While remittances break records and ease the economies of many countries in the region, millions of Latin American households are being reshaped around an absence that leaves social, educational, and emotional marks.
The urgency to carry out large-scale projects without rigorous oversight opens the door to costly decisions that compromise long-term development and sovereignty.
The war in Iran impacts Latin America by driving up oil prices, fueling inflation, and exposing its dependence on the dollar, thereby weakening its economic and political stability.
With historically weak states, low tax revenues, and high-spending populist impulses, Latin America faces a fiscal trap that threatens to perpetuate chronic deficits and new crises.
The power of corporate lobbying and the extreme concentration of wealth are deepening inequality and weakening social and democratic foundations, pushing economies toward a growing risk of social fracture.
