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Hemispheric Updates
Year in Review: Latin America in 2015 and What's ahead in 2016
December 16, 2015
/ Elizabeth Gonzalez / Luisa Leme / Pablo Medina Uribe / Holly K. Sonneland / Carin Zissis

Corruption, commodity price drops, and game-changing elections. What do Latin America’s biggest events of 2015 mean for the year to come?

Colombia
Venezuela
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Haiti
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Argentina
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Paris Update: North America's Role in COP21 Climate Negotiations
December 15, 2015
/ Christian Gómez, Jr.

Canada, Mexico, and the United States served as key players in the negotiations, making important policy moves and concessions.

North America
Environment & Sustainability
Venezuelan voters line up on December 6.
Hemispheric Updates
Venezuela Update: Opposition Wins Supermajority
December 7, 2015
/ Holly K. Sonneland

The opposition gained a historic victory—and a supermajority—in the National Assembly in December 6 elections.

Venezuela
Democracy & Elections
Nicolas Maduro voting in Venezuela elections
Hemispheric Updates
Update: Fast Facts about Venezuela's December 6 Elections
December 3, 2015
/ Holly K. Sonneland

Chavistas could lose control of the legislature.

Venezuela
Democracy & Elections
Weapons seized by police in Brazil.
Hemispheric Updates
Brazil Update: Congress to Consider Bill Loosening Gun Control
November 24, 2015
/ Rachel Glickhouse

Passed in committee earlier this month, the new statute would make it easier to buy and register weapons.

Brazil
Rule of Law & Anti-Corruption
Security & Defense
Cuban migrants
Hemispheric Updates
Update: By Land or Sea, Cuban Migration Grows
November 19, 2015
/ Elizabeth Gonzalez

Cuban migrants are choosing new routes to the United States amid concerns that warming relations could mean policy changes.

Cuba
Immigration
U.S. Policy
Scioli and Macri
Hemispheric Updates
Argentina Update: Debate and Polls before the Runoff Vote
November 18, 2015
/ Holly K. Sonneland

Mauricio Macri and Daniel Scioli will face each other for a historic second round on November 22.

Argentina
Democracy & Elections
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