Latin America in Focus

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Go in depth on the latest trends in Latin American politics, economics, and culture in this podcast series by Americas Society/Council of the Americas.

Episode Date
How the Dominican Republic Breaks Latin America’s Election Mold
Apr 25, 2024
Is Latin America Ready for Another Pandemic?
Apr 11, 2024
What's on the Economic Agenda for Panama's Next President?
Mar 27, 2024
Brian A. Nichols on the Biden Administration's Latin America Policy
Mar 13, 2024
As Mexico’s Election Fires Up, a Look at Youth and Democracy
Feb 22, 2024
How Courts Can Make or Break Latin America's Corruption Battle
Feb 08, 2024
Online Reach and Expat Votes in El Salvador’s Election
Jan 25, 2024
Ten Years in, What's the Future of Mexico's Morena Party?
Dec 14, 2023
Beyond the Boom: Latin American Writing in Translation
Nov 30, 2023
Did Colombia’s Local Elections Spell Problems for Petro?
Nov 09, 2023
Venezuela’s Energy Sector Primes for a Thaw
Oct 26, 2023
Can Carbon Markets Finance Brazil’s Green Transition?
Oct 12, 2023
Dollarization, Inflation, and Voter Frustration in Argentina
Sep 28, 2023
How Women Won Political Parity in Mexico—and What Comes Next
Sep 14, 2023
What AI’s “Tectonic Change” Means for Latin America
Jul 26, 2023
Michael Reid on This EU-Latin American Moment
Jul 12, 2023
Empowering North American Goals
Jun 28, 2023
Guatemala's Electoral Crossroads
Jun 07, 2023
Life after “Crossed Death” in Ecuador
May 24, 2023
The Story of Unlikely Art Genius Bispo do Rosario
May 04, 2023
The China-Taiwan Tussle in the Americas
Apr 19, 2023
What the SVB Collapse Signals for Latin America
Apr 05, 2023
Could a Clash over Corn Upend U.S.-Mexico Trade Ties?
Mar 15, 2023
A Decade of Nicolás Maduro
Mar 01, 2023
Can a Lawsuit Stem Spyware Use in Central America?
Feb 15, 2023
Will the Anti-Incumbency Wave Reach Argentina and Guatemala?
Feb 02, 2023
Three Stories You May Have Missed in 2022
Dec 19, 2022
Who Will Foot the Bill for Climate Adaptation?
Dec 02, 2022
Superpesos? Coldplay Dollars? Inside Latin America's Currency Markets
Nov 10, 2022
Bonus Episode: Amb. Thomas Shannon on How Lula's Win Resets Brazil's Foreign Policy
Nov 03, 2022
What the Guacamaya Hacks Reveal about Latin American Militaries
Oct 26, 2022
The Battle For Brazil's Divided Electorate
Oct 13, 2022
What Do We Really Know about the Latino Vote?
Sep 29, 2022
Mexico's March toward the 2024 Election
Sep 13, 2022
Kingmakers and Key Issues in Brazil's Lula–Bolsonaro Showdown
Aug 11, 2022
Reissue: Emily Hersh on Whether Latin America Can Power Up Its Lithium Prospects
Jul 28, 2022
Cyber Attacks In Costa Rica Expose A Regional Threat
Jul 13, 2022
How Latin America Is Fighting Inflation
Jun 23, 2022
Colombian Voters Buck the Presidential Status Quo
Jun 09, 2022
The Once and Future Summit of the Americas
May 26, 2022
Can Xiomara Castro Take Control of Honduras' Reins?
May 05, 2022
How VP Choices Are Shaping Presidential Races in Colombia and Brazil
Apr 25, 2022
Guillermo Lasso's Tricky Year
Apr 08, 2022
Why Is Mexico Holding a Presidential Recall Vote?
Mar 23, 2022
From Fertilizers to Fuel—What the Ukraine Crisis Means for Latin America
Mar 10, 2022
What the IMF's Ilan Goldfajn Sees in Latin America's Economic Future
Feb 23, 2022
The Elections of Colombia's Discontent
Feb 15, 2022
Can Latin America Power Up Its Lithium Prospects?
Jan 31, 2022
Three Stories You May Have Missed in 2021
Dec 20, 2021
The Democracy that Chileans Want
Dec 09, 2021
COP26's Gauntlet for Brazil and Latin America
Nov 23, 2021
Democratic Tests in Honduras and Nicaragua
Nov 01, 2021
Rewriting Mexico’s Security and Energy Agendas
Oct 13, 2021
What to Expect When Expecting the Brazilian Elections
Sep 30, 2021
El Salvador's Bitcoin Gamble
Sep 16, 2021
The Midway Point for Mexico's AMLO
Sep 01, 2021
How to Vaccinate a Hemisphere
Aug 05, 2021
Pedro Castillo Gets the Keys to Peru’s Castle
Jul 22, 2021
What Happened to Latin America's Anti-Corruption Push?
Jun 23, 2021
A Complicated Copa América
Jun 11, 2021
A Pre-Midterm Pulse Check on the Mexican Electorate
May 27, 2021
Chile’s Busy Electoral Calendar
May 10, 2021
The Push for Data Protection in Brazil
Apr 29, 2021
The Story behind Joaquín Orellana's Musical Sculptures
Apr 14, 2021
Voter Fatigue in Ecuador and Peru
Mar 30, 2021
How the Pandemic Boosted Financial Inclusion
Mar 16, 2021
Madeleine Albright and Mack McLarty on Democratic Resiliency in the Americas
Mar 05, 2021
Washington's Shifts on Central America Policy
Feb 18, 2021
Vaccines and Variants a Year into the Pandemic
Feb 03, 2021
What’s on the Horizon for U.S.-Mexico Ties in a Biden Administration
Jan 19, 2021
Three Stories You May Have Missed in 2020
Dec 21, 2020
IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva on Preventing another Lost Decade in Latin America
Dec 16, 2020
Latin America’s Potential for a Green Recovery
Dec 02, 2020
How Data Voids Exploit the Latino Vote
Nov 18, 2020
On the Ground during Chile’s Year of Change
Nov 02, 2020
The Good and Bad of COVID-19’s Education Disruption
Oct 21, 2020
A Look at How Migrant Money Cushions Economies
Sep 30, 2020
How Business Schools Adapt in Times of Crisis
Sep 16, 2020
Putting Women at the Center of Latin America's COVID-19 Response
Aug 26, 2020
The Strange Case of El Salvador's Plummeting Homicide Rate
Jul 29, 2020
How Uruguay Got It Right
Jul 16, 2020
Shining a Light on Police Abuse In Mexico
Jun 18, 2020
How Brazil Could Slow Its Coronavirus Outbreak
Jun 11, 2020
The Myth Of The Monolithic Latino Vote
May 07, 2020
How Is the Coronavirus Changing Brazil?
Apr 29, 2020
Queens of the Migrant Trail
Apr 16, 2020
Dr. Julio Frenk on the Coronavirus Pandemic in an Age of Populism
Mar 16, 2020
Mexico’s Fight against Femicide Reaches a Boiling Point
Mar 03, 2020
Latin American Cinema’s Point of No Return
Feb 26, 2020
The Future of Fintech in Argentina
Feb 19, 2020
How Can Latin American Economies Grow Again?
Feb 06, 2020
Brazil's New And Old Hurdles In 2020
Jan 30, 2020
Have a Little Faith in Peru—and Its Constitution
Jan 23, 2020
What's on the Docket for Latin America in 2020?
Jan 14, 2020
Reissue: Monica de Bolle on Whether Bolsonaro Can Fix Brazil's Economy
Jan 01, 2020
Reissue: Carlos Bravo Regidor on the Start of AMLO's Presidency
Dec 26, 2019
Reissue: Nayib Bukele on His Plans for El Salvador
Dec 20, 2019
The Role of Chilean Women in a New Constitution
Dec 13, 2019
President AMLO’s Scorecard One Year In
Dec 03, 2019
How Asia-Brazil Trade Shifted Bolsonaro’s China View
Nov 06, 2019
Argentina’s 2019 Election Brings in a New President
Oct 30, 2019
Behind Uruguay’s Presidential Vote
Oct 17, 2019
Marie Arana Talks Silver, Sword, and Stone
Oct 10, 2019
Can International Law Save the Amazon?
Sep 20, 2019
Colombia at a Crossroads
Sep 12, 2019
What's Keeping Urban Development in Brazil "from Being Free"?
Jul 25, 2019
Explaining Mexico’s National Guard
Jul 17, 2019
Can the Bolsonaro Government Fix Brazil's Economy?
Jul 10, 2019
Making Sense of a New U.S.-Mexican Migration Deal
Jun 11, 2019
Who’s In and Who’s Out in Guatemala’s Presidential Race
May 30, 2019
What’s behind Brazil’s Education Debate
May 22, 2019
President-elect Nayib Bukele on His Plans for El Salvador
May 09, 2019
Meet Cuba's Emerging Artist, Cimafunk
Apr 24, 2019
Ambassador Feeley on Daniel Ortega's Flagging Grip on Nicaragua
Apr 18, 2019
Jair Bolsonaro's First 100 Days
Apr 04, 2019
Sizing Up the Start of AMLO's Presidency
Mar 07, 2019
Can Bolsonaro Get What He Wants from Brazil’s Congress?
Feb 26, 2019
Cuba’s New Constitution and 60 Years of the Revolution
Feb 12, 2019
What's Next in Venezuela's Tug of War?
Feb 05, 2019
How Healthy Is Democracy in Latin America?
Jan 17, 2019
What to Expect from an AMLO Presidency
Nov 29, 2018
Fact-Checking Brazil’s Misinformation Crisis
Nov 07, 2018
What a Bolsonaro Win Means for Brazil’s Economy
Oct 29, 2018
Amid Caravan Crisis, a Look at Mexico's Migration Policy
Oct 22, 2018
Why Peru's Political Establishment Is Scared
Oct 11, 2018
A Closer Look at Hurricane Maria’s Death Toll
Sep 26, 2018
Who Will Win Brazil's Nostalgia Vote?
Sep 20, 2018
The Venezuelan Exodus
Sep 12, 2018
MORENA Holds the Cards in Mexico’s New Congress
Sep 04, 2018
Clandestina's Founders on Building a Fashion Brand in a Shifting Cuba
Aug 21, 2018
How Nicaragua Became Latin America's New Crisis
Jul 31, 2018
Why There Isn’t and Won’t Be Mass Latino Migration
Jul 12, 2018
Millennials’ Big Role in the Mexican Elections
Jun 26, 2018
Why Mexico's Election Will Redraw the Country's Political Map
Jun 12, 2018
Latin America in the Era of Fake News
Jun 07, 2018
El sueño americano en Cuba y los desafíos del cuentapropista
May 29, 2018
Creating, Rebuilding, and Reinventing Latin American Cities
May 23, 2018
Everything More Important than Venezuela’s Election
May 16, 2018
What the Summit of the Americas Was, Is, and Could Be
Apr 11, 2018
Put a Little Trust in Mexico
Mar 22, 2018
In Colombia's 2018 Elections, Drama Is Good for Democracy
Mar 16, 2018
Back to the Future in Chile and El Salvador?
Mar 08, 2018
Giving Women the "Right Space to Thrive"
Feb 15, 2018
Latin America Has One Foot in China's Belt and Road
Feb 08, 2018
Costa Rican Voters Are “Blowing in the Wind”
Jan 31, 2018
From Elections to Trade, Latin America's Big 2018 Stories
Jan 11, 2018
Venezuela, Elections, Sanctions, and Baseball
Dec 14, 2017
A New Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
Dec 05, 2017
What to Look for in Chile’s Presidential Elections
Nov 15, 2017
Why Restructuring Venezuelan Debt Won’t Happen under Maduro
Nov 08, 2017
Getting Ready for the Next Big Earthquake in Mexico City
Oct 18, 2017
Mexico’s Big Year Ahead
Oct 12, 2017
Economic Realities Facing Chile’s Next President
Sep 27, 2017
What to Watch in NAFTA Negotiations
Aug 30, 2017
Las elecciones legislativas y el escenario político de Argentina
Aug 08, 2017
Rodrigo Janot e o como o Brasil está exportando a luta contra a corrupção
Jul 27, 2017
Six Weeks to Fix Venezuela's Health Crisis
Jul 21, 2017
Why the Paris Agreement Spells Wins for Latin America
Jul 07, 2017
Brazil’s Economic Gains amid Political Crisis
Jun 29, 2017
Chilean Voters “Are Not Looking for Pure, Perfect Politicians”
Jun 22, 2017
Francisco Goldman on Chronicling Mexico City
Jun 06, 2017
Can U.S. Agricultural Exports to Cuba Line up with White House Policy?
Jun 01, 2017
Fitch’s Rafael Guedes on Brazil’s Economy
May 02, 2017
What's Happening with Colombia's FARC Peace Process?
Apr 12, 2017
Políticos latinoamericanos deben entender que la agenda LGBT es “mainstream”
Mar 29, 2017
Cambiando la cultura machista de América Latina
Mar 14, 2017
Jorge Castañeda Portends Changing Times for Mexico
Feb 27, 2017
In Latin America, the New China Is Here to Stay
Feb 16, 2017
What's Ahead for Mexico's Economy in the Trump Era?
Feb 10, 2017
Alejandro Werner on Bright Spots in 2017
Jan 31, 2017
Maurício Santoro on Brazil's Old Problems in a New Year
Jan 05, 2017
La salida a la crisis de Venezuela, según un exmilitar
Dec 07, 2016
Richard Feinberg on the Post-Castro Cuban Economy
Dec 02, 2016
Millennials and the Future of Mexican Elections
Nov 10, 2016
Russ Dallen on Venezuela's Not-Quite Breaking Point
Nov 01, 2016
Breaking Gender Norms in the Field of Law
Oct 19, 2016
How One New York Entrepreneur Made It in Medellín
Oct 14, 2016
Keeping Mexico City from the Brink of Disaster
Oct 06, 2016
Analyzing the 2016 Latino Vote with Bendixen & Amandi
Sep 07, 2016
Julio Borges on Civil Disobedience in Venezuela
Aug 17, 2016
The Achilles Heel of Cuba's Energy Sector
Aug 10, 2016
An On-the-Ground View of Rio’s Olympic Dream
Jul 26, 2016
The Intertwined Nature Of U.S.-Mexico Ties
Jul 15, 2016
The Agenda for the North American Leaders' Summit
Jun 27, 2016
The Trump Threat to North American Security
Jun 22, 2016
Simón Gaviria on Financing Peace in Colombia
Jun 11, 2016
Josefina Vidal on a Changing Cuba
Jun 07, 2016
Argentina's Rocky Road to Growth
May 31, 2016
Colombia's Post-Conflict Challenges
May 18, 2016
Fixing Brazil's Economy
May 05, 2016
El rol de las redes sociales en la democracia venezolana
Apr 23, 2016
Mexico’s Evolving Marijuana Laws
Apr 14, 2016
Peru's Dramatic 2016 Presidential Election
Apr 07, 2016
Congressman Rick Crawford on U.S. Agricultural Trade with Cuba
Apr 04, 2016
Crisis Mode: Brazil’s Current Scenario
Mar 10, 2016
Will Venezuela Default?
Mar 01, 2016