More: Latin America
Central and South America now ‘intense zones’ for COVID-19 transmission
Greater solidarity must be shown to Central and South American countries which have become “the intense zones” for COVID-19 transmission, a top official with...
Latin America is inching slowly towards a change for the better
Authors: Ash Narain Roy and Shimone Jaini*
Every utopia sooner or later turns into a dystopia. Why, then, do Latin Americans fancy themselves constructing alternative...
China continues to cut back Latin America loans
For the fourth consecutive year, China’s two main banks tasked with financing overseas development have reduced loans to Latin America, according to new research from...
Coronavirus and a time to change stereotypes
The COVID-19 pandemic is by far and without any doubt top news today, pushing all other events to the background. Small wonder too, since...
Latin America and the Caribbean experience slight increase in unemployment
The labour
markets of Latin America and the Caribbean are going through a moment of
uncertainty, which can be seen in a slight rise in the...
Are We Heading Toward Another Lost Decade for Latin America?
According to World Bank data,
between 2000 and 2019, average annual growth in the Latin American and
Caribbean region was 1.6%. That level of growth is...
Latin America and Caribbean region deadliest for journalists in 2019
Twenty-two journalists were reported killed in the Latin America and
Caribbean region in 2019, making it the deadliest part of the world for the
press, followed...
The power of symbolism: Mexico’s Foreign Policy
A few weeks ago, the president of Mexico,
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) took the decision to grant asylum to Evo
Morales after he fled the...
Why finance is at the heart of Chile’s crisis
The outsized role of unfettered finance in
Chile has only worsened inequality that led to recent uprisings
In September this year, less than a month before...
The coup in Bolivia shines yet more dark light on America
Just when one might have thought things geopolitical might be about to
turn for the better, which means the worldwide geopolitical nightmare
engineered by the U.S....