electorate
Latin America in Focus - October 13, 2022 20:55 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsOn October 2nd, Brazilians split the ballots—and the country—between former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Quaest pollster Felipe Nunes talks about whether the polls got the first round wrong, how Lula and Bolsonaro are now dueling for the battleground state of...
What Do We Really Know about the Latino Vote?
Latin America in Focus - September 29, 2022 18:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsEvery election cycle, both Democrats and Republicans are reminded of the power of the Latino voter—who are now the second largest demographic group in the electorate. However, is either party’s approach to this group effective? And are Latinos really a cogent voting bloc? Two experts, Clarissa M...
What Do We Really Know about the U.S. Latino Voter?
Latin America in Focus - September 29, 2022 18:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsEvery election cycle, both Democrats and Republicans are reminded of the power of the Latino voter—who are now the second largest demographic group in the electorate. However, is either party’s approach to this group effective? And are Latinos really a cogent voting bloc? Two experts, Clarissa Ma...
Mexico's March toward the 2024 Election
Latin America in Focus - September 13, 2022 19:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsFrom the presidential state of the union to Independence Day, September in Mexico is a politically momentous time. This year, it saw President Andrés Manuel López Obrador usher through a deepening military control over public security just in time for independence celebrations. In this episode, ...
Kingmakers and Key Issues in Brazil's Lula–Bolsonaro Showdown
Latin America in Focus - August 11, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsPollster Felipe Nunes talks with AS/COA Online about swing votes, electoral issues, and what’s at stake for the Lula and Bolsonaro presidential campaigns ahead of the October 2 presidential election. In addition, John Hopkins University’s Beatriz Rey explains why Congress matters more than ever ...
Kingmakers And Key Issues In Brazil's Lula—Bolsonaro Showdown
Latin America in Focus - August 11, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsPollster Felipe Nunes talks with AS/COA Online about swing votes, electoral issues, and what’s at stake for the Lula and Bolsonaro presidential campaigns ahead of the October 2 presidential election. In addition, John Hopkins University’s Beatriz Rey explains why Congress matters more than ever t...
Reissue: Emily Hersh on Whether Latin America Can Power Up Its Lithium Prospects
Latin America in Focus - July 28, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsLatin America in Focus is taking a break to recharge and we’re reissuing one of our favorite episodes this year. We hope you get a chance to take time off and that you can join us for new episodes soon about Brazil’s elections, Chile’s constitutional vote, and more. Demand for lithium is expec...
Cyber Attacks In Costa Rica Expose A Regional Threat
Latin America in Focus - July 13, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsStarting in April, Costa Rica experienced a debilitating cyberattack that crippled the government and the private sector’s ability to operate. It also served as a warning to countries across Latin America about how high the stakes are on digital crimes. On the podcast, AS/COA Online’s Chase Harr...
How Latin America Is Fighting Inflation
Latin America in Focus - June 23, 2022 18:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsAs economies around the world face inflationary pressures, they may want to check the Latin American playbook. Otaviano Canuto, fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and former World Bank president, talks about why the region is positioned to avoid the runaway inflation woes of the past....
Colombian Voters Buck the Presidential Status Quo
Latin America in Focus - June 09, 2022 21:21 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsColombians dealt a blow to the political status quo by picking two anti-establishment candidates to face off in the second round of their 2022 presidential election. The Washington Post’s Bogotá Bureau Chief, Samantha Schmidt, tells AS/COA Online’s Jon Orbach who they are, what they’re proposing...
The Once and Future Summit of the Americas
Latin America in Focus - May 26, 2022 17:45 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsIt’s been a bumpy road to the June 2022 Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, which comes as the hemisphere faces challenges like pandemic recovery, spiking inflation, and waning support for democracy. In this episode, AS/COA Senior Director Steve Liston, former U.S. deputy national coordinator...
Can Xiomara Castro Take Control of Honduras' Reins?
Latin America in Focus - May 05, 2022 17:40 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsIn her first 100 days, Honduran President Xiomara Castro has taken some steps forward on campaign pledges, but her leadership has been overshadowed by two former presidents: her outspoken husband and Juan Orlando Hernández, who was extradited the United States on charges of narcotrafficking. Can...
How VP Choices Are Shaping Presidential Races in Colombia and Brazil
Latin America in Focus - April 25, 2022 18:48 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe choice of a running mate gives a presidential hopeful a chance to widen the net, solidify a profile, or win over a rival’s supporters. What can we glean from vice-presidential choices in Brazil and Colombia, both of which hold game-changing elections in the coming months? In this episode, we...
Guillermo Lasso's Tricky Year
Latin America in Focus - April 08, 2022 13:17 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsOne year ago, Guillermo Lasso beat the odds to capture Ecuador’s presidency. After some early successes, Lasso finds himself struggling to work with a fragmented Congress, as security problems mount. What’s the path forward for the business-friendly leader? Paolo Moncagatta of the Universidad Sa...
Why Is Mexico Holding a Presidential Recall Vote?
Latin America in Focus - March 23, 2022 19:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsMexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has long pledged that voters would get to decide whether he should finish his six-year term. One constitutional reform and millions of signatures later, they’ll get to do just that in a recall vote on April 10. But, given that all signs point to vote...
From Fertilizers To Fuel—What The Ukraine Crisis Means For Latin America
Latin America in Focus - March 10, 2022 20:43 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsJair Bolsonaro drew criticism for meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow a week before Russia invaded Ukraine. Why would the Brazilian president take such a questionable step? One big reason was fertilizer imports that power his country's agricultural sector, but it looks like the trip did little ...
From Fertilizers to Fuel—What the Ukraine Crisis Means for Latin America
Latin America in Focus - March 10, 2022 20:43 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsJair Bolsonaro drew criticism for meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow a week before Russia invaded Ukraine. Why would the Brazilian president take such a questionable step? One big reason was fertilizer imports that power his country's agricultural sector, but it looks like the trip did little...
What the IMF's Ilan Goldfajn Sees in Latin America's Economic Future
Latin America in Focus - February 23, 2022 19:37 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsIn the pandemic, Latin American countries used every bit of fiscal space to stimulate their economies and aid their populations. Now, says Ilan Goldfajn, the director of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, they face the reality of ensuring fiscal responsibility while also increasing the reg...
The Elections of Colombia's Discontent
Latin America in Focus - February 15, 2022 17:07 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsColombians could get three chances to cast ballots for the next president this year: in March’s interparty consultations, May’s first round, and a June runoff. A crowded candidate field ahead of the March elections—which coincide with legislative elections—is indicative of widespread dissatisfac...
Can Latin America Power Up Its Lithium Prospects?
Latin America in Focus - January 31, 2022 16:24 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsDemand for lithium is expected to keep growing exponentially in the race to ensure we can power our smartphones, laptops, and electric vehicles. That could be a boon for Latin American economies, home to the lithium triangle countries of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. But of course, things aren’...
Three Stories You May Have Missed in 2021
Latin America in Focus - December 20, 2021 17:55 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsWe dive into the under-covered but crucial issues facing the region this year. In this episode: AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth gets into how the high number of U.S. ambassador vacancies can upend Washington's Latin America policy, U.S.-Mexico Foundation's Axel Cabrera and Pedro Casas Alatriste cover w...
The Democracy that Chileans Want
Latin America in Focus - December 09, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe presidential runoff between the right’s José Antonio Kast and the left’s Gabriel Boric leaves many voters feeling like “orphans” with no political home, raising a fundamental question about what type of democracy Chile wants, says CNN Chile host and La Tercera columnist Paula Escobar Chavarr...
COP26's Gauntlet for Brazil and Latin America
Latin America in Focus - November 23, 2021 21:33 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsAt November’s COP26 climate conference, countries met to generate stronger action on climate change. In attendance was Institute Talanoa’s Natalie Unterstell, a former Brazilian negotiator at climate summits. Unterstell talks to AS/COA Online’s Luisa Leme about what happened at COP26, what it me...
Democratic Tests in Honduras and Nicaragua
Latin America in Focus - November 01, 2021 18:58 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 58 ratingsNovember brings with it two tricky electoral tests in Central America—Nicaragua on November 7 and Honduras on November 28. Both will be major tests for the countries democratic systems and for the ability of citizens to make their voices heard. In conversations with AS/COA Online, International ...
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