Latin America | The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations - Part 2

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What Comes Next in Venezuela?

March 29, 2019March 30, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments Conflict, humanitarian aid, Maduro, mediation, protest, U.S. foreign Policy, Venezuela

by Michael Dombrowski For weeks, Venezuela has been caught in a political crisis between the incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and

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The Propaganda Fight in Venezuela: Who Burned the Aid Trucks?

March 15, 2019March 13, 2019 Kendra Brock 1 Comment Colombia, Conflict, Foreign Policy, Maduro, Media, United States, Venezuela

There is a propaganda fight in Venezuela. While Maduro’s regime blames the U.S. for the country’s crisis, unverified reports by

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The Price of Democracy in Brazil

November 2, 2018 Meagan Torello 1 Comment Bolsonaro, Brazil, Corruption, Democracy, Elections

by Patricia Zanini Graca Last Sunday, Brazil closed another cycle of direct and democratic elections. In the lower house, Brazilian

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Why the UN Needs to Double its Efforts on LGBTQI Rights

October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 Meagan Torello 1 Comment Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Samantha Power, United Nations, United States

by Sushant Naidu In December 2016, Earle Courtenay Rattray, the Jamaican Ambassador to the UN, mentioned that he would receive

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Leaving No One Behind: A Partnership between the United Nations and Faith-Based Organizations

September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 Meagan Torello 0 Comments Conflict, faith, FBOs, NGOs, partnership, Religion, SDGs, United Nations

By Roger Alfani In 1994, authors of the book edited by Douglas Johnson and Cynthia Sampson, Religion, the Missing Dimension

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The Brazilian Presidential Election: When Will Corruption End?

September 21, 2018September 23, 2018 Meagan Torello 8 Comments Brazil, Corruption, Democracy, Elections, Latin America, opinion

by Patricia Zanini-Graca The Brazilian presidential election of 2018 will have the largest number of candidates since the 1989 cycle

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It’s Time to Revisit Nicaragua’s Initial Position on the Paris Climate Agreement

September 7, 2018September 23, 2018 Meagan Torello 1 Comment Climate Change, Donald Trump, environment, Nicaragua, Sustainable Development Goals

by Meagan Torello In the summer of 2017, President Trump made the divisive decision to have the United States withdraw

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Defusing Venezuela

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 Dennis Meaney 0 Comments

By Julia Buxton Venezuela, location of the world’s largest crude oil reserves, sits in the increasingly congested category of 2018

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Venezuela’s Future: More of the Same?

April 20, 2018April 24, 2018 Dennis Meaney 0 Comments

Venezuela’s Future: More of the Same? How different would Venezuela be without President Nicolas Maduro? Three things are certain: 1)

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Latin American Resource Populism in the Early 21st Century

April 19, 2018June 1, 2018 Dennis Meaney 0 Comments

by Marten Brienen In recent years, a wave of populism has come over much of the world. In the United