The race to research, develop, test, approve, and distribute effective COVID-19 vaccines has turned the search for global normalcy into yet another frontier to be exploited for geopolitical gain, with Russia taking the opportunity to use vaccines as a means to advance relations throughout Latin America.
Over the past four years, Colombia has eradicated nearly 300,000 hectares (more than 1,000 square miles) of coca while seizing more than 2,000 metric tons of pure cocaine and cocaine base, but the country remains plagued by illicit drug activity.
Thornton explores the little-known history of Mexico’s role in shaping the institutions that would come to define global economic governance.
Enabling early pension withdrawals proved to be a suboptimal policy in Chile. Yet for other Latin American countries, early pension withdrawals should not be immediately discounted as a viable policy option.
The COVID-19 pandemic has put informal settlements, and the policy failures that they represent, back in the spotlight. Immediate strategies to combat the virus in slums have been deployed throughout Latin America, which includes five of the countries—Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina—that have suffered the most COVID-19-related deaths per capita. However, the strong regional impact from COVID-19 calls for differentiated governance and policy response.
The Colombian oil industry had many ups and downs in 2020, but Wall Street has been lifting 2021 oil price predictions, and positive oil price forecasts are expected to help bolster Colombia’s production.
Los problemas estructurales en materia económica y política pronostican un futuro incierto para el Ecuador en la carrera por redibujar las cadenas de suministros globales.
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.
The Varkey Foundation has funded training for more than 46,000 teachers, and directly impacted the education of over 1.6 million students around the world. It is especially active in Argentina, Ghana, and Uganda.
