Purpose

The Inter American Trends is a public policy research organization —a think tank— dedicated to the principles of democracy, social and political ideas, security threats, and energy market in the region. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of specific issues.


Profile

We are a nonpartisan policy research organization committed to research and analysis that promotes Latinamerican security, prosperity, and freedom in a sustainable manner.

Challenges conventional thinking and helps manage strategic transitions to the future through interdisciplinary studies in terrorism, international relations, economics, energy, and politics.

With office in Washington seeks to guide public policy makers and global leaders in government and business through publications, and policy briefings and recommendations.


Does it matters?

  • It matters to the policymaker, who lacks the time to give serious reflection to long-term trends that will shape America's choices abroad.
  • It matters to the media, who miss the expertise to make sense of complex developments in foreign lands.
  • It matters to the educator, who needs informed preparation to teach the next generation.
  • It matters to the students, who represent the next generation of American leadership.
  • It matters to the public, whose children will be sent off to war and whose taxes will pay the bills.


Business Area

  • Independent Research
  • Advocacy
  • Consultancy


Areas of Interest

  • Politics
  • Energy
  • Economics
  • International Relations
  • Security


Audiences

  • Private Individuals
  • Corporations
  • Governments


Latest publications
El regreso de María Corina Machado
Politics, 4/Mar/2026
El horizonte petrolero de Venezuela 2026
Energy, 24/Feb/2026
Venezuela y el retorno de la política de poder
Politics, 17/Feb/2026
Producción petrolera crece, pero sin control del Estado
Energy, 3/Feb/2026
Venezuela después de Maduro: el interregno de la impunidad
Politics, 30/Jan/2026
Venezuela y la crisis orgánica del populismo rentista
Politics, 27/Jan/2026
Venezuela: cuando darle prioridad a la estabilidad erosiona la democracia
Politics, 20/Jan/2026
Cuando el petróleo deja de ser un botín y vuelve a ser un sistema
Politics, 13/Jan/2026
Venezuela después de la ficción
Politics, 6/Jan/2026
Las próximas horas del Cártel de los Soles
Politics, 2/Dec/2025
El Caribe arde
The Caribbean is burning again
Politics, 25/Nov/2025
Trump redibuja el conflicto con Venezuela: orden y caos
Trump reconfigures the venezuelan conflict: Order and chaos
Politics, 18/Nov/2025
La nueva Guerra Fría en el Caribe
The new Cold War in the Caribbean
Politics, 11/Nov/2025
Trump y Maduro: la coerción del silencio
Politics, 4/Nov/2025
Latest events
Children of Misery: Guns and Gangs in Central America
Hudson Institute - Center for Latin American Studies
September 10, 2014
Beyond Hugo Chávez: What to expect in Latin America
Hudson Institute - Center for Latin American Studies
May 8, 2013
XIV Seminario de Estrategias de Campañas Electorales - De la práctica a la práctica
The George Washington University - The Graduate School of Political Management
March 11 to 15, 2013