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Making Chile’s Economy More Dynamic, Greener, and Inclusive
19 de febrero, por Luiza Antoun de Almeida - Si Guo - Andrea SchaechterChile’s economy is at a crossroads. Strong policies have successfully brought down high inflation and reduced the large current account deficit that emerged during the pandemic. Increases in social benefits have provided some relief in response to discontent over inequality. However, investment (…) -
Inequality Also Afflicts Clean Energy in Latin America
19 de febrero, por Emilio GodoyThe specter of blackouts hovers over the Mexican city of La Paz, the capital of the state of Baja California Sur in Mexico’s far northwestern corner, as summer approaches, due to increased electricity demand from air conditioning and insufficient capacity in the local grid. Since 2019, the local (…) -
World Social Forum Seeks to Reemerge as an Influential Gathering of Diversity
13 de febrero, por Mario OsavaThe World Social Forum (WSF) is today “more necessary than ever,” according to Oded Grajew, promoter and co-founder of the global civil society meeting – a festival of diversity that has not yet succeeded in fomenting or designing the “other possible world” that it predicted when it was created (…) -
What Is It Like to Live in Ecuador, One of the Most Violent Countries?
12 de febrero, por Carolina Loza“For a couple of years now we’ve been seeing the violence growing so fast,” said José, who asked not to give his last name for fear of reprisals he may face in Monte Sinai, a low-income neighborhood in Ecuador’s most populous city, Guayaquil. José, a 45-year-old Venezuelan, came here looking for (…) -
Drought Narrows the Panama Canal, Delays Shipping
8 de febrero, por Emilio GodoyAt the bar that Sandra manages in Panama City’s central financial district, the variety offered on the menu has shrunk due to delays in ship traffic through the Panama Canal, one of the world’s major shipping routes. “We are out of stock of some of our foreign beers, because the shipment didn’t (…)