Latin America

Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Romance languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, and French are predominantly spoken. Some subnational regions such as Quebec and parts of the United States where Romance languages are primarily spoken are not included due to the countries as a whole being a part of Anglo America (an exception to this is Puerto Rico, which is almost always included within the definition of Latin America despite being a territory of the United States). The term is broader than categories such as Hispanic America, which specifically refers to Spanish-speaking …

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WRI: World Resources Institute · 5 September 2024 English

WRI, alongside its partners, organized a ‘‘high-level stakeholder consultative forum’’ to explore the interventions needed to scale the adoption of productive use of renewable energy in smallholder agricultural sector. The …

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MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 26 July 2024 English

Since the end of the Second World War, the US’s engagement in South Asia has undergone changes in response to evolving geopolitical dynamics in the region and the global landscape. …

Pacific Islands, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. This collaborative effort is essential for with countries in Central Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Moreover, it has fostered military and trade Security Strategy, 15-16 Lama, Dalai, 57 NATO, 63 Latin America, 99, 110 Nehru, Jawaharlal, 23, 25, 173 Li Jiming


24 July 2024 English

East and Africa, so when the UNHCR notes that 42% of the world’s new asylum seekers come from Latin America and the Caribbean, it underlies the dramatic human cost and the high level of insecurity that

Policy Brief Violence and Politics in Latin America: A Long and Tragic History By Nizar Messari PB - what some refer to as the endemic violence in Latin America. I explore its risks, consequences, and the the UNHCR, because of criminal violence in Latin America and the Caribbean, 42% of the world’s new asylum neither new nor recent, and it concerns most of Latin America. In most countries of the region, violence is sustainable development and to economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. And the International Monetary


IRENA: International Renewable Energy Agency · 23 July 2024 English

Renewable energy

infrastructure development in Panama, as in the rest of Latin America, was conceived under assumptions of climate impactos [Effects of climate change on coastal Latin America and the Caribbean: Impacts]”, Comisión Económica development in Latin America and the Caribbean]”, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean


NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) · 22 July 2024 English

The economic reforms under way and the economic & institutional reforms on the agenda for the next few years, will sustain growth of per capita GDP at 7% during the …

to the standard pattern in Europe & USA, in Latin America the peak was earlier and lower, while in East


CWS: Church World Service · 19 July 2024 English

Idania*, a 36-year-old Central American woman, is traveling with her 8-year-old son and is one of the families forcibly evicted from Plaza Giordano Bruno in the Juárez neighborhood of Mexico …



World Bank Group · 18 July 2024 English

The Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) measures the time container ships spend in port, making it an important point of reference for stakeholders in the global economy. These stakeholders include …

found on North-South trades to and from Africa, Latin America, and Oceania, as well as Transatlantic services start to emerge as stock vessels for Africa, Latin America, and Oceania trades. There is some presence 1,500 to 5,000 TEUs Intra-regional Africa Latin America Oceania Transatlantic Shanghai –Manila Rotterdam–Genoa 10 10 10 1.00 5,000 to 8,500 TEUs Africa Latin America Oceania Transatlantic Asia–Middle East Hong


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 18 July 2024 English

Lessons from Regional Responses to Security, Health and Environmental Challenges in Latin America explores these three areas in terms of governance challenges post-COVID-19. Editor Ivo Ganchev brings together

Security, Health and Environmental Challenges in Latin America explores these three areas in terms of governance


SEI: Stockholm Environment Institute · 18 July 2024 English

Using the Land Change Modeler (LCM) and Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-Offs (InVEST), this study assesses carbon sequestration changes across Land Use and Cover (LULC) types in Thailand’s …

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