Bank runs, gray swans, and why Latin America seems to be safe
In Latin America, the traumas of a tumultuous past make us Latinos particularly cautious, perhaps not in matters of the heart but certainly in matters of financial stability.
Cuba: the women prisoners of the dictatorship
Cuban women demand human, civil, and political rights, all kinds of freedom, as well as the end of the absolute governance of the Communist Party of Cuba.
Latin American tax agreement: toward a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable region
This is the first time in the last 25 years that inequality and poverty have increased simultaneously
Inflation and rising interest rates: a false solution?
High profits for some business groups show that under high inflation not everyone loses.
Lula’s Government and Latin American Integration
The time has come to promote South American regionalism. What is at stake is the reversal or deepening of the region peripheralization in the international scenario.
Deciphering the ‘Sur’: a new common South American currency
The ‘Sur’ would be an accounting instrument rather than a tangible currency. It would therefore be an index whose value would always be different from that of its component currencies and would be calculated based on a basket of the same currencies and/or commodities.
Brazil: social participation at the “higher level”
Coauthors Ciro Torres, João A. Lins Sucupira, Luiz M. Behnken
Brazilian democracy is perhaps, from the institutional point of view, one of the most permeable to social participation. However, this participation does not reach the institutions that manage public finances and economic policies.
China’s diplomacy strategy in Latin America
The main objective of Beijing’s envoys to the region has apparently been to build goodwill through increased visibility and accessibility, and to ensure a favorable environment for China’s interests in the region.
Countries affected by climate change await funds from the developed world
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) the creation of a Loss and Damage Fund was unanimously approved, specifically for countries most vulnerable to climate change.
Latin America: from crisis to polycrisis
If economic history has been marked by the irruption of natural catastrophes and economic risks, the distinctive feature of the Anthropocene is human’s responsibility for the amplification of these risks.