Twenty years ago, it was much easier to describe the economic organization of Latin American countries. The debt crisis, which spawned the so-called “lost decade” of the 1980s, had given the final blow to the import substituting industrialization (ISI) project. characterized by the dirigiste dogma, in words of Deepak Lal’s (in)famous book-title. The economic chaos was so profound that something had to be done, and quickly.

   Dr. Wolassa KumoIntroduction Analyses of global poverty often focus on a narrow concept of economic poverty, which is measured by income, consumption or wealth. Accordingly, an individual who does not have an access to food that provides a standard minimum daily energy requirement or lives on an income of less than US$ 1.25 per day, [...]

Huffington Post: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin began a tightly stage-managed visit to Haiti on Saturday in which she visited cholera clinics while avoiding crowds and the press. The 2008 vice presidential candidate was a guest of Rev. Franklin Graham, whose aid group works in the impoverished country. Haiti is facing a [...]

Washington– President Obama received Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer in the Oval Office on Thursday, but the two made no progress in bridging the enormous gulf that divides them — and the country — over illegal immigration and border security. Brewer, who recently signed the racist law requiring Arizona police to check the status of people [...]

(SPECIAL-LENGTH FINAL COLUMN OF THE AMERICAS)    By: Roberto Dr. Cintli RodriguezHow do you end a column after 16 years? With regrets and unfulfilled dreams? Perhaps, but truthfully, Column of the Americas as a deadline-based column ends with even bigger dreams. There indeed is disappointment with the ease in which the U.S. populace has accepted and [...]