Tag Archives: Latin America

Educación 3.0 – The Future of Education in the Americas

Posted on October 2, 2014 by J. Elliot

Education expert Gabriel Zinny introduces his new book Educación 3.0: The Struggle for Talent in Latin America on the challenges facing schools across the Americas

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 21st Century skills, achievement gap, Brookings Institution, educacion 3.0, education, Gabriel Zinny, Globalization, innovation, Latin America, Latin America blog, Rebecca Winthrop | Leave a comment

Capital Flows to Latin America: Beyond Skitters and Jitters

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

Energy and financial analyst (and wannabe Chilango) Jesse Rogers on cold feet in Latin America’s strongest economies

Posted in Andean Region, Brazil, Mexico + Central America, Southern Cone | Tagged Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Interest Rates, Latin America, Latin America blog, Luis fernando mejia, Mexico, Minister Cardenas, Peru, taper tantrum, tapering, US base rate | 6 Comments

Venezuela: Can the revolution survive with a little help from its friends?

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

Venezuelan contributor Francisco Rodríguez on the Bolivarian Republic’s increasing dependency on China

Posted in Andean Region, Caribbean, Uncategorized | Tagged China, Debt, Latin America, loans, Maduro, shortage, Venezuela, Venezuela-China, Xi | Leave a comment

China and Japan in Latin America: What Competition?

Posted on August 5, 2014 by theoakahn

Theodore Kahn on why China and Japan are not really competing in Latin America—yet.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Asian FDI, China, FDI, Japan, Latin America, Shinto Abe, Xi Jinping | Leave a comment

Shelter From the Storm: Latin America Seeks Climate Change Innovation

Posted on August 4, 2014 by J. Elliot

James McBride on Latin America’s attempts to unite the public and private sectors in pursuit of climate solutions

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil, Carbon, Carbon emissions, Chile, Climate Change, Colombia, Green Bonds, IDB, Impacting Investing, Latin America, Multilateral Investment Fund, Start-Up Chile, World Bank | 3 Comments

Bolivia to Legalize Child Labor

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Alex Rosen

Alex Rosen on La Paz’s “creative” plan to address poverty

Posted in Andean Region | Tagged bolivia, Bolivian child labor, child labor, conditional cash transfer, Evo Morales, la paz, Latin America, poverty | 1 Comment

The Pacific Pumas in 23 Graphs

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Samuel George

Is the Pacific Pumas study TL;DR for you? Check out the Pacific Pumas in 23 graphs

Posted in Andean Region, Mexico + Central America, Southern Cone, Uncategorized | Tagged Alianza del pacifico, Chia, Chile, China, Colombia, constitutional reform, Debt, defecit, Ease of doing business, foreign reserves, Growth, Latin America, mexican reforms, Mexico, MILA, Pacific Alliance, Pacific Pumas, peace process, Peru, tariffs, TTIP | 1 Comment

Copa América

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

No Se Mancha’s football guru Fulvio Bortolini considers Latin American teams’ performances in the group stage of the World Cup

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2014, argentina world cup, brazil 2014, Brazil world cup, Chile world cup, Colombia world cup, Costa Rica, football, Latin America, Mexico world cup, uruguay world cup, world cup | Leave a comment

Chinese Investment in Latin America: Much Ado about Next to Nothing

Posted on November 20, 2013 by theoakahn

Theodore Kahn on why the China-Latin America relationship disappoints.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil, China, China FDI, China-Latin America, Foreign direct investment, Japan, Latin America, natural resources, PetroChina | 3 Comments

Of Dictators and Democrats

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

James Stranko, Advisor to the Clinton Global Initiative, takes issue with a modern interpretation of Latin America

Posted in Andean Region, Brazil, Southern Cone | Tagged Kurt Weyland, Latin America, liberal economics latin america, Pink Tide | 5 Comments