China’s RMB isn’t set to outpace the dollar in Latin America…yet Miguel Otero-Iglesias, Agustin Gonzalez-Agote ˙ Jun 8, 2023 ˙ Asia & Latin America 2.0 BY CC | Wikimedia Commons Miguel Otero-Iglesias and Agustin Gonzalez-Agote discuss China's currency internationalization ambitions in this guest blog post for the Inter-American Dialogue's Asia and Latin America Program.Read more +
Will AMLO Find a Way to Keep Mexico Out of a Recession? Jaana Remes, Kevin Sullivan, Pamela Starr, Wolfram F. Schaffler González, Alfredo Coutiño ˙ Sep 10, 2019 ˙ Latin America Advisor President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is facing slowing economic growth in Mexico, Latin America’s second-largest economy. // File Photo: Mexican Government. Are the central bank and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador taking the right actions to spur the economy?Read more +
China’s Transport Infrastructure Investment in LAC: Five Things to Know Margaret Myers ˙ Nov 13, 2018 ˙ Asia & Latin America China has indicated support for upwards of 150 road, rail, port, and other transport infrastructure projects in Latin America since 2002.Read more +
LAC’s Not Part of the Belt and Road, but Does That Matter? Margaret Myers, Ricardo Barrios ˙ Jan 26, 2018 ˙ Asia & Latin America Cancillería del Ecuador / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 Latin America isn't yet part of the Belt and Road, but China showed sustained interest in the region during the recent China-CELAC Ministerial Forum. Read more +
China and LAC: The Zhuhai Connection Margaret Myers, Ricardo Barrios ˙ Nov 27, 2017 ˙ Asia & Latin America Shasha Zhuhai / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 The coastal city of Zhuhai in China’s Guangdong province is quickly becoming a focal point of China’s efforts to strengthen relations with the LAC region. Read more +
China & LAC: Doing the Math Margaret Myers ˙ Jul 20, 2015 ˙ Asia & Latin America What will China's newly-proposed "cooperation frameworks" mean for Latin America?Read more +
Brazil-China 2.0? Margaret Myers ˙ Jun 15, 2015 ˙ Asia & Latin America By Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil (Agência Brasil) [CC BY 3.0 br (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons Brazil was been promised upwards of $50 billion in finance and investment by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in late May.Read more +
Achieving Global Food Security: What Role for LAC? Margaret Myers ˙ Apr 18, 2015 ˙ 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 +
Chinese Lending to LAC in 2014 Margaret Myers ˙ Feb 27, 2015 ˙ MK2010-Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 2014 was the second highest year on record for Chinese finance in Latin America.Read more +
What Now for China-LAC? Margaret Myers ˙ Jan 13, 2015 ˙ Asia & Latin America Nina Zambrano Díaz / CC BY 2.0 China is an increasingly important economic partner for Latin America.Read more +
China, CELAC & China-LAC Relations Margaret Myers, Beatrice Rangel, Anton Edmunds, Jorge Heine ˙ Jan 8, 2015 ˙ Asia & Latin America Government of Chile What does China stand to gain politically from closer engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean?Read more +
Navigating Risk in Brazil’s Energy Sector Margaret Myers, Lisa Viscidi ˙ Oct 2, 2014 ˙ Asia & Latin America Rio de Janeiro Helicoptero 47 Feb 2006 / Mariordo / CC BY 3.0 copyrights mariordo@aol.com With presidential elections on the horizon, great uncertainty surrounds the future of Brazil’s energy policy.Read more +
China’s Mining Activity in Latin America Margaret Myers ˙ Sep 25, 2014 ˙ Sunrise Dam Open Pit / Calistemon / CC BY-SA 3.0 Over the past decade, China has rapidly emerged as the world's leading consumer and importer of minerals.Read more +
LAC Investment Patterns in China Margaret Myers ˙ Sep 23, 2014 ˙ Asia & Latin America CobbleCC-Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 Latin American companies should look to China sooner rather than later.Read more +
Will Default Dampen China-Argentina Ties? Paul Shortell ˙ Sep 18, 2014 ˙ Asia & Latin America Buenos Aires-2672f-Banco de la Nación Argentina / Barcex / CC BY-SA 2 The Fernández administration’s refusal to comply with a US court order to pay holdout hedge funds has once again landed Argentina in default. Read more +
