by Alejandro Páramo, MPP’21, Former Mining and Energy Policy Advisor at the National Planning Department in Colombia Colombia, like most countries in the world, is facing new and significant public policy challenges caused by the current pandemic. However, it is also an example of how these challenges are magnified in […]
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By Fernando Moura, MA’20, Former Researcher at the Department of Science and Technology Policies at UNICAMP Brazil is having alarming numbers on coronavirus infections, recently becoming the 6th county to reach 10,000 deaths to COVID-19. Ian Bremmer briefly summarized what has been Bolsonaro’s approach to the pandemic:[1] “Trump would have to fire […]
by Gabriela Saade, MPP’21, Researcher at La Mejor Venezuela, a think tank affiliated to the opposition political party Voluntad Popular The coronavirus outbreak has sparked concern around the world. But the plight of Venezuelans was already acute following five years of an economic and humanitarian crisis as well as lingering problems […]
By Nelson O. Puc Cruz, MPP 2021, Fulbright Scholar, former consultant for the Quintana Roo State Government in México. Announced in September 2018, the Mayan Train has been one of the flagship projects of the Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, AMLO, government. It has been hailed as a development-detonating project that […]
By Santiago Hoyos, MPP’21, Pearson Fellow, former advisor at the Inspector General’s Office – Victims’ and Peace Department On December 5th of 2019, the Constitutional Court of Colombia decided to extend the Victims’ and Land Restitution Law until 2030. The Victims’ Law, which was enacted in 2011 for a 10 year […]
By Nelson O. Puc Cruz, MPP 2021, Fulbright Scholar, former consultant for the Quintana Roo State Government in México. On November 10th, Evo Morales Ayma stepped down from Bolivia’s presidency after weeks of protests by the opposition segment of the population, attacks on members of Morales’ family and government, as well a […]
By Camila Pérez, MPP’2021, Pearson Fellow, former researcher at the Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) in Colombia On October 27th, Colombia just celebrated its first local elections after the Peace Accords with the FARC guerrillas. The elections in this country are still stained by violence: according to the Electoral Observation Mission 282 […]
Por Guillermo Guevara, MPP 2020, ex Subdirector de análisis en la CNS El pasado 17 de Octubre, el gobierno de México, a petición de su similar de Estados Unidos, lanzó un operativo para capturar y extraditar a Ovidio Guzmán López, hijo del Chapo Guzmán y una de las cabezas más […]
By Valeria Vargas Sejas, MACRM 2020, former concessional funds economist at IADB Today is the 14th consecutive day of strikes in Bolivia regarding the presidential elections on October 20th, 2019. The country is divided, with one group on the streets demanding for new elections and for current President, Evo Morales, to […]
By: Felipe Salazar, MPP 2020, former advisor to congress in Colombia The first time “Bogotanos”, the citizens of Bogotá, Colombia, could vote for mayor was in 1988. Since then ten other elections have taken place, but few, if any, have had an impact quite like the one carried out last […]