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Latin America faces challenge of reducing imports of petroleum products Tegucigalpa -  Latin America is home to about 20 percent of the world's oil reserves, but the region must address the challenge of reducing its high levels of imports of petroleum derivatives. Latin American Energy Organization, or Olade,  ...

The challenge of Latin America  - Earlier this week Advent International closed the largest-ever buyout fund for deals in Latin America , collecting $2.1 billion from investors for ...

The Trouble in Naming Latin America's Most Violent City - Both, or neither – depends on how you count. The truth behind headline-grabbing superlatives is that counting the dead is an inexact science. Debate is ongoing over how and to what purpose we classify the planet’s most dangerous cities. Despite being home to 43 of the world’s 50 most dangerous cities (according to most counts, including those of both SJP and Igarapé) our understanding of violence in Latin America remains incomplete. That’s precisely why more research, more information and, yes, more lists are so vital to understanding and curbing violence and homicide, in the region and beyond. The challenge of accurately comparing violence across cities is clear from taking a closer look at the differences between SJP and Igarapé Institute data. 

Latin America Economic Perspectives - All Together Now: The Challenge of ... : After the dismal 1990s, which stigmatized Latin American and Caribbean economies as the paradigmatic emerging markets (a high-risk/high-return bet on inherently unstable countries doomed by the original sin of chronic mismanagement), the 2000s were ...

The challenge of real change : By Dr Akmal Hussain For the first time in half a century the idea of systemic change is beginning to grip the popular imagination in many countries of the third world stretching from Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America . The Express Tribune

Latin America stuck in slow gear: IMF  - Depressed commodity prices and the challenge of tougher capital market conditions will keep economic growth across Latin America  ...

Costa Rica, Second Most Prosperous Country in Latin America - According to the report, Costa Rica has achieved the largest improvement in Business Environment in the region, as well as one of the highest export qualities and among the most competitive regulatory environment. It would seem that the country is well placed to challenge its much larger South American counterparts. However, these improvements mask a relatively static, and in some cases, worsening prosperity profile in the country that make future prosperity harder to achieve. Overall the country ranks 29th of 149 on the prosperity index.

The global land grab is the next human rights challenge for business : The purchase or long-term lease of millions of hectares in Africa, Asia and Latin America will transform global farming while investors promise food security. The reality for many of the world's poor, however, is that few of them will benefit. The ... The Guardian (blog)

But the scars of the crisis are still visible in Latin America and the Caribbean. Deleting them will take time and effort. Poverty and inequality ... View article...

Insecurity threatens development in Latin America and Caribbean – UN official : Given the scope of the challenge, the next UNDP Human Development Report for Latin American and the Caribbean will focus on people's security. It will be coordinated by Mexican scholar Rafael Fernández de Castro, a former foreign policy adviser to ... UN News Centre

Citizen security, a challenge for the Americas : "In comparison, crime concerned only 5.2 per cent of the population of Latin America in 1995, after unemployment (23 per cent), low salaries (12.5 per cent) and poverty (9 per cent). According to this survey, more than 30 per cent of the citizens of ... Español | Português | Las américas

Citizen security, a challenge for the Americas : "In comparison, crime concerned only 5.2 per cent of the population of Latin America in 1995, after unemployment (23 per cent), low salaries (12.5 per cent) and poverty (9 per cent). According to this survey, more than 30 per cent of the citizens of ... Español | Português | Las américas

Inflation has surged in the largest economies of Latin America, ... In a region with the highest levels of income inequality, the burden is ... View article...

Latin America's First Women Priests Challenge the Church  - Alvarez is the first Latin American to be ordained by the Association of ... counts 210 female priests in 10 countries across Europe and the Americas.

Restrictions on Venezuelan press are a "big challenge" : "During a debate at the Inter-American Dialogue, a group of experts discussed the use of the judicial system in the Western Hemisphere, particularly in Ecuador and Venezuela , as one of the major challenges to freedom of expression in Latin America, ... Español | Português | Las américas

Latin America must face the longevity challenge  - This increase in life expectancy, combined with relatively low birth and immigration rates, leads to an increase in the proportion of elderly over age 60 and 75, she continued. Ageing is a key issue for the coming decades. The United Nations has projected that in

The pandemic has left a legacy of death, unemployment, greater inequality and poverty. Governments have faced the challenge of maintaining a balance ... View article...

The Global Land Grab, The Next Human Rights Challenge For Business : Since the first huge spike in global food prices back in 2007-2008, companies and foreign governments have acquired or signed long term leases for land in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia. Many of these transactions were negotiated quickly and ... Triple Pundit

Latin America Education Needs Innovation  - Twenty years ago, universal access to education was the major challenge in Latin American school system, according to Marcelo Cabrol, head of ...

Nevertheless, Bolsonaro and AMLO are illustrative of a broader challenge for Latin America's political class when it comes to the disconnect between ... View article...