Canadian and Mexican parliamentarians strengthen bilateral dialogue amid evolving regional and global dynamics
At a time of growing uncertainty in North American trade relations and broader shifts in the international economic landscape, Canada and Mexico face renewed questions about the future of regional integration and the opportunities to deepen their bilateral partnership. These issues framed a visit by a delegation from Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies to the Parliament […]
Caribbean Parliaments Explore Applying AI and Digital Solutions to Modernize Parliamentary Practice
As artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies continue to reshape how institutions operate, parliaments are exploring new opportunities to manage information, support parliamentary work and strengthen citizen engagement. For the Caribbean, the challenge is not simply to adopt new technologies, but to build the digital foundations, human capacities and skills, and enable regional cooperation […]
Parliamentarians from across the Americas and the Caribbean strengthen regional cooperation to tackle organized crime and violence
The expansion of organized crime, the diversification of illicit economies, and emerging forms of violence have placed public security at the forefront of political priorities across the Americas and the Caribbean. Their consequences extend well beyond criminal activity, affecting the daily lives of millions of people and raising fundamental questions about how States can ensure […]
ParlAmericas brings parliamentary perspectives to regional dialogue on development and cooperation during the forty-first session of ECLAC
Latin America and the Caribbean face an international landscape in which power relations, economic competition, and technological rivalries are redefining the conditions for development. Amid these transformations, the region faces a strategic challenge: to go beyond responding to changes in the world order and strengthen its capacity to shape them according to its own interests […]
Strengthening Women’s Economic Autonomy: Perspectives from Latin America on an Urgent Agenda
Women’s economic autonomy is an enabling condition for the full exercise of their rights and for the construction of more equal, inclusive, and prosperous societies. But it is not merely a matter of equity: promoting women’s full participation in the labour market and expanding their access to opportunities has a stimulating effect on the economy […]
ParlAmericas brings its parliamentary diplomacy experience to the XII Ibero-American Parliamentary Forum
In an international landscape marked by geopolitical fragmentation, pressures on democratic institutions, and a multilateral system under growing strain, maintaining channels for political dialogue across regions has taken on renewed importance. Guided by this institutional conviction, ParlAmericas participated in the XII Ibero-American Parliamentary Forum, convened on October 1-2 in Madrid by the Cortes Generales of […]
Regional multi-stakeholder strategies to eradicate gender-based digital violence
Digital violence against women poses a growing challenge for democracies. Ensuring that digital environments are safe spaces for participation, expression, and the exercise of rights is a challenge shared by a variety of actors, including governments, parliaments, experts, advocates, civil society organizations, and internet intermediaries. The goal is to promote inclusive digital governance, based on […]
Artificial intelligence regulation in Latin America: Towards people-centred governance grounded in democratic principles and a forward-looking vision
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is presenting parliaments with decisions that are difficult to delay, even as the technology, its applications and its risks continue to evolve. For Latin American parliaments, the challenge is not simply to regulate, but to define what kind of AI governance reflects the region’s realities, protects rights, and, […]
Illicit financial flows and illegal economies: Priorities for a regional agenda
Illicit financial flows and illegal economies pose a growing challenge to development, security, and democratic governance in Latin America and the Caribbean. The expansion of transnational criminal networks and their infiltration into sectors of the formal economy affect public finances, economic activity, and trust in institutions, requiring responses that go beyond exclusively sectoral approaches. These […]
Strengthening interparliamentary cooperation and bi-regional dialogue with the European Parliament: Opportunities and challenges
In an international context marked by growing fragmentation and an increasingly close interconnection between geopolitical, economic, and technological dynamics, parliamentary cooperation between Europe and the Americas and the Caribbean takes on renewed significance. In this context, Chilean Senator Iván Flores García, President of ParlAmericas, participated virtually in a meeting of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary […]