The Sur makes more sense than you might think

Even if the implementation of a virtual sur never results in a full-fledged currency union or meaningfully increases regional integration, it would still aid Latin America’s economies through its role as a shared unit of account.

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A Global Americans Review of Escaping the Governance Trap

According to Shenai, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala are entangled in a governance trap, which he defines as “a path-dependent equilibrium in which weak states with contested authority fail to penetrate civil society and achieve self-sustaining economic growth

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Lula’s Tightrope-Balancing Act

[Lula] faces major domestic challenges: a grim economic outlook following Brazil’s lost decade, a congress dominated by conservatives and agribusiness interests, and polarization that threatens the country’s very social fabric.

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¿Qué tan azules son nuestras economías?

La incorporación de la Economía Azul en América Latina aún necesita trabajo. Aunque hay evidencias de avances en el desarrollo de planes y programas regionales y nacionales, éstos sólo cubren el 39 por ciento del territorio de la región.

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Tunisia in the mirror of the democratic transition in Latin America

In Tunisia, the nation’s deepening economic crisis has disappointed citizens hoping that democracy would usher in a new prosperity. But both Tunisia and other nations undergoing transitions from authoritarian rule, particularly those in Latin America and the Caribbean, can learn from this decade and the Tunisian experience.

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