AMLO’s first State of the Union address
On September 1, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) delivered his first State of the Union address. Although the media labeled the event as the “third” official message to the...
View ArticleCorruption in Latin America and the Caribbean prevails…but so does citizen...
Latin American and Caribbean countries have made enormous progress in tackling corruption, most notably through the wave of legal actions against the perpetrators of the greatest corruption scandal...
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Candidates to the OAS General Secretariat
Demonstration outside OAS building in Washington DC / Photo by: Jimena Galindo This new year will welcome a brand new Secretary General to the Organization of American States (OAS). The new Secretary...
View ArticleLatin American and Caribbean economies to grow 1.8 percent in 2020
In its Global Economic Prospects report released January 8, the World Bank predicts the global economy will rise up to 2.5 percent in 2020 as investment and trade recover from last year’s slowdown....
View ArticleLatin America and the Caribbean’s turtle-paced progress against corruption
On January 23, Transparency International released its 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), measuring the perceived levels of public sector corruption across 180 countries and territories. With a...
View ArticleLatin America recorded the highest number of journalist killings in 2019
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) recently published its report on journalists and media staff killed in 2019 across the world. According to the report, 2019 is the first year since...
View ArticleFreedom in the World: Latin America report card
It was not a good year, or decade, for democracy. In its recently released Freedom in the World report, Freedom House found that 2019 was the 14th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. In...
View ArticleEight in ten people in the Western Hemisphere biased against women, UNDP
On March 5, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its new Gender Social Norms Index. The index measures how social beliefs in four areas: political empowerment, educational...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Latin America: What governments are doing to stop the spread
The coronavirus (or COVID-19) landed in Latin America on February 26, when Brazil confirmed its first case. According to the country’s Healthy Ministry, a 61-year old man tested positive after...
View ArticleWhat the experts are saying about COVID-19’s effects on Latin American economies
In a region with soaring poverty rates, high population density and lagging health care, COVID-19 poses a tremendous risk to Latin America and the Caribbean. According to a JPMorgan report assessing...
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