"When your chances of progress are determined by family background rather than individual effort and merit, the cradle becomes a lottery marking your future. And perpetuating inequalities affects...growth, social cohesion—and political stability." americasquarterly.org/article/latin-…?

"Las explicaciones centradas en Estados Unidos son hoy anticuadas. He leído todo lo que se ha escrito y dicho en la izquierda sobre la escalada del conflicto ... Ha sido terriblemente desacertado. Mucho peor que muchas explicaciones mainstream." nuso.org/articulo/rusia…

“Democracy’s ideal is built on a foundation of accountability. In the past, many, if not most, of the decisions that mattered to our lives were taken by people and businesses that felt close to us…Now all roads seem to lead to bad hold music.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

"It’s hard for leaders to make the case...that they should cut trade because of an invasion on the other side of the world, especially when the economic impact of doing so could fuel protests back home." worldpoliticsreview.com/russia-latin-a…

“El Grupo encuentra motivos razonables para creer que estas violaciones y abusos fueron perpetrados de manera generalizada y sistemática por motivos políticos y que…permiten sostener la existencia de crímenes de lesa humanidad” elpais.com/internacional/…

"la democracia en la región vive una crisis epistemológica...a diferencia de las autocracias del pasado, las del presente utilizan las herramientas propias de la democracia para llegar al poder. Para perpetuarse en él." prodavinci.com/carolina-jimen…

I wrote this week w my colleague ⁦Tony Garrastazu⁩, #LatinAmerica has experienced major declines in democracy in recent years. Three external threats have the potential to further destabilize Latin America’s democratic progress. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

Nuestro Director Senior Tony Garrastazu junto a casey cagley nos hacen dos preguntas importantes: ¿Cómo puede América Latina detener su retroceso democrático? ¿Y cómo puede ayudar Estados Unidos? Lea mas aquí: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla… #SummitForDemocracy

"The rise of populist outsiders is not just an unfailing sign of a party system afflicted by severe credibility problems. It is also a powerful accelerator of the process." Look at Latin America. This Is How Democracies Fail. nytimes.com/2023/04/13/opi…

"América Latina vive una paradoja. Es una región líder en producción de frutas, verduras, pescado y carne ...pero es también la región en donde más se ha encarecido la comida, por lo que casi 57 millones de personas pasan hambre." elpais.com/economia/2023-… via @elpaisamericaco

"The strongest objections to building are often lodged in the name of the environment...But climate change is a problem of a different magnitude from almost all other environmental concerns, and of a different kind." economist.com/leaders/2023/0…

Messy democratic processes r not a hindrance 2 good #climate policy, but a necessary ingredient 4 durable change. If affected sectors feel that policy is being done *to* them, risk is backlash not just towards the policy, but all efforts on #climatechange worldpoliticsreview.com/netherlands-fa…

"As a result, U.S. policy toward Latin America is now all about competition with China...Like it or not, then, U.S. policy in Latin America is now strongly shaped by the question of China’s involvement and influence there." worldpoliticsreview.com/economy-latin-…

From my friends and colleagues International Republican Institute "AI strategy must grapple with the question of how governments can maintain a technological edge while conserving human rights and liberal democratic values." americasquarterly.org/article/the-ai…

Protecting the Amazon Is Good Policy, but Difficult Politics worldpoliticsreview.com/venezuela-amaz…

I wrote in Modern Diplomacy that "the secret ingredient to prevent populism from morphing into illiberalism ... turns out to be the same thing that, very lacking these days, is enabling their rise in the first place: strong democratic institutions." moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/08/18/the…

Will next month’s election bring Ecuador back from the brink? thehill.com/opinion/intern…

In celebration of the Int'l Day of #Democracy, I wrote in American Purpose, it is important to take stock of where democracy is going right and wrong. In #LatinAmerica, despite many challenges, there is still a great deal of progress worth celebrating." americanpurpose.com/articles/a-cas…

"Reducing CO2 emissions will require an enormous build-out of infrastructure...That means significant quantities of critical minerals must be pulled out of the earth...How they do so...will be crucial to ensuring that these projects enjoy popular support." worldpoliticsreview.com/latin-america-…

Last week I wrote w my friend Matt Schrader "Improved accountability to citizens will enable these countries to demand higher standards from all foreign investors, exposing the costs associated with China’s “no strings attached” approach." International Republican Institute miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/…