Rubi Bledsoe

Jan 15, 2025 | csis.org | Ryan Berg |Rubi Bledsoe |Michael Ferguson

The IssueBeyond providing supplemental income for Mexican households, remittances—funds sent by migrants to friends and families in their home country—provide a stable flow of developmental finance to the poorest subregions of the country, which have not historically benefited from international capital flows, such as development aid or foreign direct investment.

Jan 9, 2025 | csis.org | Christopher Hernandez-Roy |Juliana Rubio |Henry Ziemer |Rubi Bledsoe

Latin America has witnessed some of the homicide rates in the world, largely driven by gang violence and transnational criminal groups. Throughout the Western Hemisphere, states have experimented with many types of security policies; however, one stands out for its political popularity and the frequency with which it is employed—mano dura. Mano dura is defined by experts Lucía Dammert et al.

Oct 28, 2024 | csis.org | Ryan Berg |Christopher Hernandez-Roy |Rubi Bledsoe |Henry Ziemer

From October 22–24, 2024, BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—met in the Russian city of Kazan for their highly anticipated yearly summit. While BRICS summits rarely produce groundbreaking final documents, a product of their internal diversity, this summit was notable for several developments. It saw the addition of Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their first summit.

Sep 19, 2024 | csis.org | Ilaria Mazzocco |Ryan Berg |Rubi Bledsoe

The IssueCountries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are navigating a new geopolitical moment. Some LAC countries are benefitting from increased access to low-cost, high-quality electric vehicles (EVs) and new investment throughout the value chain from China that can help meet governments’ climate and economic objectives.

Jul 1, 2024 | csis.org | Ryan Berg |Rubi Bledsoe

IntroductionFrom January 22 to February 1, 2024, Ecuador received visits by the commander of the United States Southern Command, the deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Counternarcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, the U.S. special presidential advisor for the Americas, and mayors of a number of European port cities acutely affected by drug trafficking, such as Antwerp, Hamburg, and Rotterdam. This came after an eruption of violence in Ecuador in early January.