Latin America & the Caribbean

Photo: The British destroyer HMS Coventry (D118) underway in the Atlantic Ocean, circa in 1981. In the background is the U.S. Navy frigate USS Bagley (FF-1069). Wikimedia Commons.

Malvinas, Falklands and the Lines on the Map for the United Kingdom

Viewpoint by Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. and Jainendra Karn

Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. is an ex-diplomat & ALCAP’s Special Adviser for Asia & Africa and Jainendra Karn is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of IDN-InDepth News.

NEW DELHI (IDN) — A recent Tweet by Piers Morgan about the impending and inevitable collapse of the United Kingdom reminded one of the Twitter post made in February 2022 titled “Will British brinkmanship result in Argentina getting Malvinas (Falklands) back in 2023-24?.”

: Opinion Editor; OPINION; 14 May 2022

Image: Map of the Caribbean from CIA's The World Factbook

Caribbean Foreign Relations and Super-Power Politics of Putin’s Ukraine War

Viewpoint by P.I. Gomes

Dr P.I. Gomes is retired Ambassador of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union and former Secretary-General of ACP Group of State, now the Organisation of African, the Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (IDN) — Recent events of the Russia-Ukraine war bring in their wake untold upheavals across Europe.

: Dr. Patrick Gomes; SUSTAINABILITY; Peace & Justice; 23 April 2022

Photo: Chilean president Gabriel Boric celebrates following his election victory in December 2021. His rise to power and prospective victories for leftist candidates in key elections in Latin America in 2022 have fuelled talk of a new 'pink tide' of progressive politics in the region. (Image: Fotografoencampana / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Can Latin America’s New ‘Pink Tide’ Turn Green?

This article was issued by the Diálogo China and is being republished under the Creative Commons licence.

Viewpoint by Felipe Betim

SÃO PAULO, Brazil (IDN) — Much like the early 2000s, Latin America could be on the brink of a new “pink tide”—but one that is awash with another colour. Gabriel Boric won Chile’s presidential elections last December promising “development compatible with the environment”.

: Opinion Editor; OPINION; 06 April 2022

Photo: CTBTO Executive Secretary Floyd meets Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit. Credit: CTBTO

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Support the Nuclear Test Ban

By Reinhard Jacobsen

VIENNA (IDN) — The Commonwealth of Dominica announced its decision early February to join the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) that bans nuclear explosions by everyone, everywhere—on the Earth's surface, in the atmosphere, underwater and underground. The Treaty was signed 26 years ago but it has yet to enter into force.

: Reinhard Jacobsen; ARMAMENTS; Nuclear Weapons; 25 February 2022

US Democracy Crisis: Are We in CARICOM Assessing the Situation?

Viewpoint by Elizabeth Morgan

This article was issued by the CARICOM TODAY on January 26. The writer is specialist in International Trade Policy and International Politics.

KINGSTON (IDN) — On January 11, I wrote about the USA hosting the 9th Summit of the Americas and mentioned the weakened state of democracy in that country. The Economists Intelligence Unit, in its Democracy Index, ranked the USA as a flawed democracy. In fact, as I wrote that article, I wondered whether the USA could be invited to the Summit it is hosting, given that a criterion for attendance is adhering strictly to democratic principles.

: Opinion Editor; OPINION; 27 January 2022

The Anti-Colonial Roots of Relations Between Cuba and Africa

By Kester Kenn Klomegah*

MOSCOW (IDN) — Many Africans remember Fidel Castro and Ernesto Guevara, internationalist symbols in the struggles for the independence of the peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean. Africa and Cuba have maintained cordial relations for decades, before and after the Cold War.

: Kester Kenn Klomegah; THE WORLD; Africa; 21 January 2022

Photo: A view of the Palacio de La Moneda (the seat of the President of the Republic of Chile) from the Constitution Square in downtown Santiago. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

The New State of Chile Needs a New Army

Viewpoint by Alejandro Kirk*

This article was issued by Other News and is being republished with their permission.

SANTIAGO, Chile (IDN) — The myth that in Chile the military is basically disciplined, professional, non-deliberative and respectful of the democratic decisions of the people seems to be floating again in the country, in relation to the tasks of the Constitutional Convention convened last year to draft Chile’s first ever democratically-conceived Constitution.

: Opinion Editor; OPINION; 19 January 2022

UN Report Concerned About Hunger and Food Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Jaya Ramachandran

ROME (IDN) — The rise in hunger and food insecurity levels that have been occurring in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2015, were exacerbated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The region is now even further off-track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 2.1 to end hunger and achieve food security, according to the latest Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition.

: Jaya Ramachandran; SUSTAINABILITY; Health & Well Being; 06 January 2022

Photo: Gabriel Boric, Chile's Left-wing leader, designated President. Source: CounterCurrents.org

Chile's Left-wing Leader Wins Presidential Elections

Viewpoint by Yanis Iqbal

ALIGARH, India (IDN) — The 2021 presidential election in Chile has resulted in the victory of the Left candidate Gabriel Boric. With nearly 56% of the vote, he has won by a margin of more than 10 percentage points—most presidents had hitherto secured only four or five point leads.

In absolute terms, this is a record majority, with some 4.6 million votes cast for Boric, putting him almost 1 million votes ahead of the pro-Pinochet candidate, Juan Antonio Kast, who obtained 44%. These electoral outcomes were marked by political polarization.

: Opinion Editor; OPINION; 26 December 2021

Time For Reforms in Latin America and The Caribbean to Address Long-Standing Challenges

Viewpoint by Alicia Bárcena, Sergio Díaz-Granados, Mathias Cormann, Jutta Urpilainen*

The following is the text of the editorial in the 'Latin American Economic Outlook 2021: Working Together for a Better Recovery'.

PARIS (IDN) — Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been the region worst affected by the pandemic and is only re-emerging from what is the deepest recession in the region’s history.