Category Archives: Regions

Lies, Damned Lies, and Argentina

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Alex Rosen

Financial Advisor, Political Analyst and Jolly Globetrotter Alex Rosen recently joined No Se Mancha as a Team Member.

Posted in Southern Cone | Tagged agentine kirchner, Argentine collapse, Argentine economy, Kirchner policy | 5 Comments

PEMEX Reform: The Final Frontier

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

James Stranko, Advisor to the Clinton Global Initiative and author of Avenida America on the major reform everyone is wondering if Mexico will make.

Posted in Mexico + Central America | Tagged Mexio reform, PEMEX, PEMEX reform, Pena Nieto reform | 16 Comments

Guerrilla Politics: A Bloody History

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

An Editorial from Natalia Lozano, a Colombian International Relations Specialist

Posted in Andean Region | Tagged colombia peace process, Colombia union patriotica, Farc & UP, FARC Peace, FARC political party | 3 Comments

The End of an Era: Why the commodity super cycle is probably over…

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Cornelius Fleischhaker

Posted in Andean Region, Brazil, Southern Cone, Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Commodity boom, Commodity prices in Latin America, Commodity super cycle, Latin American commodities, Peru, Venezuela | 5 Comments

After the ‘Golden Years,’ what next for Latin America?

Posted on July 25, 2013 by theoakahn

Latin American trade and investment analyst Theodore Kahn recently joined the No Se Mancha staff

Posted in Andean Region, Brazil, Mexico + Central America, Southern Cone, Uncategorized | Tagged Latin American golden years, Latin American growth, Latin American middle class, the Rise of Latin America’s Middle Class | 4 Comments

Of Dictators and Democrats

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

James Stranko, Advisor to the Clinton Global Initiative, takes issue with a modern interpretation of Latin America

Posted in Andean Region, Brazil, Southern Cone | Tagged Kurt Weyland, Latin America, liberal economics latin america, Pink Tide | 5 Comments

Sketches of Colombia

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Samuel George

Posted in Andean Region, Caribbean, Uncategorized | Tagged Colombia, Colombia Infrastructure, Colombia Pacific Coast, Colombia Pacific Pumas, Life in Colombia, Pacific Alliance, Peace in Colombia | 4 Comments

The Magic Realism of Edward Snowden

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Financial Advisor, Political Analyst and Jolly Globetrotter Alex Rosen on Snowden in Latin America

Posted in Andean Region | Tagged Eric Snowden, eric snowden bolivia, eric snowden cuba, Eric Snowden ecuador, Evo Morales, Latin America, snowden, Venezuela | 3 Comments

Mexico: What Local Elections mean for the Peña Nieto Sexenio

Posted on July 10, 2013 by theoakahn

Contentious local elections in Mexico point to a tough road ahead for president Enrique Peña Nieto’s ambitious agenda.

Posted in Mexico + Central America, Uncategorized | Tagged Local elections Pena Nieto, Mexico local elections, Pacto por mexico, Pena Nieto | 4 Comments

The Roar of a Nation

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Joel Covelli takes us inside the protests, the stadiums and the corporate world during the uprising in Brazil

Posted in Brazil | Tagged brazil business response to protest, brazil federation cup protest, brazil protest, Brazil protests witness, football | 6 Comments