Ricardo Lagos

«A trav s de las ideolog as dif cilmente vamos a avanzar en posiciones comunes. Latinoam rica tiene ciertas identidades propias, no ideol gicas, desde las que puede hablar con una sola voz. sa es la voz que no existe, que desapareci en Am rica Latina. Ahora es cuando debemos crear esa sola voz. --Ricardo Lagos Entre julio de 2020 y abril de 2022, Ricardo Lagos, Jorge G. Casta eda y H ctor Aguilar Cam n sostuvieron una serie de encuentros virtuales para conversar sobre la situaci n de Am rica Latina ante las diversas crisis globales del siglo XXI. La preocupaci n central y originaria de este di logo es la condici n de aislamiento de la regi n, debido a la divisi n ideol gica de los pa ses, a la falta de foros de encuentro para sus gobiernos y, sobre todo, a la falta de una voz propia en el mundo. Durante esta conversaci n a tres bandas --entre Santiago de Chile, Nueva York y Ciudad de M xico--, los interlocutores revisan cuestiones como la nueva guerra fr a entre China y Estados Unidos y los retos que plantea para Am rica Latina, los desaf os de la democracia ante el populismo y la convulsi n del cambio digital, las causas y los efectos de la nueva ola de gobiernos de izquierda en la regi n, los problemas claves del crecimiento econ mico, y un mundo que ha salido m s desigual de la pandemia. Lagos, Casta eda y Aguilar Cam n re nen su experiencia y su amplio conocimiento sobre la materia para discutir los graves problemas que aquejan a los pa ses latinoamericanos en este momento de su historia y, sobre todo, plantean alternativas para salir de este aislamiento paralizador. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "We will hardly move forward over common ground through ideologies. Latin America has certain identities of its own, non ideological, from which it can communicate through a single voice. This is the voice that doesn't exist, that vanished in Latin America. Now is the time to create that one voice." --Ricardo Lagos From July, 2020 to April, 2022, Ricardo Lagos, Jorge G. Casta eda, and H ctor Aguilar Cam n had a series of virtual meetings to discuss Latin America's situation given the many global crises of the twenty-first century. The main concern that promoted this dialogue is the region's confinement due to ideological divides between the countries, the lack of fora for governments to meet, and, above all, the lack of a voice of its own in the world. During this three-way conversation--among Santiago de Chile, New York, and Mexico City--the parties reviewed issues such as the new cold war between China and the United States, and the challenges this poses to Latin America; the hurdles of democracy in the face of populism and the convulsion of digital change; the cause and effect of a new wave of left-wing governments in the region; key problems of economical growth, and a world that came out of the pandemic even more unequal. Lagos, Casta eda, and Aguilar Cam n gather their experience and vast knowledge on the matter to discuss the major problems afflicting Latin American countries at this moment of history and, most importantly, they put forward alternatives to get out of this paralyzing seclusion.

How Latin American countries became leading voices and innovators on addressing climate change-and what threatens their leadership. Latin American countries have increased their influence at the United Nations climate change negotiations and offered potential solutions on coping with global warming. But in the face of competing priorities, sometimes these climate policies are jettisoned, undermined, or simply ignored. A Fragmented Continent focuses on Latin America's three major blocs at the U. N. climate negotiations and how they attempt to balance climate action with building prosperity. Brazil has reduced its deforestation but continues its drive for economic growth and global recognition. A leftist group led by Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador decries the injustice of climate change but is highly dependent on the export of fossil fuels. A new group, including Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru and supported by Mexico, offers sharp reductions in their carbon emissions in return for greater action by others; these countries now have to deliver on their promises. Weaving together issues of politics and economy, trade, foreign policy, civil society, and environmental protection, A Fragmented Continent offers a long-missing perspective on one of this century's greatest challenges and neglected regions.