Category Archives: Southern Cone

Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance – do opposites attract?

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Samuel George

Samuel George’s new post for the FT’s beyondbrics looks at the Pacific Alliance’s overtures to Mercosur. The Pumas must be crazy, right?….Right?

Posted in Andean Region, Brazil, Mexico + Central America, Southern Cone | Tagged Bachelet, Chile and mercosur, chile and pacific alliance, Chilean left, Mercosur, Pacific Alliance, Pacific Pumas | Leave a comment

Game On: Latin America in the 2014 World Cup

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

No Se Mancha’s football guru Fulvio Bortolini analyses Latin America’s teams in the 2014 World Cup

Posted in Andean Region, Brazil, Mexico + Central America, Southern Cone | Tagged Argentina world cup 2014, Brazil world cup, Chile world cup, Colombia world cup, Ecuador world cup 2014, el tri, Latin America football, Latin America in the world cup, Mexico world cup, tevez world cup, Uruguay world cup 2014, who will win the world cup, world cup 2014 | 1 Comment

Is Chile Finally Waving Goodbye to Binomialism?

Posted on April 25, 2014 by J. Elliot

James McBride on electoral reform in Chile

Posted in Southern Cone | Tagged Bachelet, Binomialism, Chile, Congress, Electoral reform, Pinochet | 1 Comment

Bachelet’s Chile: Take Two

Posted on March 28, 2014 by J. Elliot

James McBride on the prospects of Chile’s new government

Posted in Southern Cone | Tagged Bachelet, Chile, constitutional reform, education, Mercosur, Pacific Pumas, tax reform, The Pacific Alliance | 2 Comments

Argentina’s Day In Court

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Samuel George

A closer look at Argentina’s petition to the US Supreme Court

Posted in Southern Cone | Tagged Argentina, Argentine haircut, argentine holdouts, debt restructuring, Judge griesa, pari passu | Leave a comment

Exit Strategy: Latin America’s Megacities Tackle Transportation

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

James McBride on traffic in Latin America

Posted in Andean Region, Mexico + Central America, Southern Cone | Tagged bike share buenos aires, Bogota traffic, Guillermo Dietrich, Latin America traffic, mauricio macri, Mexico city traffic, rio de janeiro traffic, Sao Paulo traffic, TransMilenio | 2 Comments

Venezuela & Argentina: Two (Basket) Case Studies

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

International Economist Lisa Frumin on Argentina and Venezuela

Posted in Andean Region, Caribbean, Southern Cone | Tagged Alba, Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, Hugo Chavez, Inflation, Mercosur, Nestor Kirchner, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela | 3 Comments

Why MILA Matters

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Samuel George

Samuel George on the integration of the Colombian, Peruvian, Chilean and (eventually) Mexican stock markets

Posted in Andean Region, Mexico + Central America, Southern Cone | Tagged BMV, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, MILA, Pacific Alliance, Pacific Pumas, Peru | Leave a comment

No Se Mancha’s Top Ten from 2013

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Happy News Years from the No Se Mancha team! In our first year we have covered everything from baseball in the Caribbean to money falling from the Bolivian skies, to the vicissitudes of Chilean politics, and everything in between. As we prepare for a … Continue reading →