Q&A: Eugene Zapata-Garesché on the Future of Latin American Cities
An expert on urban issues discusses trends to watch and argues cities are where the region’s political future is being forged.
Q&A: Panama Canal Authority’s Ricaurte Vásquez Morales
An interview looking at Trump’s talk, expansion plans—and why Panama might still be the best shipping option, even if the Arctic melts.
Q&A: Luisa Palacios on What 2025 Holds for Latin American Energy
An energy and finance expert sees opportunities in decarbonization, carbon markets and biofuels.
Q&A: Eduardo Levy Yeyati on a Latin American Centrist Revival
To preserve democracy and boost growth, moderates can show the way forward, argues a leading Argentine economist.
Q&A: Chile’s Ambitious Environmental Fund
Restoring the national botanical garden, which burned down in this year’s wildfires, is just one project for the relatively new national fund.
AQ Q&A: José Miguel Vivanco and Gustavo Mohme on IACHR Reform
José Miguel Vivanco, Americas Director of Human Rights Watch, and Gustavo Mohme, director of Peruvian newspaper La República, speak with Americas Quarterly about the risks of the proposed reform to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States. They explore the potential consequences and describe why it is important for … Read more
[i]AQ[/i] Q&A: Richard Aborn on Reducing Pretrial Detention Rates
Richard M. Aborn, president of the consulting firm CAAS LLC, speaks with Americas Quarterly about the consequences of high pretrial detention rates in the Americas, and explores ways of rethinking pretrial detention so that it can be made more equitable. “People linger in jail for years and years because of their poverty,” Aborn says. Poor defendants cannot … Read more
[i]AQ[/i] Q&A: Judith Morrison on Race and Ethnicity
Judith Morrison, AQ author and senior advisor at the gender and diversity unit of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), speaks with Americas Quarterly about the importance of accurately integrating racial and ethnic populations into data collection. The methods for tabulating race and ethnicity vary widely between national censuses and household surveys, especially since some countries … Read more
[i]AQ[/i] Q&A: Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco on Mixed-Status Immigrant Families
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, AQ author and Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development, speaks with Americas Quarterly about the “legal, policy, economic, and ethical considerations” that result from an estimated 5.5 million children and adolescents growing up in the United States … Read more
[i]AQ[/i] Q&A: Elizabeth Economy on China’s Global Rise
Elizabeth Economy, AQ author and C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, speaks with Americas Quarterly about how “traditionally, China’s foreign policy has trailed its economic policy” and how China’s military and diplomatic policy will increasingly step into the fore. Economy notes that there is a “significant … Read more
[i]AQ[/i] Q&A: Miguel Santillana and Cynthia Sanborn on Chinese Mining in Peru
What are the effects of China’s growing investments in Peruvian mining endeavors? AQ gets answers from Miguel Santillana, lead researcher of the Instituto del Perú at the Universidad de San Martín de Porres, and Cynthia Sanborn, director of the Universidad del Pacífico‘s Research Center. Mining, an industry that has been active since “pre-Inca ages” according … Read more
[i]AQ[/i] Q&A: Antony Bugg-Levine on Impact Investment
AQ speaks with Nonprofit Finance Fund CEO and AQ author Antony Bugg-Levine about impact investing, which he notes is “the idea that a for-profit investment can be both a morally legitimate and economically effective way to address social problems.” Bugg-Levine discusses how to address regulatory and systemic bottlenecks to be able to unleash this captial … Read more
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