South American Trade and Currency Volatility
June 8, 2009
Latin America has of some of the world’s largest countries, in terms of land area, but the continent has no large global economy, and […]
Author: Tony Phillips
South American Nations Agree on Technical Rules for Bank of the South
May 29, 2009
On May 31, 2009, seven South American Finance ministers agreed on the basis for establishing the Bank of the South and on September 28, […]
G-20: Round Two
April 17, 2009
Brazil’s Lula da Silva and China’s Hu Jintao met in Londonat the G-20 summit. Photo: Xinhua/Lan Hongguang. In early April, the executives of 19 […]
Can G7 + G20 = Recovery?
December 11, 2008
When the G7 finance ministers returned home following the Oct. 13 weekend meeting of the International Monetary and Finance Committee, the world’s dailies all […]
La crisis boliviana, la OEA y UNASUR
October 13, 2008
El 9 de septiembre, grupos separatistas en los estados de la "media luna"1 orientales de Bolivia, los cuales cuentan con muchas riquezas naturales, lanzaron […]
The Bolivian Crisis, the OAS, and UNASUR
September 30, 2008
By Tony Phillips On Sept. 9, separatist groups in the resource-rich eastern “half-moon”1 states of Bolivia launched violent attacks on the offices of the […]
Argentina versus el Banco Mundial: ¿Juego limpio o partido arreglado?
June 17, 2008
Perspectivas sobre el CIADI y la deuda de Argentina "Algunas empresas multinacionales arrasan con nuestros recursos naturales, privatizan los servicios básicos, no pagan impuestos […]
Argentina Versus the World Bank: Fair Play or Fixed Fight?
April 25, 2008
Perspectives on the ICSID and Argentina’s Debt “Some multinational companies take over our natural resources, privatize basic services, fail to pay taxes and then, […]
Causa y efecto del cambio climático, una perspectiva de las Américas
January 15, 2008
"Nosotros, la raza humana, hemos alterado sustancialmente la atmósfera de la tierra. En el 2005, la concentración de dióxido de carbono sobrepasó los límites […]
Climate Change Cause and Effect, An Americas Perspective
December 19, 2007
"We, the human race, have substantially altered the earth’s atmosphere. In 2005, the concentration of carbon dioxide exceeded the natural range that has existed […]