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, diplomacy, or security issues like drugs and terrorism. Guests include top policymakers from the U.S. and other countries.
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Understanding Gang Disengagement and Breaking t...
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.
23 min
102
An Inclusive Response to Venezuela Migrants in ...
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.
28 min
103
Election Watch 2021: Peru's General Election / ...
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).
18 min
104
Venezuela’s Cryptocurrency Experiment
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.
21 min
105
Tracking the Disruption of Electoral Processes ...
Margarita R. Seminario sits down with Gerardo Berthin, Director of the Latin America and Caribbean Programs at Freedom House.
20 min
106
Venezuela's Security Crisis: The Colombian Pers...
Moises Rendon and Ambassador Francisco Santos Calderón discuss the humanitarian impact of the Venezuelan migrant crisis playing out in neighboring Colombia.
24 min
107
The Biden-Harris Agenda for Latin America: What...
Moises Rendon sits down with CSIS Senior Advisor Ambassador William Brownfield to discuss developments in Venezuela, Chile, and Colombia.
35 min
108
Forced Labor & Environmental Degradation in the...
In this special Spanish-language episode, Margarita sits down with Pilar Velasquez to discuss informal and illegal gold mining and its connection to environmental degradation and forced labor in the Andean region.
35 min
109
How Can Latin America Achieve Equity and Social...
Margarita R. Seminario and Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian discuss food insecurity, poverty, gender disparities, and other barriers to social inclusion in Latin America.
21 min
110
How USAID is Prioritizing the Rights of Indigen...
Luis Felipe Duchicela outlines the barriers that the international development community has historically faced in assisting indigenous communities, and how those barriers helped shape USAID's new policy.
26 min
111
The Responsibility to Protect Venezuelans
Moises Rendon and Elisabeth Pramendorfer discuss how the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) applies to the case of Venezuela
29 min
112
Combatting trafficking in persons in the Andean...
Margarita R. Seminario and Ambassador John C. Richmond discuss trafficking in persons in the Andean region, and particularly in the context of the informal mining sector.
25 min
113
Reducing Crime and Poverty: A Conversation with...
In this special Spanish-language episode of 35 West, Dan Runde, Senior Vice President and the Director of the CSIS Americas Program, sits down with María Eugenia Vidal, the former Governor of the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
37 min
114
Inside the Orange Economy
Viceminister Felipe Buitrago Restrepo shares his experience in designing policies to promote the orange economy in Colombia.
28 min
115
Unpacking USAID's Efforts in Venezuela: A Discu...
"Estamos con Ustedes": USAID Acting Administrator John Barsa on Understanding USAID's Role in Venezuela
20 min
116
What Can the Private Sector Do to Help Venezuela?
Maria Moreno and Moises Rendon talk about the private sector's response to the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela
25 min
117
Voices of Venezuela: Where Do We Go From Here?
In the final episode of the series, Moises talks to CSIS Senior Advisers Juan Cruz and Mark Feierstein about the United States' strategy toward Venezuela.
25 min
118
Voices of Venezuela: Human Rights & Political P...
In this episode, Moises discusses political persecution and human rights violations with Tamara Taraciuk Broner of Human Rights Watch.
25 min
119
Voices of Venezuela: Violence and Insecurity
Moises speaks with Ambassador William Brownfield about the violence, crime, and insecurity that have plagued Venezuela in recent years.
38 min
120
Voices of Venezuela: Venezolana Perspective
Moises talks to Alexandra Winkler (CSIS) about the daily struggles faced by Venezuelan women amid the ongoing humanitarian and economic crisis.
24 min
121
Voices of Venezuela: Lights Off in Venezuela
Moises talks to Ben Cahill (CSIS) about Venezuela's frequent blackouts that widely disrupt day-to-day lives, as well as discuss what it will take to rebuild the country's electricity infrastructure.
18 min
122
Voices of Venezuela: The Water Crisis
Moises speaks with Mark Schneider (CSIS) about Venezuela's crumbling water system, which is having tremendous health impacts on the population.
19 min
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Voices of Venezuela: The Future of the Venezuel...
In this episode, Moises is joined by Gerver Torres to discuss key aspects of Venezuela's economic crisis, including hyperinflation, dollarization, and the Maduro regime's recent push for privatization.
28 min
124
Voices of Venezuela: The Failing Healthcare System
In this episode, Moises speaks with Katherine Bliss (CSIS) to discuss Venezuela's decaying health system, which is now facing the added factor of Covid-19.
26 min
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Voices of Venezuela: The Migration Crisis
In the second episode of Voices of Venezuela, Moises speaks with Erol Yayboke (CSIS) to dissect the push factors for Venezuelan migration, testimonies from Venezuelans on the journey outside Venezuela, and what the country’s mass displacement means more broadly for the Hemisphere.
30 min