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Mar 11, 2016

The new Argentina: Time to double down on the energy sector?

By Cristian Folgar

Argentina’s new government must build on economic reforms by further revising regulations for the energy sector. This is necessary to take advantage of the full producing potential of a sector that will be critical for jumpstarting the economy, moving manufacturing and bringing in foreign direct investment.

Energy & Environment
Energy Markets & Governance

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Feb 24, 2016

Five Steps to Grow the Cuban Economy: What the US and Cuba Can Do in Obama’s Final Year

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Twenty-five days before US President Barack Obama touches down in Havana, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center launched a new report that lays out the next step for Cuba’s continued progress. For the United States and Cuba to continue building on progress in the bilateral opening, the two countries must work to integrate […]

Cuba

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Nov 12, 2015

Path to peace and prosperity the Colombian miracle

By Miguel Silva

  Colombia approaches the third anniversary of the negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on November 19 at a time of heightened expectations that peace is within reach. The Atlantic Council report, The Path to Peace and Prosperity: The Colombian Miracle, warns that peace will not be inexpensive and calls for deep […]

Colombia

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Sep 16, 2015

China’s evolving role in Latin America: Can it Be a win-win?

By Enrique Dussel Peters

Weeks before Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with President Barack Obama in Washington, the Atlantic Council’s Latin America Center launched a new report that unravels the complexities of the Latin America-China relationship. Titled China’s Evolving Role in Latin America: Can it Be a Win-Win?, the report provides five recommendations to help both China and Latin […]

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Jul 14, 2015

Cuba’s economic reintegration: Begin with the international financial institutions

By Pavel Vidal and Scott Brown

Cuba’s Economic Reintegration: Begin with the International Financial Institutions is the first major policy publication on Cuba’s role in the global economic community since the December announcement of new policies toward Cuba. The team of authors include Cuban economist Pavel Vidal and former Senior IMF Economist Scott Brown, a former mission chief for Albania. Beyond […]

Cuba

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Jun 19, 2015

US-Brazil relations: A new beginning? How to strengthen the bilateral agenda

By Ricardo Sennes

What should be on the agenda when President Rousseff comes to Washington on June 30? A new Atlantic Council report launched today calls on the two Presidents to move beyond the usual working groups and outline an ambitious path forward. The Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center’s report, titled US-Brazil Relations: A New Beginning? How to […]

Brazil

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May 7, 2015

Harnessing social impact investing

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

The solutions for socioeconomic development are no longer only in the public sector. Latin America has changed dramatically over the last decade, and the private sector can play an increasingly important role in the region’s progress. That’s where social impact investing comes in—a way that investors can make money while doing social good. The White […]

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Aug 25, 2014

New Atlantic Council Report on Mexico’s Energy Reform: Mexico “Ready to Launch” Predicts Large Foreign Investment and Boost in Manufacturing from Cheaper Electricity

By The Atlantic Council

A report by the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center argues that Mexico’s recently enacted energy reform will “transform Mexico into a major energy and industrial power.” Co-authored by the Arsht Center’s Senior Nonresident Energy Fellow and former US State Department Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, David Goldwyn, NEW report reviews […]

Global Trade And The Americas

Jul 30, 2014

A Twenty-First-Century Trade Agreement: Who Could Benefit?

By The Atlantic Council

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) began in 2004 as an inter-regional effort by four countries on the Pacific Rim to liberalize trade and investment. Ten years later it has grown to twelve member countries that represent 40 percent of global GDP, 26 percent of global trade, and 40 percent of US trade. It is the first […]

Economy & Business
Trade and tariffs

Global Trade And The Americas

Jul 23, 2014

Bridging the Pacific: The Americas’ New Economic Frontier?

By Atlantic Council

Watch the July 23, 2014 report launch featuring Acting Deputy US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler, TPP Caucus Co-chairs Congressmen Charles Boustany, Jr. (R-LA) and Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and other experts from the public and private sectors. Bridging the Pacific: The Americas’ New Economic Frontier?, written by Atlantic Council author Peter Rashish, proposes nine concrete steps […]

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