CEPR has long been a leader in examining economic and political developments in Latin America. Highlights of our work in 2022 included the following: Co-Director Mark Weisbrot joined Joseph E. Stiglitz to author this op-ed for Foreign Policy on the February 2022 agreement between Argentina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The piece highlighted that […]
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This is the eleventh in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny, as we observe in our report Nickels Before Dimes. Here, we expand upon various claims and conclusions that Escobari and Hoover make […]
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The American Prospect See article on original site Last summer, Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Ted Cruz (R-TX) issued a warning from the Senate floor. “Already,” Cruz said, “nine governments across South America, Central America, and the Caribbean are controlled by socialists.” Since then, Gustavo Petro has formed the first left-wing government in the history of […]
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The Guardian Diario.ES See article on original site En español For months, a sitting president with authoritarian sympathies sowed doubt in his country’s democracy. When he lost the election by a narrow margin, his supporters led a violent march on the capital in denial of the final result. But the institutions of democracy proved robust […]
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Diario.ES The Guardian Ver artículo en el sitio original In English Durante meses, un presidente en funciones con inclinaciones autoritarias puso en duda la democracia de su país. Sus simpatizantes protagonizaron una violenta marcha sobre la capital para negar su derrota electoral por un estrecho margen. Pero las instituciones de la democracia fueron más fuertes que los ataques y el […]
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This is the tenth in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny, as we observe in our report Nickels Before Dimes. Here, we expand upon various claims and conclusions that Escobari and Hoover […]
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