Covid pulled the rug out from under Latin America’s tourism industry, which was growing at 10 percent annually pre-pandemic.
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If the program is successful in Latin America, it can be replicated in other developing regions, co-writes AS/COA Chairman Emeritus William R. Rhodes for Reuters Breakingviews.
Los altos números en países como Brasil dominan los titulares, pero las tasas per cápita muestran cuán voraz ha sido la propagación de la enfermedad en lugares como Panamá y México.
The high volume numbers of countries like Brazil make headlines, but per capita rates show just how rapacious the disease’s spread has been in places like Panama and Mexico.
Los países necesitan crecimiento para sus ciudadanos, y parte de la solución es simple: incorporar a más mujeres, escribe Susan Segal de AS/COA en La Nación.
After 20 years, Hugo Chávez and now Nicolás Maduro's project is exposed as less an ideology than a cold-blooded grab for lasting power and self-enrichment, writes AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth.
In 2019, Nayib Bukele upended Salvadoran politics, winning the presidency with his populist message. Now, a midterm gives him the chance to consolidate power.
Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile hold more than half of the world’s lithium deposits. Learn about the regulatory and investment climate for “white gold” in each.
Tras un año, AS/COA Online ofrece una mirada en profundidad a cómo los gobiernos responden al COVID-19 en la región.
One year in, AS/COA Online’s tracker offers an in-depth look at governments’ responses to the pandemic from reopenings to curfews to vaccine rollouts.
Amid coronavirus and economic concerns, Ecuadorans pick a new legislature and hold a first-round presidential vote February 7.
From President López Obrador’s positive coronavirus diagnosis to the country crossing the 150,000 death threshold, Mexico closes January contending with a pandemic surge.
Rather than the increase in unemployment, the shrinking labor force is the more worrying trend, per the ILO.
"It's time to update the U.S. foreign policy toolkit for the social media age," writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth for The National Interest.
The good news is that the Republic has held, writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth for The Banker.
There are signs that Bolsonaro’s power has limits—and might even be in decline, writes AS/COA's Brian Winter for Think Global Health.
Nine Latin American countries hold elections this year, with five—Chile, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Peru—selecting presidents.
“This is a necessary step and, unfortunately, we are now doing this in the worst possible situation,” said the Cuban economist on the January 1 currency shift.
The region’s recovery will be slow and depend in part on effective vaccine distribution and stable oil prices.