Asymmetric Assault on Colombia
Colombia’s mass nationwide protests erupted on April 28, after President Ivan Duque introduced a tax reform that would have squeezed an already pandemic-weary population. The Duque government withdrew the reform f
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VRIC MONITOR No. 20 | Latin American Lawfare
OVERVIEW On Monday, March 8th, Bolivia’s former president and leader of the coca federations, Evo Morales, took a surprise trip to Buenos Aires. Less than a week later, former President Jeanine Añez was a
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VRIC MONITOR No. 19 | New COVID-19 vaccine “cold war” in Latin America
OVERVIEW In late 2019, Russia, Iran, and China carried out, for the first time-ever, a joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman as tensions heated up between Tehran and Washington. This month, the three are
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VRIC MONITOR No. 18 | Trump to Biden: America First policies aimed at weakening foreign adversaries
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VRIC MONITOR No. 17 | The Bolivarian Network is resurging in South America
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COVID-19 in Latin America
In less than a year, a novel coronavirus originating in China has changed the world as we know it. Like a biological thriller, the virus has led to an ongoing global economic recession, with industry shutdowns, and
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Latin America Lockdowns for COVID-19
How is Latin America responding to the coronavirus pandemic? Updated October 19, 2020, at 8:30 AM EST SFS tracked the range of mitigation measures taken by regional governments in Latin America in response to
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VRIC MONITOR No. 16 | Changes to Latin American Security Landscape post-October 18
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