Tag: Ideas
Since the recent anti-racist mobilizations in the United States and Latin American countries, there has been a strengthening of the black and feminist movements in Brazil as well as a resumption of the debate on race. Within this framework, there has been a resurgence of interest in ideas and theories of the past.
Migration is a central phenomenon of the contemporary world that challenges all countries involved. And the promotion of entrepreneurship is often seen as the solution to integrate migrants into the host society. Is this another neoliberal myth or is it a viable option?
Central Americans continue to flee their home countries, and according to U.S. authorities, more than 100,000 people were apprehended at the southern border in the last month, with an increase in families and unaccompanied children over the previous month.
Brazil is going through one of the most tragic moments in its history, with a GDP contraction of 4%. But the financial movement in the Stock Exchange broke records. The Bovespa index surpassed the unprecedented mark of 120 thousand points and the volume of business was almost five times the GDP for the year. How did this happen?
South America constitutes an "almost perfect" regional migratory space, since its migrants are mostly natives of the same region. Human mobility in general, and transnational migrations in particular, constitute a real machine for diversification and integration of the world's populations and cultures.
It is not possible to state conclusively that the "pink tide" -which fell in the first decade of the present century- is back. It will depend on what happens in the coming months in the different elections in Peru, Nicaragua, Chile, Honduras and the second round in Ecuador.
Judge Edson Fachin of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), considered that the then judge Sergio Moro and the Federal Court of Paraná did not have jurisdiction to try former president Lula. These proceedings will have to be retried. The return to the political scene of former president Lula da Silva completely changes the Brazilian political landscape.
The mood of the continent's citizens reveals irritation with political parties and a general lack of confidence in political institutions. The cocktail includes dissatisfaction with the neoliberal model, resistance to accept governmental adjustment measures and weariness with the corruption of political leaders.
A popular idea in economics holds that poor countries tend to grow faster than rich countries. Therefore, the world's economies eventually converge in their income levels. However, historical experiences of convergence have been bitter.
Latin America has been one of the regions hardest hit by the pandemic, both from a health and socioeconomic point of view. Its impact...