Search: Latin America (43 materials)

 

Peru: Searching for a Development Model

Pablo Kuczynski’s presidency can be generally assessed as unsuccessful In the past few years, the previously monolithic political panorama of Latin America, marked by restrained competition between the two models — conditionally left and right — but generally stable since the mid-2000s until the mid-2010s, has been subject to centrifugal tendencies. First, consider the countries of the ...

13.04.2018

El Comercio names the senior Peruvian politicians involved in big Odebrecht scandal

... presidential and local elections going off over the next twelve months “political marketing” by globalist interests, the growing influence of narcocracies, and apologists for historically corrupt mainstream parties are alienating prospective voters in Latin America.This is happening at the very moment that their right to popular sovereignty is being threatened by social media conversations (mostly “fake news” that at best has a tangential connection to realpolitik) in the name of “transparency”and ...

22.11.2017

Marcelo Montes: The Future of Mercosur Is Now in Question

... facing the region, hope for a genuinely progressive Mercosur looks increasingly threatened. Marcelo Montes , professor of international relations at the National University of Villa Maria in Argentina, shares his views on the integration process in Latin America and suggests what Russia can do to avoid making the same mistakes. Mercosur is facing a lot of problems nowadays, partly due to controversy over the Venezuelan presidency. How is the situation going to develop from your point of view? Mercosur ...

07.07.2016

Russia's Interest to Latin America Undiminished

... Ibero-America in a Globalizing World: History and Modernity" held at St. Petersburg State University to present its report " Russia-Mexico Relations: Traditional Basics and Imperatives for Renovation " produced by Director of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies Vladimir Davydov and Ambassador Valery Morozov, both RIAC experts, who familiarized the audience with the key points of the paper. Dr. Davydov focused on the report's practical aspects, the staple of all RIAC's analytical materials,...

05.10.2015

Brazilian Navy: Protecting Stranger Coasts

... Colombia, where drug trafficking is a serious challenge). Another threat comes from across the ocean from African countries, primarily Guinea-Bissau, which has been actively involved in drug trafficking as part of the global route to deliver cocaine from Latin America to the European Union. As for the engagement of the Brazilian Navy in international operations, the best-known incidents include the fleet’s role in securing Brazil’s mission to Haiti and participation of Niterói-class ...

18.09.2015

Battle for the Andes

Russia and China on the Latin American Arms Market Argentina: Fighting on the Outskirts The fledgling military-technical cooperation between Russia and Argentina was the subject of a recent article . The only recent contracts between the two parties are the delivery of two ...

09.07.2015

The EU-CELAC Summit in Brussels: New Horizons or New Geopolitical Schemes?

This is the main question in the wake of the 8th EU-LAC summit held in Brussels on June 10-12, 2015. It is worth recalling that the first bi-regional meeting of the heads of state and government of Latin America and the Caribbean with their counterparts from the European Union was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1999. These regional summits take place every two years in order to review transcontinental cooperation and map out plans for the future. After ...

17.06.2015

Internet in Latin America: Reality and Future in Digital Terms

With the arrival of 21st century, the Internet has become a key factor in global development, although Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is often seen as one of the poorest and socially insecure regions, largely bypassed by global technological trends. However, LAC has is playing a dynamic role in the virtual space, as university-based advanced technologies ...

21.04.2015
 

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