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The Georgetown Americas Institute (GAI) is a platform for dialogue, research, and impact around the key challenges facing Latin America and the hemisphere.

Events

Lady Justice
Sep
8
2025

The State of Democracy in the Americas: Second Annual Conference Event

Democracy across the Americas continues to be under threat. Elected leaders have adopted authoritarian tactics, eroding institutional checks and balances, attacking judicial independence, and undermining the legitimacy of electoral systems. Latin America, once a region of democratic promise, now

Panel

Education, Work, and Migration

Training is key in Latin America to address migration, both to raise the qualifications of those citizens who choose to live in another country and to take advantage of the knowledge of people who decide to return to their places of origin and prosper where they once saw no opportunities.

Challenges and Opportunities of the National Economy

Georgetown Americas Institute and the University of Miami held a conference on October 18 in which various specialists analyzed the economic and social challenges for Mexico. Under the title "Mexico: Addressing Economic Challenges," proposals were formulated at the meeting to improve the direction of the country.