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The EU-Latin America Summit: Shared Democratic Challenges

While trade between the EU and Latin America has progressed in recent years, democracy and human rights have been sidelined. Recent developments in both regions and the geopolitical fallout since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine make it difficult to advance the democracy agenda.

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Published on Jun 28, 2023
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The Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program is a leading source of independent policy research, writing, and outreach on global democracy, conflict, and governance. It analyzes and seeks to improve international efforts to reduce democratic backsliding, mitigate conflict and violence, overcome political polarization, promote gender equality, and advance pro-democratic uses of new technologies.

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Richard Youngs

Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

Richard Youngs is a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, based at Carnegie Europe. He works on EU foreign policy and on issues of international democracy.

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