Democracy
As Latin America struggled with the fallout from the pandemic, the intensifying impacts of climate change, and democratic backsliding, the Wilson Center’s Latin America Program and Brazil Institute convened experts and government and private sector leaders to find solutions to these challenges. In 2023, through publications and in more than 60 events, including major initiatives addressing critical minerals, marine protection, and the region's digital transformation, we explored ways to strengthen democracy, catalyze economic recovery, and promote environmental conservation.
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
Argentina Project
The Argentina Project is the premier institution for policy-relevant research on politics and economics in Argentina. Read more
Brazil Institute
The Brazil Institute—the only country-specific policy institution focused on Brazil in Washington—aims to deepen understanding of Brazil’s complex landscape and strengthen relations between Brazilian and US institutions across all sectors. Read more
