Economy

Social violence

Reducing violence: Latin America’s pending economic policy

José Luis Sampietro Saquicela

Violence operates as a “hidden tax” that costs Latin America 3.5% of its GDP and chokes investment, productivity, and development, making security the region’s major outstanding economic policy.

Economy

The regional labor market: Growth without formalization, recession with precarization

Karla Meneses Bucheli

When a recession arrives, its effects are usually deeper and more prolonged than those seen during periods in developed economies.

Development

A new lost decade for Latin America?

Ximena Roncal Vattuone

ECLAC warns of low growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. Without mobilizing resources, the region risks another lost decade.

Trade

Latin America: dangerous indifference to the multilateral crisis

Marcelo Halperín

The collapse of economic multilateralism leaves Latin America vulnerable. Without action, U.S. unilateralism risks deepening regional fragility.

Development

Latin America caught in the commodities trap

José Luis Sampietro Saquicela

Latin America depends on raw materials while losing talent abroad. Education, innovation, and R&D investment are key to breaking the resource curse.

Brazil

Geopolitics in your pocket: how Brazil is de-dollarizing

Juan Agulló | Rebeca Munguía

Brazil diversifies beyond the dollar with Pix, UnionPay, and its future digital currency DREX, reshaping global finance from citizens’ pockets.

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