All Entries in the "The Scene" Category
Digging Out
The world community and Haitian leaders and elite have repeatedly pledged a new start; this time it will be even more difficult to stay the course despite the more than $1 billion in government and private aid pledged.
A Decade of Up
The performances of Latin America’s bolsas were all the more striking given that the U.S. stock market ended the decade in negative territory – its worst performance since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
The Chinese Are Still Coming
As trade, investment and lending ties deepen between Latin America and China, some leaders discover that relationships can be complicated.
Fewer Dollars, Fewer Crossings
The impact of the U.S. economic crisis on Latin America is reflected in a sharp drop in remittances, depriving many countries of a critical source of income.
Waiting For Recovery
Latin American ports are ready and willing, but when will international trade pick up?
Murder, Headlines and Statistics
Even as these reports of killings lead the news in a number of countries, governments fight back with their own statistics.
Latin Trade CFO Event
The outlook for the region is turning brighter, And CFOs are looking ahead to 2010.
Commodities Rising
Last year’s sharp decline in global commodity prices posed a huge factor in the slowing economies in much of Latin America and the Caribbean. But rising commodity prices offer relief to many of the region’s big exporters.
Fatal Roadways
Residents of Latin America and the Caribbean have a higher chance of dying in highway accidents than their counterparts in Europe and North America. At the high end, road accidents kill more than 3,300 people per million vehicles in Paraguay each year. Only about 100 people per million vehicles die in the Netherlands or Australia, [...]
War of Words
The rhetoric has escalated since June 28, when the Honduran military arrested and exiled President Manuel Zelaya. Despite overwhelming international support for restoring him to power, public opinion in Honduras remains bitterly divided.
Sprinting To a Finish
Chile’s finance minister lands in New York, intent on convincing investors that the country is on the right financial track.
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A New World [Religious] Order?
Pope Benedict blames the “pernicious effects” of greed and a misplaced desire for technological advancement at any cost, as the reasons for the economic recession gripping the globe.
The China Syndrome
Chinese financial authorities have carped about the dollar’s role as the sole world reserve currency, most recently at the G8 meeting of industrialized nations in L’Aguila, Italy. The world will rely on the greenback for international transactions for the foreseeable future. But China is already testing the waters in Latin America, where the country has [...]
A Tale of Two Regions: Capitalism versus Socialism
An opinion poll showing only 53 percent of Americans considered capitalism a better system than socialism raised questions over whether the financial crisis was taking a toll on faith in the free market.
Arturo Valenzuela – Western Hemisphere Affairs
“We’ve made progress liberalizing trade and opening markets, but now we have to make sure that the benefits of economic growth reach all people.”
How Does the World See Latin America?
The debate continues over whether Latin America and the Caribbean have made progress on corruption and transparency in recent years. Clearly the region still struggles with the public perception that it is a difficult or dangerous place to do business in. Every year, the U.K.-based consultancy, Maplecroft, publishes indices that measure corruption, transparency, compliance with [...]
Book Diplomacy?
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s gift of a classic book favored by left-wing Latin American circles to an unsuspecting President Barack Obama at the V Summit of the Americas sparked controversy, humor and a sales blitz.
Timothy F. Geithner – U.S. Treasury Secretary
“On top of the financial and economic challenges we face… there is another: a lack of faith.” – Timothy F. Geithner – U.S. Treasury Secretary
The Hot Spot
Panama is experiencing a boom thanks to sun, surf and New World charm
They Love Me, They Love Me Not
With economic challenges buffeting the entire region, the political winds in Latin America seem to be shifting as well. Polls measuring presidential popularity during the first quarter 2009 show marked changes compared with polls taken in the last quarter of 2008, indicating the strain people are feeling.
Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
“Chile has always opposed the extension of discriminatory trade practices.” – Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
