Category Archives: Southern Cone

What Greece Can Learn from Argentina

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Samuel George

Excerpt based on a new Bertelsmann Foundation Paper “Surviving a Debt Crisis: Five Lessons for Europe from Latin America” Release Date 3.21.1013

Posted in Southern Cone, Uncategorized | Tagged Argentina, Currency Peg, Euro Crisis, Greece, GREXIT, Messy Default, Suboptimal Currency Union | 2 Comments

Three Kings

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Samuel George

Posted in Andean Region, Southern Cone, Uncategorized | Tagged Barcelona, Caracas, Chavez, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Latin America, Messi, Pope Francis, Vatican | Leave a comment

Habemus Paco

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Cornelius Fleischhaker

A Latin American Pope – The beginning of change in the Catholic Church? Or more of the same dressed up in a poncho? It happened. Latin America’s Catholics, half of the church’s 1.2 billion followers, finally have a pope of … Continue reading →

Posted in Southern Cone, Uncategorized | Tagged Argentina, Catholic Church, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Francisco I, Latin America, Pope, Religion | 1 Comment

The Pacific Pumas

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Samuel George

As the world grapples with stimulating employment, growth and innovation, a new club of countries is emerging as an engine of regional growth.

Posted in Mexico + Central America, Southern Cone | Tagged BRICS, Chile, Colombia, Latin America, Mexico, Pacific Pumas, Peru | 2 Comments

Argentina Censored – But Does it Matter?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Cornelius Fleischhaker

From No Se Mancha Staff Member and IMF Research Analyst Cornelius Fleischhaker

Posted in Southern Cone | Tagged Argentina, Economics, Fernandez de Kirchner, IMF, Inflation | 2 Comments

Argentine Theatre: Mr. Timerman goes to London

Posted on February 9, 2013 by gapolin1

Despite much of Latin America reaching the bicentennial celebration of its independence movements, much still remains unresolved in the way of territorial disputes.

Posted in Southern Cone | Tagged Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Falkland Islands, Hector Timerman, Islas Malvinas, United Kingdom | 1 Comment

Reform and Backlash: What Europe Can Learn from Latin America

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Samuel George

In November, the backlash to externally imposed austerity once again boiled over. Labor unions executed coordinated strikes. University students took to the streets. Daily life came to a halt as citizens protested grinding reforms. The harsh economic restructuring was demanded … Continue reading →

Posted in Andean Region, Southern Cone, Uncategorized | Tagged Debt Crisis, Europe, Greece, Latin America, Pink Tide, Venezuela | 1 Comment

Europe Cries for Argentina: A Judicial Ruling’s Global Reverberations

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Samuel George

By ruling that Buenos Aires must repay sovereign bond holdouts, Judge Thomas Griesa may have complicated similar programs in Europe while derailing any hope of Argentina’s reentry into the global financial system.