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Latin America and the Caribbean
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Venezuela is in a depressing state

President Maduro is not a prudent and responsible statesman

Damaged democracy
Rita Trautmann

Who cares about the constitution?

Juan Orlando Hernández, the president of Honduras, is keen on an unconstitutional second term

Law
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
Luis A. Soto

Fishermen versus oil giant

Seven years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP has still not compensated Mexican fishing communities

Interview
Amanda Lucía Camilo Ibarra
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

“This is the transition from war to peace”

After over 50 years of civil war in Colombia, it is not easy to live in peace

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Revolutionary romanticism is misleading

Why Costa Rica beats Cuba

Mexico
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Charisma is not enough

In Mexico, candidates on the right and left present themselves as men of the people

USA – Mexico
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

The fence is already up

Trump’s call for a wall is straining the relationship between the US and Mexico

Higher learning
Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

“Education must not be for sale”

Chile’s poor youth suffer in the privatised education system

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Elections matter – in Gambia, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire

ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, is becoming a beacon of democracy

Development policy
Claudio Maggi C.

Europe in Latin America

European development policy has achieved several successes in Latin America

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests
A brief history of Nepal’s tourism industry

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions