Widening the Aperture: Nearshoring in Our ‘Near Abroad’ (an Executive Summary)
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The full report, of which this is the Executive Summary, was originally published by the Latin American Program at the Wilson Center, a U.S.-based public policy institute.
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The Biden administration’s domestic economic plans could end up harming or helping the Greater Caribbean Basin. If “Building Back Better – Buy American” becomes a call for U.S. firms to restrict overseas activities in favor of the United States, the rest of the region will be adversely affected since foreign investment and trade are key drivers of growth. Conversely, if the United States allows other Caribbean Basin countries to be eligible for components of its ambitious domestic agenda, it could simultaneously increase U.S. competitiveness and provide benefits to the region that far outweigh any traditional foreign assistance programs. Depe
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Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden, Xi Jingping | Art by Joaquín Temes
The United States has trotted out onto the pitch late in the game, two goals down. During Uncle Sam’s absence, the competition plucked up its courage and shone on the field, storming into an early lead.
In Latin America, China and Russia have deployed an intense form of Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy dubbed “mercantilism” by the White House, while the US adopted an “America First” public health approach, preferring to immunise its own population as rapidly as possible.
But finally, the images of dozens of cargoes of vaccines sent by Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin started to sink in for Washington, which felt that its “backyard” was being disputed by powers beyond the region. In response to these diplomatic goals, the US will be launching a global campaign to export and share its stock of vaccines “as soon as possible.”
Amidst surging rates of Covid-19 infections and sharp economic contractions, citizens in Peru and Ecuador went to the polls on 11 April 2021 in presidential and legislative elections.
Please join the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program and International IDEA on Monday, 9 April 2021, from 15:00 – 16:30 EST to discuss the latest electoral results in Ecuador and Peru and what they may signal about democratic governance in the region more broadly.
In Ecuador’s second round presidential election, conservative banker Guillermo Lasso defied predictions to win 52.4 per cent of the vote. He triumphed over Andrés Arauz, supported by former president Rafael Correa. In Peru’s first round presidential election, a candidate who had barely registered in the polls took first place: leftist candidate Pedro Castillo led the pack of 18 candidates with scarcely 17 per cent of the vote. He will face a run-off on 6 June against former lawmaker Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former pres
For her first major task as VP, Kamala Harris is handed a thorny diplomatic mission
By Liz Goodwin and Jazmine Ulloa Globe Staff,Updated April 6, 2021, 9:34 a.m.
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WASHINGTON â When President Biden charged his vice president with solving the âroot causesâ of the current migrant crisis at the southern border, she responded with surprising equanimity â and a smile.
âI gave you a tough job,â Biden said, a bit incredulous, as he announced her new role in front of a crush of reporters in the White House State Dining Room