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Politics of Latin America

In this channel you will find summaries on important domestic issues that inform today's political landscape in Latin American countries, as well as summaries on their respective roles in international politics.

Summaries

7 Book

Obstacles Welcome
Turn Adversity to Advantage in Business and Life
Ralph de la Vega
HarperCollins Leadership, 2009
9 Book

Silver, Sword, and Stone
Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story
Marie Arana
Simon & Schuster, 2019
9 Book

Two Nations Indivisible
Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead
Shannon K. O’Neil
Oxford UP, 2013
8 Report

Why Does Latin America Underperform?
Group of Thirty
G30, 2023
9 Book

Cuba
An American History
Ada Ferrer
Scribner, 2021
7 Article

Latin America’s Darkest Hour
Can Biden Heal a Fractured Hemisphere?
Oliver Stuenkel
Foreign Affairs, 2021
5 Article

The Venezuelan Refugee Crisis Is Not Just a Regional Problem
Latin American Neighbors Are Pulling More Than Their Weight
Cynthia J. Arnson
Foreign Affairs, 2019
8 Report

Order and Progress?
Brazil’s Post-Election Outlook
The Economist Intelligence Unit
EIU, 2018
8 Article

Venezuela’s Suicide
Lessons From a Failed State
Moisés Naím and Francisco Toro
Foreign Affairs, 2018
8 Report

Citizen Security in Latin America
Facts and Figures
Robert Muggah and Katherine Aguirre Tobón
Igarapé Institute, 2018
7 Article

Brazilian Politics in Turmoil as General Election Nears
Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva
GIS, 2018
8 Book

Crude Nation
How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela
Raul Gallegos
Potomac Books, 2016