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Latin America needs a new economic agenda

Economists have been predicting for several months that Latin America will have a so-so year in 2015, but new projections from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund suggest that it may be worse than originally expected. That’s bad news, because economic forecasts from the World Bank...

By Andres / 18 enero, 2015

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Many Latin leaders reacted weakly to Paris terror

(ERIC FEFERBERG AFP/GETTY IMAGES) The official reaction of Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador and several other Latin American countries to the Islamic radicals terrorist attack against the French magazine Charlie Hebdo was not only weak, but shameful: they condemned the bloodshed but not its intention to silence...

By Andres / 15 enero, 2015

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Let’s legalize pot, but not like Uruguay!

A year after Uruguay became the world’s first country to pass a law by which the government will not only allow but also produce and sell marijuana for recreational use, there are growing doubts on whether President-elect Tabare Vazquez will implement the legislation in full. Vasquez, who takes office...

By Andres / 10 enero, 2015

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Latin America’s innovation tasks for 2015

Here are a few little-noticed actions that experts agree Latin American countries should take in 2015 to improve their innovation, science, technology and education systems, which are rated very poorly in international rankings and are key to their economic future. Granted, there are other bigger steps...

By Andres / 3 enero, 2015

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Latin America 2015: A leaderless region

The start of 2015 finds Latin America turned into a leaderless region, in which the countries with the biggest political clout in recent years — Brazil, Venezuela and Mexico — have been significantly weakened by domestic troubles. Brazil, the biggest Latin American country, is beset by economic and political...

By Andres / 31 diciembre, 2014

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Biggest news for Latin America: low oil prices

EVARISTO SA AFP/GETTY IMAGES While other issues dominated the headlines, the most important news for Latin America in 2014 — and the one that will have the biggest impact in the near future — was the dramatic collapse of world oil prices. Granted, other news such as President Barack Obama’s recent...

By Andres / 28 diciembre, 2014

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U.S.-Cuba thaw may rock Caribbean tourism

One of the big questions following President Barack Obama’s decision to significantly expand U.S. tourism to Cuba will be how much it will affect other Caribbean tourism destinations such as the Dominican Republic, Jamaica or Cancun. Independent experts say Cancun will be among the most hurt. According...

By Andres / 24 diciembre, 2014

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Probably too soon to call Cuba policy change «historic»

While President Barack Obama’s announcement Wednesday that he will normalize relations with Cuba is the biggest diplomatic breakthrough with the island after six decades of hostilities, his speech may have been less “historic” than he portrayed it, according to numerous U.S. congressional sources...

By Andres / 18 diciembre, 2014

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World’s happiest countries — in Latin America?

Reading a Gallup Poll about the happiest countries on earth, I couldn’t help being surprised by the fact that nine out of the 10 happiest countries — led by Paraguay — turned out to be in Latin America. According to Gallup’s Positive Emotions Index, one of several such worldwide studies that...

By Andres / 29 noviembre, 2014

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Nicaragua’s trans-oceanic environmental scandal

(Photo: EFE/Archive) Forget about the Deepwater Horizon! If Nicaragua’s $50 billion trans-oceanic Canal scheduled to start construction December 22 becomes a reality, it could be the world’s biggest environmental disaster in recent memory. That’s the conclusion of many environmental experts upon...

By Andres / 26 noviembre, 2014

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