Viewpoints Americas
Left-wing economist Rafael Correa’s come-from-behind victory over right-wing businessman Álvaro Noboa capped a roller-coaster campaign that proved to be full of surprises.
As the United States and Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) concludes its third year, commercial trade, both in products and services, has been a resounding success.
Latin America’s eyes are on China and India. Both countries are admired for their economic success over the past years, but also have become an increasing source of mistrust as they might be displacing us on the global markets of manufactured goods and flows of foreign investment.
In the ongoing discussion about the impact of the flattening world economy, Latin America is consistently neglected in the conversation.
The lessons on the merits of trade continue to resonate in the 21st century with the countries most threatening stability and peace being the ones least engaged in the global economy. As we continue to see today, trade is the best basis for a solid and sustainable relationship among countries and nations.
On July 2, Mexican voters chose conservative candidate Felipe Calderón by a slender margin over his leftist rival, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.