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35 West

The CSIS Americas Program podcast looks at the politics and policies of the 35 countries in the Western Hemisphere. It especially focuses on U.S. engagement with the region, whether on trade, diplomac... Read more

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Apprehensive at the Border

Apprehensive at the Border

The former Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Alan Bersin, explains exactly how the Trump Adm... Read more

28 Jun 2018

36mins

Ranked #2

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Unsafe Space: Mexico’s Security Problem

Unsafe Space: Mexico’s Security Problem

The security situation in Mexico remains grim, and is a major theme of Mexico’s presidential campaign. David Shedd, form... Read more

3 May 2018

37mins

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Show Me the Money: Are Sanctions on Venezuela Working?

Show Me the Money: Are Sanctions on Venezuela Working?

As Venezuela endures an upcoming presidential election on May 20th, widely seen as illegitimate, the U.S. and other like... Read more

16 May 2018

44mins

Ranked #4

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Good Cop, Bad Cop: Are US-Mexican Relations Better Than They Seem?

Good Cop, Bad Cop: Are US-Mexican Relations Better Than They Seem?

Mexico expert Shannon O’Neil of the Council on Foreign Relations gives her take on the Mexican economy, NAFTA, and Presi... Read more

12 Apr 2018

28mins

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How To Get to a Start-Up Continent

How To Get to a Start-Up Continent

How do entire economies become more innovative?  Jackson Streeter, an expert on technology transfer, maps the ecosystem ... Read more

26 Apr 2018

25mins

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Coming Home

Coming Home

Images of migrants charging the U.S. border obscure a larger trend. Many Mexican and Central American migrants are retur... Read more

24 Jan 2019

27mins

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Troika of Punditry

Troika of Punditry

The Axis of Evil is out, the Troika of Tyranny is in. Are Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba the prisms through which U.S. p... Read more

8 Nov 2018

35mins

Ranked #8

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AMLO Wins Big

AMLO Wins Big

Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s big victory in Mexico may mean changes for the U.S. Shannon O’Neil of the Council on Forei... Read more

12 Jul 2018

26mins

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Who’s on First, What Comes Next?

Who’s on First, What Comes Next?

Juan Guaidó, the 35-year old legitimate head of the Venezuelan National Assembly, is facing off against Nicolas Maduro, ... Read more

7 Feb 2019

23mins

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North of the Border

North of the Border

Texas is greatly affected by tariffs, trade, and travel across the U.S. southern border. Matthew Rooney, director of the... Read more

17 Jan 2019

28mins

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Not Like a G7

Not Like a G7

President Trump got very mad at Prime Minister Trudeau at the recent G7 Summit in Canada. Christopher Sands of the Schoo... Read more

21 Jun 2018

35mins

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Party Like It's 2018

Party Like It's 2018

Democrats now run the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Does it matter for Latin America? According to former Bush off... Read more

10 Jan 2019

29mins

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Blockchain Can Help Venezuela

Blockchain Can Help Venezuela

How low can Venezuela go?  We’ve been predicting its collapse for a year, but it’s still around.  Moises Rendon, our res... Read more

19 Jul 2018

27mins

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Who’s Hispanic Here?

Who’s Hispanic Here?

Arguably no state is more politically important than Florida, which has become an electoral microcosm for the whole coun... Read more

3 Jan 2019

27mins

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Who Moved My Monopoly?

Who Moved My Monopoly?

Mexico’s government has surrendered its monopoly on the use of force, while large Mexican companies exert one in the mar... Read more

27 Dec 2018

46mins

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Maduro’s Deadline: January 10th

Maduro’s Deadline: January 10th

January 10, the date a new presidential period begins, represents an unprecedented opportunity for the international com... Read more

18 Dec 2018

31mins

Ranked #17

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What Will AMLO and Bolsonaro Do To Energy Markets?

What Will AMLO and Bolsonaro Do To Energy Markets?

New leaders in Mexico and Brazil may mean big changes to their respective energy sectors. Energy expert Lisa Viscidi of ... Read more

13 Dec 2018

25mins

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What’s Left in Venezuela’s Policy Toolkit?

What’s Left in Venezuela’s Policy Toolkit?

Current international pressure on the Venezuelan regime has not been enough to help restore the country’s democracy – at... Read more

29 Nov 2018

23mins

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Welcome to My House

Welcome to My House

Gone are hopes for a swift congressional ratification of USMCA with the House returning to the Democrats in January. Is ... Read more

14 Nov 2018

30mins

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Free Fallin’

Free Fallin’

Bolsonaro in Brazil, migrants in Mexico, plebiscites on planes, and (assistant) Secretaries of State. Eric Farnsworth of... Read more

31 Oct 2018

36mins

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