Commentary and Analysis

Our weekly roundup the top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Host Brian Hanson checks the pulse of democracy in Nicaragua with researcher Ryan Berg and journalist Cindy Regidor.

The Council's Robert Muggah offers TEDxSaoPaulo five priorities to disrupt the crime and corruption that threatens not just Latin America, but the world.

In some countries the year of the pandemic is coming to a close, with successful vaccination campaigns providing an exit from pandemic restrictions. But that’s not the case everywhere.

Lima 2035 shares their ambitious plan to change urban food systems to transform the world’s driest megacity.

Karen DeYoung, Peter Spiegel, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

For Brazil’s President Bolsonaro, a consequence of mishandling COVID-19 could be losing the 2022 presidential election.

In the face of climate change, Robert Muggah writes that "coastal cities need to experiment with different strategies to boost resilience."

Claudia Heiss joins Deep Dish to explain what to watch for during the two-year drafting process of Chile's constitution.

The Igarapé Institute’s Ilona Szabó and the Financial Times' Andres Schipani join Deep Dish to examine turmoil in South America’s largest economy.