Category Archives: Uncategorized

Roaming: Pumas del Pacífico in Mexico City

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Samuel George

Samuel George presents “Los Pumas del Pacífico” with Vice Ministers of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

Posted in Andean Region, Mexico + Central America, Uncategorized | Tagged bachalet, Chile, Colombia, Latin America blog, Mexico, Pacific Pumas, Pena Nieto, Peru, Pumas del Pacifico, samuel george, Vanessa Rubio | Leave a comment

Argentine Elections ’15: A Country at the Crossroads

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Samuel George

Samuel George‘s first installment in a new series covering Argentina in the run up to general elections in October 2015.

Posted in Southern Cone, Uncategorized | Tagged 2015, Argentina, Daniel Scioli, election, Latin America blog, mauricio macri, samuel george, Sergio Massa | 3 Comments

Things fall apart?

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Mancha Contributor

2015 could be the year that breaks Brazil, but it could also be the year the country rebounds argues João Schlüter No Se Mancha’s Brazil insider

Posted in Brazil, Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil, dilma, João Schlüter, Latin America blog, levi, petrobras | 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

US Policy in Latin America: What a difference a decade makes

Posted on February 19, 2015 by theoakahn

Theodore Kahn argues that things are looking up for the United States in Latin America

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Argentina, China, commodities, Hugo Chavez, Investment, Latin America, trade, United States, Venezuela | Leave a comment

Kickstarting the Brazilian Economy in a 2nd Dilma Administration

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Samuel George

Come check out No Se Mancha co-founders Samuel George and Cornelius Fleischhaker as they present their new study Five Steps to Kickstart Brazil with a star panel

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil, Brazil infrastructure, corneliu, dilma, Economy, education, fiscal policy, kellie meiman, Latin America blog, levy, monetary policy, Otaviano Canuto, riorden roett, samuel george | 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

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

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