More: Latin America
New Latin American Left and its complex trajectories
Authors: Ash Narain Roy and Shimone Jaini
The rise and fall of a leftist government in Latin America evoke passion, nostalgia, optimism and rhetorical exuberance...
COVID-19: Slow road to jobs recovery for Latin America and the Caribbean
The labour market in Latin America and the Caribbean faces a slow recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the need for “active macro policies”...
Chile’s plebiscite: Optimism, yet there remains a long road ahead to achieve social reform
In a groundbreaking plebiscite held on 25 October, Chileans went to the polls to vote whether to uphold or replace the Pinochet-era constitution. An...
Belt and Road Hazards, Coming to the Americas
The Chinese train that came and wentAt a nationally-televised press conference in Panama City in March 2019, a China-funded team of Chinese and Panamanian...
Third world needs ideological shift
As nations across the world have been pooling their efforts to contain the COVID-19 spread, the looming economic crisis has caught the attention of...
ILO: 34 million jobs lost by the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean
At least 34 million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean have been lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report...
Technological Revolution Accelerated by Coronavirus Crisis in Latin America
Latin America and the Caribbean is in the midst of a "Fourth Industrial Revolution" of technological innovation which requires enhancing the productivity of the...
Two paths before Latin America: Democracy or dictatorship
The Latin American region is at a crossroads, with a choice not between the political left or the right; between socialism or capitalism, it...
Development prospects for Latin America and the Caribbean in a post-COVID-19 world
In May 2020, Latin America and the Caribbean became the epicenter of the global COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of positive cases and deaths...
On Neo-Latin Americanism
“Neo-Latin Americanism” is a concept I put forth, and as far as I know, I have yet to see others mentioning the same concept....