In this episode, Margarita R. Seminario sits down with Kamilah Morain, the Head of the Trinidad and Tobago office at the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), and an expert in community-led development.

Since 2018 the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been investigating abuses perpetrated by the Venezuelan security forces. Last November, the ICC Chief Prosecutor signed a Letter of Understanding with Nicolás Maduro beginning a formal investigation—the first of its kind launched in a Latin American country.

Ryan C. Berg sits down with Shanker Singham, CEO of the Competere Group, to talk about the role special economic zones play in Central America.

On February 6, Costa Ricans will head to the polls in the first round of presidential elections. With a crowded field featuring no fewer than 25 presidential hopefuls, and much of the electorate still undecided, the situation on the ground, and consequences for the country are difficult to parse.

Mining is an essential economic sector for many countries in the Andes-Amazon region. However, due to a spike in global demand for mineral resources and lack of proper regulation on the industry, transnational criminal organizations have taken advantage of the ​lucrative industry to fuel their operations in the region, while harming local communities and ecosystems.

The past year has showcased both the resiliency and failures of democracies throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. With key elections coming up in 2022, the region will continue to grapple in meaningful and challenging ways with its democratic future.

In this special Spanish-language episode, Margarita R. Seminario sits down with Marcos Peña, principal investigator of a recently published CSIS report titled “A New Political Leadership for the Twenty-First Century.”

In this episode, Ryan C. Berg sits down with Bianca Jagger, Founder and Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation and a tireless defender of social justice in her native Nicaragua.

Margarita R. Seminario sits down with Gerver Torres, a research adviser with the Gallup Organization to discuss the information and data behind the World Happiness Report and the impact of Covid-19 on different social groups in Latin America as well as the importance of government transparency and government responses to the pandemic.

The Maduro regime's environmental degradation in Venezuela is nearing a point of no return. The effects of this environmental assault are not contained within Venezuela's borders, and disproportionately affect Indigenous communities throughout the Amazon Basin.

The threats from hurricanes, the losses to floods, and the lack of disaster preparedness all impact on people’s decisions in the Northern Triangle to migrate to the United States.

Margarita R. Seminario sits down with Moises Rendon to discuss why cryptocurrencies have become so popular in Venezuela, and how they are transforming the humanitarian sector.

Margarita R. Seminario and Dr. Jo-Marie Burt of George Mason University discuss how a rural schoolteacher and union leader like Pedro Castillo captured the imagination of poor, rural, indigenous Peruvians.

Haiti on a good day is highly complex. The recent set of events triggered by the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse created a power vacuum and threw the Caribbean nation into even deeper turmoil.

Margarita R. Seminario sits down with Michael Eddy to discuss Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in the Western Hemisphere.

Please enjoy this special Building the Future episode with 35 West host Margarita R. Seminario on inclusive access to finance for women.

Margarita R. Seminario and Logan Coleman discuss the challenges faced by Venezuelan youth and women in the Caribbean, an often-overlooked host destination for migrants.

Margarita R. Seminario sits down with Dr. Jennie K. Lincoln, a Senior Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean at The Carter Center on peace initiatives, to discuss the deterioration of democracy, human rights, and governance in Nicaragua.

In this special Spanish-language episode, Margarita R. Seminario sits down with Juanita Millán Hernández, the only woman in the Colombian military's delegation to the negotiations between the Colombian government and the FARC.

In this special guest host episode, Dan Runde, Senior Vice President and Director of the CSIS Americas Program, sits down with Ricardo Mussa, CEO of Raízen, a Brazilian integrated energy company focused on bioenergy and renewables.

Margarita R. Seminario sits down with Jose Miguel Cruz to discuss the results of two USAID-funded studies prepared with Democracy International on gang disengagement in Guatemala and Honduras.

Margarita R. Seminario and Logan Coleman discuss the challenges faced by Venezuelan youth and women in the Caribbean, an often-overlooked host destination for migrants.

In this special Spanish-language episode, Margarita R. Seminario discusses Peru's 2021 elections with Piero Corvetto, the Head of Peru’s National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE).

Margarita R. Seminario sits down with Moises Rendon to discuss why cryptocurrencies have become so popular in Venezuela, and how they are transforming the humanitarian sector.

Margarita R. Seminario sits down with Gerardo Berthin, Director of the Latin America and Caribbean Programs at Freedom House.