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Nov 7, 2024 | 
as-coa.org | Luisa Leme
Business leaders from Riverwood Capital, Rappi, and VTEX talk about investing in the region and what it takes to build billion-dollar companies.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
as-coa.org | Luisa Leme
Political analyst Thomas Traumann examines gains by the opposition, as well as Lula's scenario for 2026 amid deep political divides. On October 6, 155 million Brazilians in over 5,500 cities voted for mayors and town council members. Analysts have pointed to the fact that centrist parties gained many local seats to argue that the ideological polarization seen at national-level politics were not as prevalent in these municipal elections.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
as-coa.org | Luisa Leme |Khalea Robertson
By Luisa Leme and Khalea Robertson Nicolás Saldías of the Economist Intelligence Unit profiles the frontrunners and discusses the stakes of a pension question on the October 27 ballot. With the election less than a month away, it’s anyone’s call as to who will be Uruguay’s next president. A clear lead for the leftist opposition candidate in the first round of voting on October 27 disappears in a likely second round scenario, according to voter intention polls.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
as-coa.org | Luisa Leme |Chase Harrison
By Luisa Leme and Chase Harrison NetLab’s Marie Santini and University of Palermo’s Agustina Del Campo cover the X shutdown and the regional panorama of social media regulation. Where did the Brazilians go? That’s the question users of Twitter/X were left asking on August 31 after Federal Judge Alexandre de Moraes successfully shut the platform down for millions of Brazilians.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
as-coa.org | Carin Zissis |Luisa Leme |Chase Harrison |Brian Winter
By Carin Zissis , Luisa Leme and Chase Harrison In episode 200, Pew’s Mark Hugo Lopez, AQ’s Brian Winter, and AS/COA’s Carin Zissis talk electoral shifts in Mexico, the U.S., and across Latin America. Our latest edition of Latin America in Focus marks a major milestone: Episode 200. Over the course of the eight years since its launch, AS/COA’s flagship podcast has covered a range of issues.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
as-coa.org | Luisa Leme
WMO’s Rodney Martinez and Acción Andina’s Florent Kaiser explain Latin American countries task ahead to address the region’s water scarcity woes. Lately it seems like the largest freshwater source in the world is running dry. Latin Americans’ water access levels are 300 percent higher per capita than the rest of the world. And yet, 150 million people in the region live in water-scarce areas. Drought affected the number of ships crossing the Panama Canal, affecting global trade.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
as-coa.org | Luisa Leme
Transparency International’s Luciana Torchiaro explains which countries are falling short—as well as bright spots—in the fight against corruption. First the good news. Generally, Latin Americans don’t feel their countries have gotten more corrupt. Now the bad news: They don’t feel it’s gotten much better either.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
as-coa.org | Luisa Leme
Transparency International’s Luciana Torchiaro explains which countries are falling short—as well as bright spots—in the fight against corruption. First the good news. Generally, Latin Americans don’t feel their countries have gotten more corrupt. Now the bad news: They don’t feel it’s gotten much better either.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Roberta Braga |Michael Paarlberg |Chase Harrison |Carin Zissis |Luisa Leme
2024 will be a big year for Latin American elections, and the first one takes place in El Salvador. Popular President Nayib Bukele is likely to win a race that showcases his regional—and global—influence. Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas’ Roberta Braga explains how Bukele’s social media strategy spreads beyond El Salvador’s borders and calls for a rethink of how online disinformation.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
as-coa.org | Alejandro Zambra |Megan McDowell |Luisa Leme |Chase Harrison
Most of us can easily name Latin American authors we love. Whether it’s Gabriel García Márquez, Clarice Lispector, or Valeria Luiselli, authors from the region are beloved across the world. But did you know that it wasn’t until 1890 that the first translation of a Latin American book was completed? In this episode of Latin America in Focus, we are spotlighting the underappreciated heroes who enable that exchange: translators.
