Mexico: Prosperous, Competitive, Undergoing an Economic Renaissance?
It was startling to find the New York Times—reporting from the Davos, Switzerland 2013 World Economic Forum—situating Mexico at ...
Argentina: Beyond the ‘High Dollar’
In 1992, Argentine president Carlos Menem launched the convertible peso, fixing the national currency at a one-to-one value with ...
The Colombia FTA: Only Corporations Win
Trade has been a contentious issue in U.S. politics for a very long while. In recent times, free trade agreements ...
Mexico: The Cost of U.S. Dumping
For years developing countries have complained that rich countries undermine their agricultural development by “dumping” surplus commodities on them—that is, ...
Mexico’s Economic Collapse
The year 2009 was arguably the worst year of economic downturn in Mexico since the onset of the Great Depression ...
What’s Left for Latin America to Do With China?
Celebrated with much fanfare, Venezuela and China signed a “strategic alliance” in December. Under this new bilateral deal, Venezuela began ...
A “Great Example” of Pension Damage
George w. bush’s “political capital” is rapidly being spent on his controversial Social Security privatization initiative. Grasping for positive examples ...
Ecuador’s Dollar Doldrums
In 2000, Ecuador became the first Latin American country to officially eliminate its own currency and adopt the U.S. dollar ...
