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Biden said the G-7 would counter Chinese influence. This year, he'll try againWhen President Biden met with Group of Seven (G-7 ) leaders a year ago — his first foreign trip in office — he pushed them to put their weight behinda plan meant to be an alternative to Chinese financing for infrastructureprojects around the world.
It was to be called "Build Back Be...
Building a decentralized bank for micro businesses in Latin AmericaAlumni-founded Quipu Market offers loans and other financial services to entrepreneurs through its online marketplace.
In Barranquilla, Colombia, Edinson Flores has run a small, family-owned fast-food business for many years. But when his family became sick with Covid-19, he had to stop working an...
Banks and UK supermarkets accused of backing deforestation in BrazilBy funding and stocking products from Brazilian meat giant JBS, firms have also supported land-grabbing, investigation claims
Global financiers, UK supermarkets and an Italian leather supplier have supported deforestation, land-grabbing and the use of slave labour in Brazil by funding and stock...
‘Plan Colombia’: How Washington learned to love Latin American intervention againThe guerrillas summoned Camilo Gómez to the jungle on Dec. 24, ruining his Christmas.
It was 2001, and Gómez was the Colombian government’s chief negotiator in failing peace talks with the rebels. He grudgingly said goodbye to his family in Bogota and went to meet with the ...
BRICS provides new voices in transformative worldIn the last decade the BRICS grouping of major emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - has become one of the most fundamental forces in the international geo-economic landscape. Since its first formal summit in 2009, through continued diplomatic activity, economic co...
How Indigenous Communities in Chile can Inspire Global Action on the Circular EconomyLocated off the southern coast of Chile, the Isla Grande de Chiloé is renowned for its natural beauty, rich in biodiversity and indigenous culture. The island is now fast rising to be a global pioneer in the circular economy where products are designed fordurability, reuse and recyclab...
Colombia’s Presidential Transition Will Test the Region’s Left and US-Latin America RelationsThe historic victory of a center-left coalition ticket in Colombia, the closest U.S. ally in Latin America, poses a crucial test for U.S. policy across the region. At the same time, it is difficult to overstate the hopes and expectations that the election of former rebel Gustavo Petro and his ru...
Francia Márquez — a former housekeeper and activist — is Colombia’s first Black vice president.For the first time in Colombia’s history, a Black woman is close to the top of the executive branch.
Francia Márquez, an environmental activist from the mountainous department of Cauca in southwestern Colombia, has become a national phenomenon, m...
Panama’s crypto bill hits a roadblock – President turns down the law, says it requires more workPanama, a known tax haven, passed a bill legalising crypto use for purchases in May. The bill would allow cryptocurrencies to be used for paying taxes, duties and more.
Last month,Panama's PresidentLaurentino Cortizosaid that he wasn’t ready to approve the bill, citing money laundering con...
5 critical policy agendas for economic recovery in developing countriesThe financing needs of developing countries have significantly expanded in recent years, reflected in increased debt accumulation throughout the 2010-2020 period.
This pre-COVID-19 trend placed a major constraint on government responses to confront the urgency of the pandemic and, in...
