The likely death of TPP may be a boon to Central America as firms in the Asian TPP economies seek better access to the U.S. market through CAFTA-DR.
In recent elections across the world, incumbent candidates have faced an uphill battle. Ecuadoreans might buck the trend in the upcoming election of February 19. Yet, if there are lessons to be learned from recent upsets, the last weeks of a campaign is when surprises begin to pop up.
Drawing from recent research, a new book argues that the flurry of recent innovations for “direct democracy”—from recall referenda to plebiscites—despite positive potential, also pose new risks to democratic governance.
No es un asunto fácil decir un solo nombre que haya marcado a un país, que como el nuestro está marcado por sucesos y hechos de toda índole. Vivimos en una suerte de carrusel informativo. En particular el 2016, como lo dijimos en un artículo anterior, estuvo definido para millones de venezolanos por la palabra hambre.
Incoming President Donald Trump has said that on his first day in office he’ll start deporting the 2 to 3 million criminal undocumented immigrants that he claims are in the United States. Only problem: where did he get the numbers and how?
Why are opponents of Venezuelan and Cuban dictators willing to overlook the troubling traits of a U.S. president-elect they hope will advance their own narrow policy preferences?
Ford announced this week that it was pulling out of its commitment to build a new factory in San Luis Potosi, Mexico and, instead, would be adding 700 jobs to a factory in Michigan. Was the decision based on business or politics?
Le invito a un ejercicio de política-ficción. Imagine usted que Lorenzo Mendoza, el presidente de Empresas Polar, decide en este 2017 lanzarse a la arena política. Ese hecho solamente, ¿no estaría provocando un cambio de envergadura en el escenario político venezolano?
As the year comes to an end, the demise of social order in Venezuela is the chronicle of a foretold death. Though 2016 began with high expectations of a peaceful change in government, neither the Maduro administration nor the opposition have shown the courage and leadership needed to find common ground and to pull the country out of the deep hole it finds itself in. Unfortunately for Venezuelans, who are deeply suffering from the economic, social and political chaos, they have little to look forward to in 2017.
The historical problem Brazil has been unable to solve is the need to build an inclusive economic model that can help alleviate poverty and reduce inequality. That will require cutting subsidies and benefits to interest groups that have long benefitted from fiscal spending. As the year comes to an end, Brazilians will be happy to forget a bad year in terms of politics and the economy. Unfortunately for them, 2017 might not be much better.
