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WEBAS/COA hosts heads of state from the Western Hemisphere in conjunction with opening debate of the UN General Assembly and throughout the year. Latin American Cities Conferences. Each year, AS/COA hosts public conferences and private, off-the-record meetings throughout Latin America, creating spaces for …
Explainer: What Is Petrocaribe? - AS/COA
WEBMay 10, 2013 · Origins and Members of Petrocaribe. The concept of an energy agreement between Venezuela and Caribbean and Central American countries under the late President Hugo Chávez’s administration emerged in October 2000, with the signing of the Caracas Energy Agreement. This accord allowed for low-interest Venezuelan oil exports to Belize, Costa ...
Explainer: What Is Mercosur? - AS/COA
WEBAug 2, 2012 · The Southern Common Market—known as Mercosur in Spanish and Mercosul in Portuguese—is one of the world’s leading economic blocs, its fifth-largest economy. Mercosur is made up of four member countries: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The group encompasses 295 million people and has a …
Chart: How U.S. Latinos Voted in the 2020 Presidential Election
WEBNov 5, 2020 · Talk about the Latino vote surged after incumbent President Donald Trump picked up Florida’s 29 electoral votes early on Tuesday evening. Indeed, the Cuban-American vote in Florida was decisive, breaking 56-41 for the Republican incumbent compared to an even 49-49 split among non-Cuban voters. But the Latino vote in Florida is a …
Explainer: What Is the OAS? - AS/COA
WEBThis explainer details the organization’s origins, members, structure, and goals, as well as recent developments and controversies. Origins and Background. The Organization of American States (OAS) was founded on April 30, 1948, in Bogota, Colombia, with 21 countries signing the original charter. A precursor dates back to 1890, when 18 ...
Explainer: Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP)
WEBAug 3, 2018 · The system is known as the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP). Negotiators from the Juan Manuel Santos government and the FARC, as the guerrilla group (now converted into a political party) is known, developed the JEP structure as part of a landmark September 2015 agreement on transitional justice. The ideology behind transitional justice is ...
Explainer: Who's Who in Colombia's 2022 Presidential Race
WEBMay 20, 2022 · Team Colombia, We Believe Colombia. Gutiérrez, 47, won Team Colombia’s nomination with 2.2 million ballots—faring better than the tight race some pre-election polls had forecast.. A civil engineer by training, Gutiérrez first served on the Medellín city council from 2004 to 2011 before narrowly edging out Democratic Center’s candidate to win the city’s mayoral race in an upset in 2015.
The 2021 Capacity to Combat Corruption Index - AS/COA
WEBJun 14, 2021 · Against this backdrop, AS/COA and Control Risks are launching the third edition of the Capacity to Combat Corruption (CCC) Index. The index was launched in 2019 to assess Latin American countries’ ability to detect, punish, and prevent corruption. The third edition of the CCC Index covers 15 Latin American countries, providing year-on-year ...
Chart: Evaluating Latin American Democracies in 2022 - AS/COA
WEBJan 11, 2022 · Per IDEA’s Global State of Democracy Report 2021, released last November, most Latin American democracies are holding steady, if not stagnating, at mid-range levels of quality. But according to Latinobarómetro’s 2021 report published the same month, there’s a growing indifference among citizens in …
Explainer: Seven Points on Nicaragua's Massive Canal Project
WEBJan 14, 2015 · The canal's backers say it will provide a needed boost to Nicaragua's economy, which in 2013 grew at a rate of 4.6 percent and in 2014 grew at a slower 4.2 percent, according to World Bank estimates. The government estimates that the canal's development will double economic growth, increasing it to upwards of 10 percent.