China’s Strategy in Brazil & the Southern Cone
What does China stand to gain from investing in Latin America’s energy projects? Where is China looking next in the region?
Analysis
Impact of Lower Commodity Prices on Latin American Growth
With the recent decline in commodity prices, why have some countries have fared better than others?
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Can Venezuela’s Elections be Clean & Fair?
The question of transparency and fairness will be paramount for both the political stability of Venezuela and the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Interpreting Chinese Finance to LAC
Despite slowing growth on both sides of the Pacific, China’s policy bank finance to Latin America reached $30 billion in 2015.
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Venezuela: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?
A conversation with Luis Vicente León
The New Banks in Town: Chinese Finance in Latin America
Estimates of the volume, composition, and characteristics of Chinese lending to the region since 2005.
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A New Phase in China-LAC Economic Relations?
China’s economic footprint in the region is expanding at a rapid pace. Can Latin American societies keep up?
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China-LAC: Enduring Challenges
How will increasing Asian investment in Latin America influence economics and politics in the region?
Leopoldo López: Symbol & Victim
For anyone following Venezuela’s unending tragedy, the sentencing of Leopoldo López to nearly 14 years in prison was hardly surprising.
Crackdown in Caracas: Venezuela’s Crisis Continues
No end in sight for Venezuela
Nationalization & Its Discontents: Low Oil Prices & Latin America
As global oil prices collapsed over the last two years, regional governments have started to lose their leverage in the energy industry. To attract international investors, they must offer increasingly favorable terms, which means ceding more of their own control.
Venezuela’s Oil Sector: On the Brink of Collapse?
Venezuela’s oil industry has been in decline for years due to mismanagement and lack of investment. But this year, the industry’s problems seem to have multiplied as a result of the sharp decline in global oil prices.
Crisis in Venezuela
There is little doubt that Venezuela’s crises have multiplied and become more serious since Chavez’s death nearly two years ago.
Venezuela on the Brink: How the State Wrecked the Oil Sector
How the State Wrecked the Oil Sector—and How to Save It
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Mercosur’s Future: The Paraguayan Perspective
A discussion on the future of Mercosur with the Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister of Finance, and Ambassador to the US