Category Archives: Regions

Tango Singing Taxi Driver (The Buenos Aires Recordings)

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Samuel George

Taxi driver in Buenos Aires

Posted in Southern Cone | Tagged Argentina, buenos aires, Latin America blog, music, samuel george, singinging, tango, taxi | Leave a comment

The Brazilian Economy in a Second Dilma Administration

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Samuel George

Video: What’s Next for Brazil?

Posted in Brazil | Tagged Brazil, cornelius fleischhaker, dilma, Economy, education, kellie meiman, Latin America blog, levy, Otaviano Canuto, raul juste lores, riordan roett, samuel george, trade | Leave a comment

Are Mega-Trade Agreements a Threat to Brazil?

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Mancha Contributor

Brazilian economist, World Bank Senior Adviser and former Vice President Otaviano Canuto on the effect of global trade deals, TPP and TIPP on Brazil

Posted in Brazil, Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil, Latin America, Latin America blog, No Se Mancha, Otaviano Canuto, tpp, trade, TTIP | 1 Comment

Will Mexico’s Political Crisis Hurt Its Economy?

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Samuel George

By Samuel George

Posted in Mexico + Central America | Tagged 22, 43, Economy, Enrique Peña Nieto, Growth, iguala, Latin America blog, Mexico, political crisis, reform, tlatlaya massacre | Leave a comment

Quantitative Easing in the EU: Addressing the Symptom or the Cause?

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Samuel George

Samuel George on the lessons from Argentina

Posted in Southern Cone, Uncategorized | Tagged Argentina, convertibility, European Central Bank, Greece, GREXIT, Latin America blog, Mario Draghi, quantitative easing, samuel george | Leave a comment

Will the Real Evo Morales Please Stand Up?

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Samuel George

Samuel George on the re-inauguration of Bolivian President Evo Morales

Posted in Andean Region | Tagged Alba, bolivia, constitution, Economy, el alto, Evo Morales, la paz, Latin America blog, legacy, lithium, natural gas, samuel george, third term | Leave a comment

The Curious Case of Brazil’s Closed Economy

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Cornelius Fleischhaker

World Bank economists Otaviano Canuto, Cornelius Fleischhaker and Philip Schellekens on the origins and costs of Brazil’s closedness to international trade

Posted in Brazil, Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil, brazil economy, BRIC, Latin America blog, trade | 1 Comment

Goni, But Not Forgotten

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Mancha Contributor

Financial Advisor, Political Analyst and Jolly Globetrotter Alex Rosen on the Trials and Travails of Bolivia’s Former President Goni

Posted in Andean Region | Tagged bolivia, goni, Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, Latin America blog, milton freedmon, morales, privitization | Leave a comment

Fixing Education in Brazil: Its More Than Money

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Samuel George

By Samuel George and Cornelius Fleischhaker, authors of Five Steps to Kickstart Brazil

Posted in Brazil | Tagged Brazil, cornelius fleischhaker, dilma, Economy, education, Growth, Latin America blog, samuel george | 1 Comment

The Region in 2015 Part 3: Argentina and Venezuela – The Emperor Has No Clothes

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Mancha Contributor

Russ Dallen, Managing Director of Caracas Capital Markets and Editor-in-Chief of the Latin American Herald Tribune, on the state of the Venezuelan economy *Note: This piece was originally published on the Financial Times’ beyondbrics blog