Despite obstacles like economic austerity and culture wars, the region's film industry is booming. Brazil-based film critic Ela Bittencourt gets into how the sector is shifting.
Podcasts
Ualá founder Pierpaolo Barbieri of Argentina explains how fintech is changing financial systems in Latin America.
IMF’s Alejandro Werner talks with Bloomberg’s John Authers about the region’s economic outlook for 2020.
The Peterson Institute's Monica de Bolle explains where the country fits in an era of global uncertainty, climate change, nationalism, and Latin American discontent.
The Americas Quarterly editor-in-chief talked with "The Stack" podcast about the magazine's pluralistic approach at a crucial time for the region.
Ahead of January 26 special legislative elections, constitutional law expert Alonso Gurmendi of Universidad del Pacífico covers how the country’s Magna Carta is holding up.
Latin America Risk Report’s James Bosworth and AS/COA’s Carin Zissis look at where the region stands as another decade starts.
The AS/COA's Venezuela Working Group head says many observers have called the January 5 vote for a new National Assembly president a "sham election."
Constitutional lawyer Claudia Sarmiento explains why Chileans have been out on the streets demanding a new constitution and how gender plays into the social movement.
Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador is riding a wave of high approval. Pollster Jorge Buendía and IMCO’s Alexandra Zapata explain what could challenge that popularity.
"He became too comfortable in power," the AS/COA vice president said of former Bolivian President.
The former Bolivian president, now in exile in Mexico, "for a long time did very well," the AS/COA VP said on "What Next."
The AS/COA vice president spoke about the economic causes behind recent agitation and protests in the region.
Political scientist Maurício Santoro explains how Brazil’s relationship with Asia has warmed since Jair Bolsonaro took office a year ago.
Alberto Fernández defeated President Mauricio Macri in the first round. Juan Cruz Díaz, Cefeidas Group managing director and AS/COA special advisor, lays out the country’s political panorama.
The 2019 race might not yield major political shifts, but the next president will still face unknown territory, says Professor Arturo Porzecanski. The first round-vote takes place October 27.
The author explains how her book takes us from pre-Columbian times to today through three driving forces in Latin America’s history: mining, violence, and religion.
The nine countries where the Amazon lies need should come together to stave off deforestation, says environmental attorney Maria Antonia Tigre of PACE University.
Albright Stonebridge Group’s Muni Jensen covers the FARC’s announcement to take back up arms and how tensions with Venezuela compound the difficult situation.
"To have the once wealthiest nation in the region become a basket case is a huge tragedy," AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth told Voice of America.