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Thea Lee on labor issues in Latin America and the Caribbean

Gene Kuleta, Thea Lee ˙ ˙ Latin America Advisor

photo of sugar cane ruurmo via Creative COmmons
The Latin America Advisor’s latest video features Thea Lee, the U.S. Labor Department’s deputy undersecretary for international affairs. Lee spoke with Advisor editor Gene Kuleta about labor issues in Latin America. View the latest Advisor video here:  To watch other Advisor videos on technology’s role in Latin America’s economic…Read more +

Achieving Global Food Security: What Role for LAC?

Margaret Myers ˙ ˙

Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru. It is located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Arequipa. It is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States at 4,160 m. However, the canyon's walls are not as vertical as those of the Grand Canyon. The Colca Valley is a colorful Andean valley with towns founded in Spanish Colonial times and formerly inhabited by the Collaguas and the Cabanas. The local people still maintain ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces.
As a principal exporter of grains, Latin America has a critical role to play in addressing global food insecurity. Read more +