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NEW AQ: 5 Big Ideas for a Post-COVID Latin America

By AQ Editors

From universal health care to a revival of hemispheric trade talks, it’s time to be bold.

This article is adapted from AQ's special report on 5 big ideas to fight the effects of the pandemic Our original concept for this issue of AQ was to feature five “radical” ideas for building a better Latin America once the pandemic is over But the destruction unleashed by COVID-19 has been so enormous, so unprecedented, that by the time we finished, the ideas didn’t seem so radical anymore (we called them “big” instead) As of August Latin America has seen more deaths from the virus than any other region, and is forecast to endure the most economic damage The region had...

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