With more than 80 percent of the global burden of disease related to water, sanitation, and hygiene, and with water scarcity projected to affect 1.8 billion people by 2025, many in the water community have been wondering what the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development...

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Mexico hosts the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Haiti holds presidential and legislative elections, marked by irregularities. Costa Rica appeals to the International Court...

This report represents the first step in an 18-month CSIS initiative focused on how the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) countries and South Africa are influencing activities, practices, and strategies in the area of global health diplomacy. Whether and how the BRICs...

Lawmakers in Panama repeal a controversial law affecting labor codes and environmental considerations. Mexican president Felipe Calderón submits to Congress a proposal to overhaul and unify the Mexico’s disparate police forces. Venezuela’s President Hugo...

Canadian prime minister vetoes proposal to extend the detention period for asylum seekers in Canada. Haiti prepares to elect a new president and legislators in November. Mexican president announces a plan to protect journalists in...

On the afternoon of World Water Day, March 22, 2010, the Global Water Futures Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., hosted an event entitled “Paths Forward for the Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)...

On March 17, 2010, the CSIS Americas Program, in partnership with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF), and the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, hosted a half-day conference entitled “The Challenge of Chronic...

Energy ministers from across the Americas met with other groups to launch the Energy and Climate Partnerships of the Americas. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates met with officials from Peru, Colombia, and Barbados to...

The governors of the Inter-American Development Bank agreed to replenish the bank’s capital for the first time since 1995. As the reconstruction processbegins in Haiti, the United States and the rest of the world are showing their support and learning...

Q1: What is World Water Day?

A1: World Water Day is celebrated each year on March 22. The annual commemoration of international activities dedicated to addressing global water challenges builds on a series of recommendations made ...

A new regional organization has been created by all of the countries of the region except the United States and Canada. The new United States budget proposal features significant cuts for aid to Latin America. Canada has announced new aid efforts to help rebuild Haiti....

Spanish translation of Trafficking in the Mesoamerican Corridor (CSIS, November 2009).