La salud de Chávez pasó a ser un tema censurado en Venezuela, tal como si fuese un secreto de Estado. Sencillamente se desconoció cuáles órganos exactamente estaban afectados y cuánto. No se brindó información precisa sobre dónde recibía tratamiento y menos aún existía información oficial sobre los nombres de los médicos tratantes.
Three candidates have emerged as the frontrunners in the presidential race: a young protégé of former President Rafael Correa, a pro-business social conservative, and an Indigenous activist.
Through a joint effort, countries can increase the safe and efficient dissemination of medicine amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will require a new level of medical regulatory coordination.
Prior governments have failed to make Suriname’s economic system more efficient and publicly accountable. The new administration not only needs to resolve the current financial crisis, but rebuild national and international economic partnerships, regain the public’s trust in key institutions, and fight corruption.
DePalma focuses on a narrow slice of Havana and a number of its families, creating an excellent read about the lives of “ordinary” citizens.
Latin American governments beset by fiscal, economic and social crises will be tempted to accept bailouts and loan-based projects disproportionately benefitting Chinese companies that they would not have previously considered. The resurgence of the Latin American political left, already seen in Argentina and Bolivia, and the entrenchment of the Maduro regime in Venezuela, possibly bolstered by leftist victories in elections in Ecuador in February and Peru in April 2021, will further broaden China’s opportunities.
The US can reverse its resistance to an SDR allocation, provide new bilateral financing, and comprehensive debt relief through pressure on the private sector that is linked to climate and development outcomes. Such action would put the world economy on a better path, restore US standing in the multilateral realm, and give the US the legitimacy to criticize others less willing to lead.
