Analysis

Ibero-American Summit Loses Steam

The Ibero-American Summit bore little resemblance in spirit and tenor to its launch in 1991. Where do Ibero-American relations stand?

Michael Shifter

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ World Politics Review

A Time for Action

Latin America inequality gap, economic integration, and infrastructure and education systems were among the issues spotlighted at the XVII Annual CAF Conference.

Mary Dempsey

Event Summaries ˙

Sea Change in Spain

Latin America’s economic growth and Europe’s debt crisis have turned Ibero-American relations upside down.

Michael Shifter

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Foreign Policy

What Lessons Can Europe Learn from Latin America?

Since the global economic recession in 2008-09, several European countries have struggled with debt crises that many analysts have likened to Latin America’s struggles in past decades. What do the two situations have in common? What differentiates them?

Kevin P. Gallagher, Desmond Lachman, Daniel Marx, Mark Weisbrot

Fiscal Policy & the Poor in Latin America

Good fiscal policy not only promotes macroeconomic stability and growth, it is also a powerful tool for directly reducing poverty and inequality.

Jeffrey Puryear, Mariellen Malloy Jewers

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