A new wave of extractivism from the Global South is the hidden side of the energy transitions in the North.

A new wave of extractivism from the Global South is the hidden side of the energy transitions in the North.
The region faces a choice between top-down “Green growth” and bottom-up efforts to transform economies.
Foreign agent laws in Russia, El Salvador, and elsewhere threaten the entire international edifice of laws and institutions that support the right to dissent.
It is time for President Biden to turn the page once and for all on this sordid chapter in our nation’s history.
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The last decade saw democratization in El Salvador and brutal repression in Honduras. Suddenly, those trends appear to have reversed.
The victory of Xiomara Castro in Honduras is a sign that region is ready to exit its lost decade.
After finally destroying the last vestiges of Pinochet, is Chile about to elect a right-wing populist to its highest office?
Allowing extractive industries to file expensive lawsuits over environmental regulations could undermine whatever agreements might be reached at COP26 in Glasgow.
A secretive World Bank tribunal lets multinational corporations sue governments over basic regulations. Mexico should lead a Latin American exodus.