Nord- und Südamerika (ohne USA)

03 May 2017

Juan F. Gonzalez Bertomeu

Working Well Is The Best Strategy: Judges under Populism

Introduction: foes of all stripes Let’s start with this truism—no […]

10 October 2016

Hans Hosten

Das gescheiterte Referendum zum Friedensvertrag in Kolumbien taugt nicht zur Delegitimierung von Volksabstimmungen

Brexit in UK, Ukraine-Abkommen in den Niederlanden, Flüchtlinge in Ungarn: Volksabstimmungen scheinen in letzter Zeit nichts als schlechte Nachrichten zu produzieren. Jetzt kommt das gescheiterte Friedens-Referendum in Kolumbien dazu. Ist das ein Grund, Volksabstimmungen generell zu misstrauen? Nicht, wenn man genauer hinschaut.

26 May 2016

Hans Hosten

Vor dem Ende des Bürgerkriegs in Kolumbien: mit der Verfassung Frieden machen?

Nach 50 Jahren Krieg mit der Guerillaorganisation FARC will die kolumbianische Regierung Frieden schließen – und den Friedensvertrag in der Verfassung verankern. Was hat es mit diesem Schritt auf sich?

21 April 2016

Markus Fraundorfer

Dilma Rousseff and the Impeachment Process: Questions of Power and Influence

Dilma Rousseff, the President of Brazil, is about to be forced out of office soon. Any impeachment process is, first and foremost, political, dealing with questions of power and influence. To be sure, political reforms such as the introduction of measures to significantly reduce the number of parties in Congress are urgently needed. Unfortunately, there is no immediate remedy to this significant deficiency in sight. And yet, it is clear that any governing coalition to function in Brazil’s political system requires a president extremely skilled in engaging with the legislative, creating deals, forging alliances and making compromises. Dilma Rousseff is facing the end of her political career because she has utterly failed in this respect.

30 November 2015

Saul Tourinho Leal

While in the USA money talks loud politically, in Brazil it must shut up

Brazil used to occupy global headlines with a virtuous cycle of a struggle against inequality combined with the eradication of extreme poverty and the establishment of a vast middle class. In doing so, the country personified the South American dream, namely material prosperity allied with social progress. Nonetheless, a couple of months ago, things changed dramatically. An endless economic crisis boosted by an unprecedented operation run by the Federal Police saw to it that numerous CEOs of multi-billion dollar companies were incarcerated. The common factor of these events: campaign donations. Propelled by this atmosphere, the Brazilian Supreme Court has handed down two recent decisions that impose a drastic end to a complex set of inconvenient relations maintained between the public and the private sector.

15 August 2014

Matthias Goldmann

Argentinien in Den Haag: Geburtswehen eines öffentlichen Rechts der pluralistischen Weltgesellschaft?

Argentinien hat im Streit um seine Altschulden die USA vor dem Internationalen Gerichtshof verklagt. Die Erfolgsaussichten sind ungewiss - doch könnte das Verfahren helfen, einen Mechanismus für die Restrukturierung überschuldeter Staaten auf den Weg zu bringen.

15 October 2013

Maximilian Steinbeis