Lucas Perelló and I talked to Foreign Policy about why Guatemalan opposition forces have struggled to come together and detain democratic backsliding. 🇬🇹

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Today's Foreign Policy Lat Am Brief: Guatemala's media & opposition struggle to maneuver as the country's democratic space closes ahead of June elections

& Vini Jr. speaks up about racism.

Gracias Jody García Will Freeman Lucas Perelló

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The Biden administration's regional processing centers are an innovative idea, but unless rolled out in more countries quickly, they 'could potentially create bottlenecks in Colombia and Guatemala,' I told Foreign Policy Catherine Osborn foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/19/ecu…

In Foreign Policy LatAm Brief: Can the triggering of 🇪🇨's never-before-used 'parliamentarist option' of snap elections bring positive results in an impasse?

Plus, how migrants south of the U.S.-Mexico border are experiencing a new 🇺🇸 stance on asylum.

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If you aren’t, you oughta be reading Osborn on all things Latam.

Today’s Foreign Policy Latin America Brief looks at the political whiplash at Chile’s constitutional convention as right-wing drafters take over, as well as Ecuador’s record-breaking debt-for-nature swap.

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This week’s Foreign Policy Latin America Brief: While a familiar party won Paraguay’s presidential vote, the election also carried some clues to how politics is changing in the region, including an AI-generated presidential debate.

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It was a pleasure talking to Catherine Osborn about opposition dynamics and negotiations in #Venezuela . Follow the link to read her piece.

LAC Oxford
Latin America Program

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Today's Foreign Policy Lat Am Brief is abt the latest push to get 🇻🇪's Maduro back to talks w the opposition. An advance down this negotiating path could unblock billions in frozen Venezuelan $ that govt & opp already agreed should go to humanitarian aid.

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Can the West meet the green development dreams of Brazil? Can it deliver investment + technology+ financing deals that China offers? ht Alan Beattie
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Catherine Osborn on how China is supporting Lula's plans to move up value chain.
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Very interesting newsletter this week by Catherine Osborn on the emerging Chinese support for green industrial policy in Brazil. 1/

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A few months back, we ran a Petro/Shakira edition of this newsletter. Today, Catherine Osborn does Lula and Elyanna:

Today's Foreign Policy Latin America Brief is about how the Lula administration is seeking to deepen and shape its economic relations with China to power green industrialization in Brazil.

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As Gustavo Petro & Joe Biden prepare to meet tomorrow at the White House, Benjamin Gedan & I write in Foreign Policy that the U.S. has an excellent opportunity to ramp up support for Mr. Petro’s ambitious climate & energy agenda. Here are the key points🧵
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🇺🇾🙅‍♂️🛢️Uruguay's investments in renewables has saved an estimated US$1.6bn in fuel imports. This helps to explain why Uruguay's economy is in better shape than others in the region. Second generation investments in green hydrogen may further reduce fuel imports into the 2030s.

Esse ponto aqui, na minha opinião, é o fundamental. Goste-se ideologicamente ou não dos EUA, a verdade é que o governo Biden foi aliado fundamental na hora de conter os arroubos golpistas do perdedor da eleição passada, assim como os Europeus. (1/n)

The intersection bw politics & sovereign debt has been on display this wk at IMF & World Bank Spring Mtgs.

Today's Foreign Policy LatAm Brief looks at how both domestic & international politics are affecting the IMF's deal with its largest borrower: 🇦🇷

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