El alcalde describe cómo ha convertido a Tarija en un modelo de buen gobierno durante sus 11 años de gobierno, así como el logro en construir un puente entre los sectores público y privado.
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With Brazil's economic boom rapidly expanding into the Northeast of the country, AS/COA Online speaks to Pernambuco's former executive secretary for technology, innovation, and higher education on the state's efforts to become a national technology hub.
Opposition candidates and leaders signed a pact September 26 to support the candidate who wins Venezuela’s February presidential primary. The victor is slated to face President Hugo Chávez in the October 2012 election.
With Mexico's press freedoms under threat by transnational crime syndicates, Mexicans increasingly turn to social media—particularly Twitter—to share crime updates. But state governments are presenting new legal challenges to sharing information via social media.
With Hispanic Heritage Month underway, Mayor Castro discusses the country’s growing Latino population and immigration reform.
Retired General Otto Pérez Molina placed well ahead of his rivals in the September 11 vote. He will face Manuel Baldízon in a November 6 runoff for Guatemala's presidency.
In order to expedite an overhaul of Ecuador’s judiciary, President Rafael Correa has declared a 60-day state of exception. But opponents allege that the president is blurring the separation of powers.
President Sebastián Piñera may seek to pass a popular but politically challenging reform of Chile’s binomial system.
Amid global economic instability, volatile oil prices, and an uncertain political landscape for energy and environmental regulations, this Energy Action Group report details findings from meetings with energy ministers, regulatory officials, private sector executives, and leading experts from across the Americas.
"In both Ecuador and Bolivia, the rhetoric of political inclusion is crashing into the politics of identity and collective rights," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini for The Huffington Post.
Indigenous Bolivians from the country's Amazonian lowlands are fighting a presidential plan for a transoceanic highway.
With former First Lady Sandra Torres out of the race, retired General Otto Pérez Molina faces little competition in the lead up to Guatemala’s September 11 presidential election.
Brazil's agriculture minister stepped down August 17 as President Dilma Rousseff continues to root out corruption, leading to another cabinet shuffle. Her efforts to clean up government could spur tensions in her coalition.
Immigration activists organized a national action day on August 16 to demand an end to Secure Communities, the immigration enforcement program that the Obama administration plans to deploy nationwide by 2013.
Cuba observers of the Arab Spring wonder if Havana's autocratic regime is next to fall. "It isn't," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini for CNN's Global Public Square,"and we have U.S. policy partly to blame."
AS/COA Miami Manager Madeleine Johnson spoke with Felipe Bosch Gutiérrez, board member of Corporación Multi-Inversiones, regarding the current security situation in Guatemala and the outlook for September presidential elections.
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner won the country’s first primary election handily on Sunday, taking more than half the votes. Facing a splintered opposition, it looks increasingly likely that she could win October’s presidential election in the first round.
"[M]ore than a bubble or even a boom, Brazil’s economic situation in the future looks more like a 'boomlet' but one that will lift Brazil to the ranks of the developed world," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini for CNN's Global Public Square.
Nervousness in world markets has cast a shadow over Latin America’s economies. But unlike previous crises, many analysts view the region as a motor for future growth, even as advanced economies struggle.
The Canadian leader plans to deepen economic ties during visits to Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Honduras.