Everyone thought she would win. Even the morning of the election, The Upshot from The New York Times gave Donald Trump a slim 15 percent chance of beating the Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton. So why did most pollsters get it so wrong?
The United States has chosen an outsider populist president. Latin America has ample experience with such leaders. Here are four warning signs U.S. citizens, civil society and policy makers need to be on the look out for.
Latin America is experiencing its worst economic growth — projected to be negative this year – since the lost decade of the 1980s. At this crucial time, the United States is turning its back and stepping backward from Latin America while China takes further steps forward in its economic relations with the region.
Una vez oficializado el sorpresivo triunfo de Trump, no veo señal alguna de que habrá un cambio en relación con Venezuela. La deriva autoritaria del régimen de Nicolás Maduro no será motivo de preocupación en el nuevo gobierno norteamericano que comienza en dos meses, en enero de 2017. Es importante tenerlo en claro.
