... President Bolsonaro in Brazil, there is often talk about the granting of military bases to the United States army on the soil of the South American country, and possible concertation between the two states in war and strategic affairs. The dream of a united Latin America, which was interpreted at the beginning of the 21
st
century above all on the economic level, thanks to institutions such as MERCOSUR, has however strong political implications. The rift that seems to open up in Latin America between very ...
... to the Russian Federation.
On January 23, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Ricardo Lagorio, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to the Russian Federation.
The discussion focused on the Council’s 2020 work plans on Latin American research track, including the analytical report on relations between Russia and the countries of the continent, to be prepared jointly by RIAC and RAS Institute of Latin American Studies. The current foreign policy trends of Latin American ...
India and Latin America are embracing new strategic choices and diversifying into new strategic options towards recasting and transforming their once-staid mutual relationship
For a nation that has routinely punched below its weight in global affairs, engagement,...
Pablo Kuczynski’s presidency can be generally assessed as unsuccessful
In the past few years, the previously monolithic political panorama of Latin America, marked by restrained competition between the two models — conditionally left and right — but generally stable since the mid-2000s until the mid-2010s, has been subject to centrifugal tendencies. First, consider the countries of the ...
... presidential and local elections going off over the next twelve months “political marketing” by globalist interests, the growing influence of narcocracies, and apologists for historically corrupt mainstream parties are alienating prospective voters in Latin America.This is happening at the very moment that their right to popular sovereignty is being threatened by social media conversations (mostly “fake news” that at best has a tangential connection to realpolitik) in the name of “transparency”and ...
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a dynamically developing region that is full of contrasts. On the one hand, no other region in the world can boast such cultural unity, with a common language (with the exception of Brazil), a single faith and ...
... facing the region, hope for a genuinely progressive Mercosur looks increasingly threatened.
Marcelo Montes
, professor of international relations at the National University of Villa Maria in Argentina, shares his views on the integration process in Latin America and suggests what Russia can do to avoid making the same mistakes.
Mercosur is facing a lot of problems nowadays, partly due to controversy over the Venezuelan presidency. How is the situation going to develop from your point of view?
Mercosur ...
... Ibero-America in a Globalizing World: History and Modernity" held at St. Petersburg State University to present its report "
Russia-Mexico Relations: Traditional Basics and Imperatives for Renovation
" produced by Director of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies Vladimir Davydov and Ambassador Valery Morozov, both RIAC experts, who familiarized the audience with the key points of the paper.
Dr. Davydov focused on the report's practical aspects, the staple of all RIAC's analytical materials,...
... Colombia, where drug trafficking is a serious challenge). Another threat comes from across the ocean from African countries, primarily Guinea-Bissau, which has been actively involved in drug trafficking as part of the global route to deliver cocaine from Latin America to the European Union.
As for the engagement of the Brazilian Navy in international operations, the best-known incidents include the fleet’s role in securing Brazil’s mission to Haiti and participation of Niterói-class ...
Russia and China on the Latin American Arms Market
Argentina: Fighting on the Outskirts
The fledgling military-technical cooperation between Russia and Argentina was the subject of a recent
article
. The only recent contracts between the two parties are the delivery of two ...
