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Andres Oppenheimer: Obama’s big opportunity in Latin America

President Barack Obama has never been terribly interested in Latin America, but the new political winds in Argentina, Venezuela and the latest events in Brazil offer him a golden opportunity to improve U.S. relations with the region.…

Andres Oppenheimer: Latin America’s top problem is corruption

When Peruvian-born Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa told me in a public interview in front of 300 newspaper editors last weekend that "corruption is the biggest threat to Latin American democracies," my first reaction was to think that it was an exaggeration. But, on second thought, he…

Growth without Poverty Reduction: The Case of Costa Rica

In the early 1980s, as was the case in much of Latin America, Costa Rica suffered its worst economic crisis in decades. Between 1980 and 1982 the economy contracted by 9.4 percent, and in 1982 average inflation reached 90.1 percent. In two years the proportion of the population…

Santa Ana’s Suburban Urban Vision

Email this page Santa Ana is a charming town on the western outskirts of San José. However, most…

Editorial: Costa Rica’s Long Public Banking Experience

Editorial: Costa Rica’s Long Public Banking Experience

In Costa Rica, publicly-owned banks have been available for so long and work so well that people take…

Reader Poll: Should Costa Rica join the Central American Parliament?

Email this page Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega, invited Costa Rica to join the Central American Parliament (Parlamento Centroamericano,…

Poll: Should the United States take military action in Syria?

Email this page ICR asks our readers: Should the United States take military action in Syria? Tip: Bookmark…

Op-Ed: How Latin America’s outdated abortion laws impact young women

Email this page Editor’s Note: The views reflected in this Op-Ed are those of the author and do…

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