The COVID-19 pandemic hit Latin America at an extremely difficult time for its economies. Facing the virus will be an unprecedented economic and political challenge for the region.
With the coronavirus posing a tremendous risk to Latin America, here is what some governments are doing to stop the spread of the virus.
On Thursday, the U.S. stock market closed its worst single-day decline since the 1987 market crash.
As we enter Women’s History Month, the spotlight is once again on the issue of femicide and the lack of progress toward gender equality made in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The relocation of COP25 from Chile to Spain was a missed opportunity to focus on Latin America’s environmental issues, especially the ambiguous governance of DFI-financed projects in the region.
On May 21st, five candidates presented their credentials for membership of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for the 2021-2024 term. Four posts need to be filled.
In the fourth episode of two gringos with questions, your hosts Chris and Ken talk to Francisco Rodriguez, Managing Director and Chief Economist of Torino Economics on Latin America’s 2019 economic forecast, Venezuela’s economic situation, and the case for not boycotting Venezuelan elections.
The reports examine five specific areas—transnational security challenges, institutional capacity, economic growth, demographics, and technology—and how they will shape politics, economic and U.S. relations in South America by 2030.
Keiko Fujimori’s arrest happened a week after Peru’s Supreme Court overturned the medical pardon of her father, and ordered his immediate return to prison.
Despite the World Court’s decision in favor of Chile, there remain unresolved border and territorial disputes between the three countries, all of them products of the War of the Pacific.
