Interviews

Santos: “We all know they aren’t always seeing eye to eye, but they need each other.”

New York Times
In an interview with The New York Times, Bruna Santos, director of the Brazil Program, discussed the recent meeting between Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Donald Trump, arguing...
Adam B. Ellick

Q&A with Natalia Paiva: “Brazil’s model is judicially led: courts and regulatory authorities are shaping the rules while Congress is still debating a national AI framework”

This Q&A is part of the Brazil Program’s ongoing efforts to examine the evolving digital policy landscape in Brazil, particularly in the context of the 2026 electoral cycle and broader...
Giulia Branco Spiess
Natalia Paiva

Chavez: “The U.S. will be pushing for an economic opening that allows more space for the private sector and less state control over the economy. Perhaps we’ll see a push for the release of political prisoners and some sort of political opening. But it’s not clear at what speed.”

On March 20, 2026, president and CEO of the Inter-American Dialogue, Rebecca Bill Chavez, spoke with BBC World News America....
Rebecca Bill Chavez

What Are the Economic Costs of Crime in Brazil? Brazil Program Launches New Project with Carlos Góes

The Brazil Program at the Inter-American Dialogue has launched Economic Costs of Crime in Brazil, a new project dedicated to quantifying the full economic costs of crime in the country....
Bruna Santos
Carlos Góes

Cecilia Farfán-Méndez: “The evidence shows that this kind of kingpin strategy is not particularly useful or robust in weakening or eliminating the activity of a criminal group.”

Organized Crime Dispatch (by GI-TOC)
Mexico Program Non-Resident Senior Fellow Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, talked with Organized Crime Dispatch (by GI-TOC) regarding the recent military operation in Mexico that resulted in the capture and death of the...
Cecilia Farfán-Méndez

Orozco: “Cualquier noción de que lo que pasa en Venezuela puede pasar a los otros países…es un poco incorrecta”

Bloomberg Línea
Orozco conversa sobre los posibles escenarios que les deparan a Cuba y Nicaragua con el precedente de Venezuela....
Manuel Orozco
Carlos Cuevas

Chavez: “The outcome of the meeting between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro was the best we could have hoped for, given the importance of the U.S.–Colombia relationship and the tensions that preceded it.”

On February 3, President and CEO of the Inter-American Dialogue, Rebecca Bill Chavez, spoke with BBC News following the meeting between President Donald Trump and President Gustavo Petro.On February 3,...
Rebecca Bill Chavez

What Will Shape Brazil’s 2026 Elections? Brazil Program Launches Ground Truth: Elections 2026

The Brazil Program at the Inter-American Dialogue has launched Ground Truth: Elections 2026, a year-long featured project focused on the 2026 electoral cycles in Brazil and the United States....
Bruna Santos
Clifford Young
Maurio Moura

Santos: “Brazil is one of the few countries that can turn minerals plus clean power into a true green industrial platform”

The director of the Brazil Program, Bruna Santos, participated in BrazilCham Talks: Episode #4 – “Energy Transition and Critical Minerals: The Case for Closer Brazil–US Collaboration”....
Bruna Santos
Amadeu Ribeiro

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