COVID and the Hispanic/Latinx context: why essential workers still suffer while sustaining our broken economy
By Jorge Iván Soto (MPP 2021) It’s been 6 months since the pandemic wreaked havoc in the East. While many […]
COVID-19 in Colombia: the challenge of fighting a pandemic in a country with high economic vulnerability
by Alejandro Páramo, MPP’21, Former Mining and Energy Policy Advisor at the National Planning Department in Colombia Colombia, like most […]
Bolsonaro and his quest to be an outsider
By Fernando Moura, MA’20, Former Researcher at the Department of Science and Technology Policies at UNICAMP Brazil is having alarming […]
A Pandemic Meets A Failed State
by Gabriela Saade, MPP’21, Researcher at La Mejor Venezuela, a think tank affiliated to the opposition political party Voluntad Popular The […]
For Mexico, Social Distancing Has a Human Cost and It Is Children Who Will Bear It
By Paulino Díaz, MPP’20, former Communications Consultant at Golin As the world grapples with the spread of COVID-19, social distancing […]
COVID-19 in Uruguay: A look into the policy packages and political moves
By Nicolás Zerbino, MPP’20, Former researcher at the Universidad de Montevideo focused on Education and Economic Development. A country often […]
COVID-19 in Peru: policy responses and future challenges
By Giuliana Huarcaya, MPP’21. Former IADB consultant and former Project Coordinator at tras100d Consultoria (Peruvian consulting firm that advises in […]
Elements for the Pension Reform in Colombia
By Paola Riveros, MPP’21, former Advisor to the Directorate of Economic Regulation of Social Security at the Ministry of Finance […]
What is Puerto Rico?
By Edoardo Ortiz, MPP’20, former economic consultant Puerto Rico’s unique political status as a Latin American U.S. territory breeds endless […]
Mexico’s Mayan Train: the perceived monopoly of legitimacy and the criticism from the periphery
By Nelson O. Puc Cruz, MPP 2021, Fulbright Scholar, former consultant for the Quintana Roo State Government in México. Announced […]
De preformance callejero a Himno Feminista
By Paula Gaviria, MPP’21, former Psychoanalyst in Mexico El Estado opresor es un macho violador. El Estado opresor es un […]
U.S.-Cuba relations: reflections on an opportunity not yet lost
By Alejandro D. González, MAIDP’ 2020, Prior to Harris Alejandro led business development efforts for Cuba’s first independent digital new outlet […]
The one time when I used the Harris’ Toolkit®
By Rafael García-Tinajero, MPP’20, former Senior Financial Markets Analyst at the Central Bank of Mexico During the summer of 2019, […]
Disparity and Ethnicity in Brazil
By Yusuke Namiki, MAIDP 2020, Japanese Ministry of HLW official On December 14, I landed on the South American continent […]
For an unforgettable journey in Brazil
By Yuwen Xiong, MPP’21, former Intern at UNDP China Oi, tudo bem! In the past winter break, together with Latin […]
Storytelling for Policymaking: Teen Moms in Peru
By Anne Kuster, MAIDP 2020, former U.S. Research Fellow, Fulbright Association Joanna and I met the summer we were both […]
Colombia’s Victims’ Law: challenges for the next decade
By Santiago Hoyos, MPP’21, Pearson Fellow, former advisor at the Inspector General’s Office – Victims’ and Peace Department On December […]
Saldos a un año de gobierno del presidente López Obrador
Por Andrés Barroso Chávez, MPP’21, ex asesor político en el Senado de la República en México El primero de diciembre […]
A thoughtful look at the Cuba profunda, through the lens of its independent journalists
by Milvia Rodriguez, Public Policy Studies Administrator I left my home in Cuba in 1988 to study in Moscow and […]
How can we make protests work in Colombia?
By: Manuel Bustamante, MPP’ 2020 / Pearson Institute Fellow Colombia has become the most recent example of the sweeping wave of […]
Bolivia: problems in the mirror are bigger than they appear
By Nelson O. Puc Cruz, MPP 2021, Fulbright Scholar, former consultant for the Quintana Roo State Government in México. On […]
A Shift in Colombia’s electoral narrative
By Camila Pérez, MPP’2021, Pearson Fellow, former researcher at the Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) in Colombia On October 27th, Colombia […]
Culiacán y el discurso de pacificación del presidente
Por Guillermo Guevara, MPP 2020, ex Subdirector de análisis en la CNS El pasado 17 de Octubre, el gobierno de […]
Understanding the current situation in Bolivia
By Valeria Vargas Sejas, MACRM 2020, former concessional funds economist at IADB Today is the 14th consecutive day of strikes in […]
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