"What Brazil ultimately needs is a pro-growth agenda that will end this recession...You can’t cut your way to growth," comments AS/COA's Brian Winter.
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En un panel organizado por COA, expertos en Derechos Humanos sostuvieron que es necesaria la "presión" internacional sobre Venezuela para que las elecciones parlamentarias de diciembre sean "libres y justas".
AS/COA presenta los resultados del Índice de Inclusión Social 2015 en español. El índice analiza el desempeño de 17 países de las Américas en 22 categorías distintas.
See what literature, music, and visual arts events are taking place at Americas Society this fall.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson will deliver remarks at the September 10 launch event.
Nationwide, immigrants own 53 percent of the grocery stores, 38 percent of the restaurants, and 43 percent of the liquor stores, according to AS/COA's and Fiscal Policy Institute report.
"If China is about to slow down even more, then [one] can realistically expect commensurate consequences in places like Brazil, Peru, Colombia and elsewhere," comments AS/COA's Brian Winter.
The works in Portraiture Now: Staging the Self at Americas Society reimagine portraiture in creative ways.
Programada para el 26 de agosto, la conferencia analizará los desafíos para la próxima administración en la antesala de las elecciones presidenciales en octubre.
“I’m very skeptical,” says COA's Eric Farnsworth pointing out to the massive engineering and environmental challenges to overcome to build the canal.
The August 26 conference will analyze challenges for the next administration in the lead up to the October 25 presidential election.
Alana Tummino de AS/COA explica cómo Cuba podría ser miembro de las instituciones financieras internacionales y cuáles serían las posibles alternativas para obtener asistencia técnica.
The opening of the U.S. embassy in Havana is both symbolic and practical. It signals the U.S. support to doing business with Cuba, says AS/COA’s Alana Tummino.
The 2016 Summer Olympics are a historic opportunity for Brazil to effect lasting social change while reaping investment benefits.
Despite the first bidding failure, Mexico has opportunities to build out its midstream sector - whether through privately organized deals or state-contracted lines, suggests COA’s Eric Farnsworth.
See the Americas Society Art Gallery's summer hours and learn about the upcoming fall exhibition opening October 30.
The introduction of bipartisan bills to end the half-century-old embargo places engagement at the center of U.S.-Cuba relations.
COA’s Eric Farnsworth comments that despite the setbacks and internal challenges, regulators can learn from Mexico’s first bidding round which represents a notable liberalization of its energy sector.
"Rousseff is now betting that warmer relations with Washington will strengthen economic growth while adding percentage points to her popularity", comments COA’s Eric Farnsworth.
The number of Spanish, Canadian, and Latin American companies that are traveling to Cuba today before the Americans lift the restrictions is incredible, says AS/COA’s Susan Segal.