Recent proposals in Argentina and elsewhere tout a simple solution for a complex problem.
Americas Quarterly
Dollarization Is No Silver Bullet for Latin America’s Inflation Woes
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Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Marina Dal Poggetto
The Evolution of Colombia’s Gustavo Petro
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Benjamin Russell
The former Bogotá mayor is making his third run at the presidency and is leading in polls. Has he changed, or has the country?
A Challenging Start for Gabriel Boric
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Robert L. Funk
Chile’s young president faces sinking approval, as does the constitutional convention ahead of a critical September plebiscite.
Will Inflation Spoil the Dominican Republic’s Success?
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Geovanny Vicente-Romero
President Luis Abinader has high approval amid high growth—but changing economic conditions are a threat.
REACTION: AMLO’s Energy Reform Rejected
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AQ Editors
The Mexican president's landmark legislation failed to achieve a necessary supermajority in Congress.
AQ Podcast: From El Salvador to Mexico and Brazil, Democracies Under Pressure
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AQ Online
What the region can do about a new authoritarian impulse, with HRW's Tamara Taraciuk Broner.
Book Review: Things Are Never So Bad That They Can’t Get Worse
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Guillermo Zubillaga
A journalist tracks Venezuelan history from boom to bust—and reveals the causes of today’s “tragic impasse.”