BRIC by BRIC: Building an Alternative to the Washington Grid

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Samuel George
Emerging Markets want off the Washington Development Grid. Can the tear down the wall?

Emerging Markets want off the Washington Development Grid. Can they tear down the wall?

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Emerging Identity for Emerging Market Alliance

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Development Specialist Saudamini Dabak writes that
The Fifth BRIC Summit Raises as Many Questions as it Answers

All in all, it was all just BRICS in the wall

All in all, more than just BRICS in the wall?

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Latin America News Flash

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Latin American News Flash
3.31.2012 – 4.7.2013

El Pais reports that a truce in Salvador has been effective. In related news, face tattoos still a bad idea

El Pais reports that a truce in Salvador has been effective. In related news, face tattoos still a bad idea

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Message In a Bottle

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Samuel George

 Lessons for Europe from Latin America – The Cliff Notes

Much like Diego Maradona, by the end of the 1980s, Latin America needed a haircut

Much like Diego Maradona, by the end of the 1980s, Latin America needed a haircut

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Stepping Out of the Cavern

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Felipe Buitrago argues that while the 1980s were years of crisis for Latin America, the growing pains paved the way for future success

2400 years later, Plato's Cavern Allegory still rings true

2400 years later, Plato’s Cavern Allegory still rings true

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Latin America News Flash

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

3.24.2013 – 3.31.2013

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Surviving a Debt Crisis: Five Lessons for Europe from Latin America

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Samuel George
Dropped as if it were hot

Dropped as if it were hot

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Yoani Sánchez in DC

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

With Cuban dissident and blogger Yoani Sánchez in Washington DC, we share this conversation she recorded for the Bertelsmann BTI team in 2010 Continue reading →

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What Greece Can Learn from Argentina

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Samuel George
The Proverbial Messy Default

The Proverbial Messy Default

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

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Latin America News Flash

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Breaking News from Latin America
3.17.2013 – 3.24.2013
Featured Story: Return of the Jedi

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Back like she left something

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