Americas

In this article at Phenomenal World, Alke Jenss and Hanna Schnieders discuss Costa Rica's proposed energy sector reform, laying out what it could mean to the role of the state and energy justice to disband Costa Rica's electricity provider ICE.

ABI staff member Fabricio Rodríguez wrote together with two interns at the ABI, Isaac Lanan and Robin Dietz, for the current issue of iz3w on the international impact of the elections in Ecuador.

ABI staff member Viviana García Pinzón's book "Trajectories of Governance" was selected as best book 2024 by the section "Defense, Public Security and Democracy" of the Latin American Studies Association.

Viviana García Pinzón discusses Trump's increasingly aggressive foreign policy in Latin America with Security in Context on the basis of Colombia-US tensions regarding radical deportations.

In this article published by Informationsstelle Peru e.V., Fabricio Rodríguez and Jhan Carlos Ayquipa Mallqui analyse the local challenges posed by the chinese-funded economic project aiming to boost the trade between China and Peru.

Radio reports and a video on the study day of the Catholic Academy of Freiburg explore conflicts over water and hydropower in Latin America. 

In a blog entry, Viviana García Pinzón discusses the security crisis in Ecuador.

In a blog entry, Viviana García Pinzón discusses autocratization and security policy in El Salvador.

The crisis in Ecuador is another example of the security policy challenges in Latin America. Viviana García Pinzón analyzes the measures taken by the government.