Ticket to bribe: U.S. regulations on bribes to foreign governments at risk
In a little noticed vote tied to the plans to overturn the Dodd-Frank Act, the U.S. Senate voted to overturn restrictions on bribes that U.S. resource extraction companies can pay to foreign governments.
Deporting 11.3 million undocumented immigrants won’t be cheap
Here’s how much it would cost the U.S. government and taxpayers to deport the 11.3 million undocumented immigrants that President Trump has targeted.
To boost Saudi Arabia’s economy let women work
While they are not officially banned from working, customs and laws that prevent women from driving are keeping a majority of Saudi Arabia’s citizens out of the workforce, at great risk to the future of its economy.
Indigenous communities in Mexico need better teachers
Mexico sends its least-prepared instructors to the country’s rural indigenous communities, condemning their children to poor education and poverty.
Another brick in the wall
Oh, the notorious wall. Who will pay for it? The U.S.? Mexico? U.S. consumers? Immigrants sending remittances?
Trade in services: Central America’s big opportunity?
While global trade in services is booming, most Latin American countries continue to export basic goods. Here’s what Panama and Costa Rica did to catch up. Other countries should follow.
An Agreement Between Question Marks- The Process Toward Peace & Security in Colombia
It remains to be seen whether this new compromise [between the Colombian government and the FARC] will serve to widen the consensus surrounding the peace process and clear the route toward the dissolution of the insurgency or, rather, open the door to a new phase of political polarization and keep Colombia trapped on shaky ground created by the failure to keep the promise to end the armed conflict.
El diálogo antes del diálogo
La Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) ha dado por concluido el diálogo político con el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro. Y no podía esperarse otra cosa. Entre octubre y diciembre el régimen ganó un tiempo precioso, junto a la desactivación de la presión opositora, y en verdad no entregó nada a cambio.
Senado 2017: el grupo de la muerte
El tercio de la Cámara Alta que se renueva este año es el más peronista de todos.
Anti-indigenismo brasileño
La cooptación del Estado por parte de grandes empresas constructoras y corporaciones del sector minero-energético acelera la agonía de los pueblos indígenas, desposeídos de sus territorios ancestrales por resoluciones gubernamentales.