South America
CSIS’s Americas Program, Project on Prosperity and Development, Economics Program, Scholl Chair in International Business, International Security Program, and Energy Security and Climate Change Program conduct research on corruption, forced displacement, involuntary migration, and the impact of the erosion of democratic institutions on U.S. and regional security.
Charting 2024 through Data
CSIS experts offer insights on some of the most important issue areas shaping the world in 2024.
Digital Report by Jaehyun Han, Brian Hart, and Heather Williams, Kelsey Hartigan, Lachlan MacKenzie, Reja Younis, Otto Svendsen, Sissy Martinez, Zane Swanson, Anita Kirschenbaum, David Michel, Henry Ziemer, Michaela Simoneau — March 19, 2024
World’s Coolest Dictator
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Ryan C. Berg — February 14, 2024
2024 Global Forecast: Vying for Influence in the Global South
Digital Report by Michelle Strucke, J. Stephen Morrison, Noam Unger, Caitlin Welsh, Richard M. Rossow, Gregory B. Poling, Ryan C. Berg, Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Craig Cohen, and Alex Kisling — February 7, 2024
The Entirely Manufactured and Dangerous Crisis over the Essequibo
Critical Questions by Ryan C. Berg and Christopher Hernandez-Roy — December 8, 2023
Recent Events
USAID/MujerProspera: Advancing Gender Equality in Northern Central America
Venezuela's Deteriorating Electoral Conditions: A Conversation with María Corina Machado
Rescheduled: The Future of the Barbados Accords: Holding the Maduro Regime Accountable
The Future of Latin America’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Digital Report Launch: Tracking Transatlantic Drug Flows through the Caribbean to Europe
Looking South: A Conversation with GEN Laura Richardson on Security Challenges in Latin America
Competing for the Future of Cloud Computing
Building the North American Semiconductor Corridor
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Mining, Climate Risks, and the Western Hemisphere
Event — January 25, 2023
Hydrogen Development in Latin America: Varying Scenarios for Chile and Paraguay
Event — December 9, 2022
The Role of Critical Minerals in the Clean Energy Transition
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — August 3, 2022
Brazil’s Economic Future in Times of Change
Event — April 19, 2022
De Minimis, Rules of Origin, and Breaking the Internet
Podcast Episode by Emily Benson, William Alan Reinsch, and Scott Miller — January 20, 2022
Renewables Transition in the Americas: Could Bioenergy Be The Future?
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — May 13, 2021
Gender Equality and Sustainability in Panama with Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk, Nina Easton, and Daniel F. Runde — May 5, 2021
Guyana: Oil, Politics, and Great Expectations
Commentary by Ben Cahill — August 3, 2020