Uber y el Transporte Público: una Relación Complicada Wednesday, October 13th, 2021 - Nicolas Zerbino
Las consecuencias de la militarización de la seguridad pública en la fortaleza del Estado mexicano Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 - Guillermo Guevara Gomez
China y África Subsahariana: la asociación agrícola que busca resolver la Inseguridad Alimenticia y la Pobreza Extrema Monday, October 11th, 2021 - Gabriel Prado Correa
Bookmark?Remove? Drug Cartels, Politics, and Violence in Mexico June 4th, 2021 - Ernesto Truqui The strategic decision by Mexican drug cartels to assassinate local government officials and politicians in the past 15 years has been surprising, to say the least. Since the 1990s cartels understood that their success depend... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Eliminating Independent Agencies in Mexico: “Don’t Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater” May 29th, 2021 - Sofia Potes Arredondo Jose Francisco Lara contributed to this piece.Imagine that a populist tried to eliminate independent agencies such as the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the Federal Election Commission or the Securities and Exchange Commiss... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Can Conditional Cash Transfers Strengthen Democracy in Latin America? April 5th, 2021 - César Morales Oyarvide The implementation of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs has been one of the most salient social policy features for Latin America in recent years. Through these programs, lower-income households receive government reso... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Surveillance and Mexico City’s Informal Economy March 30th, 2021 - Antonio Villalpando-Acuña As of January 2021, myriad cities around the world have video surveillance systems operating under all levels of government administration. This technological feature of megalopoli and smart cities varies considerably in term... More »
Bookmark?Remove? COVID-19: The Increasing Gender Gap of Venezuela’s Migrant Population March 15th, 2021 - Ana Vasquez The humanitarian, political, economic, and social crisis in Venezuela has caused more than 5.2 million citizens to flee the country. This phenomenon is the “greatest exodus of modern history in Latin America, and one of the b... More »
Bookmark?Remove? The Latin American Monument Debate: Reckoning with the Region’s Colonial Past March 8th, 2021 - Alejandro Roemer On October 10, 2020, Mexico’s government removed the Christopher Columbus statue from its pedestal in Reforma, Mexico City´s most prominent avenue. The capital´s mayor affirmed that the statue would be returned after undergoi... More »
Bookmark?Remove? The “Miracle” Tumbled with a Pandemic: Poverty and COVID-19 in Peru March 8th, 2021 - Angelo Cozzubo From 2004 to 2019, Peru experienced some of the highest growth rates in its history; over the same period of time, its poverty rate dropped from 58.7% to 20.2%. This phenomenon was called the “Peruvian miracle,” yet Peru has ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? The Developing World Needs More Equitable International Financial Frameworks March 8th, 2021 - Andrés Fortunato The COVID-19 pandemic has brought strenuous financial stress to governments all over the world. A specter is haunting developing countries: how are we going to finance the needed massive stimulus packages during and after the... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Why do Mexicans Vote? An Analysis of the 2018 Elections March 8th, 2021 - César Morales Oyarvide Mexico’s 2018 elections marked the arrival to power of a new political party and a president with rarely seen popular support. Despite this event’s relevance in the country’s political life, evidence-based explanations are st... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Debilidad estatal y violencia: dos caras de la misma moneda March 8th, 2019 - Manuel Bustamante ¿Por qué Colombia ha experimentado niveles tan altos de violencia? La respuesta tiene que ver, en gran medida, con la debilidad estatal. Dentro de las características que definen a un Estado moderno destaca la capacidad de pr... More »