Tratados de Libre Comercio en Colombia: entre las promesas y el sinsabor
Abstract: It is very hard to tell if Free Trade Agreements are “good” or “bad”, but what I can tell as a consumer is that I cannot see their advantage, [...]
Region america
CARICOM: Good Ideas, Bad Execution
Moving from the Caribbean to Europe was an interesting experience for me. One thing that really astonished me was how integrated EU countries were. I hadn’t realized (prior to moving [...]
Jóvenes y adultos padecen por igual situaciones de desempleo en Venezuela
Abstract: In Venezuela it’s common to complement the monthly income with small side enterprises, a practice known as “killing tigers” (matar tigres), but for some it’s a way of living. [...]
The Torn Pocket of Father State
The Salvadoran state is like a father who has many children. It is in debt, has limited wages, has maxed out its credit cards and overdrawn its checking account, and [...]
Una identidad nueva para nuevas oportunidades económicas: la chola boliviana
Abstract: European migrations since the sixteenth century provoked a world wide movement of men, women, objects, fabrics, ideas, fashion. In colonial Bolivia indians were prohibited from using Spanish clothings in [...]
Hand-made Crafts: Survival in a Globalized World
When I was a young girl, my parents always advised me never to bargain with artisans who sell hand-made crafts in Mexico but to pay the price that was asked. [...]
Industria alimenticia y obesidad infantil en Brasil
Abstract: Today, only in Brazil, one in every three children between 5 and 9 years is obese. Despite the campaigns undertaken by the public health ministry, nothing indicates a decrease of [...]
Welcome (back) to Intipucá: economía de consumo y migración fallida en El Salvador
Abstract: Intipucá is a very small, dusty and hot town in rural El Salvador. However, it used to be one of the richest towns in the country. Said richness, however, [...]
Economic Immigrants: Cultural Conservation through Food
As economic immigrants, where do we find our cultural identity? The answers are probably as unique as every immigrant that arrives into a new country. So I decided to ask a few of my Latin American friends who have also migrated and ask them about the ties that connect them to their home culture.
Mujeres que reactivan la cadena productiva en Bolivia
Abstract: La Paz and El Alto cities produce 27% of the daily garbage in Bolivia. Every day in these cities, specially at night, women and their children go out to [...]
The Migration Effect: A “Hybrid” Culture
In the age of migration and globalization, it is often argued that we need to remember where we come from. Whenever people ask me about my roots, I catch myself [...]
The tourism race in the region: More than macro events
This article was originally drafted by Pasko Kisic and the FORO Nacional Internacional as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. It has become usual for [...]
The lady in the pictures: distant mothers, successful professionals and burnout syndrome
My friends find it hard to believe that I have no childhood memories of my mother. Sure there are pictures in her photo albums that prove that she was indeed [...]
Exportando nostalgia: productos salvadoreños en los Estados Unidos
Abstract: The big amount of Salvadoran migrants living in the USA has become a business opportunity for small and medium enterprises, which have organized themselves to export certain products that [...]
La fuga de cerebros: una salvadoreña en la NASA
Abstract: Rita Laura Melgar is a 27 year old Salvadorean, who became a mother when she was 16. As a brilliant student, she managed herself to finish her secondary and [...]
São Paulo the Supernova
São Paulo, Brazil, is a city of migrants. Globalization is turning the city into an increasingly cosmopolitan hub in Latin America. Its skyscrapers, enormous size and burgeoning job opportunities are opening the city to international young students and workers. A visit to the São Paulo supernova.
Immigrating to South America: The New American Dream?
This article was originally drafted by Fernando Romero and Ángela López and the FORO Nacional Internacional as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. South American countries are [...]
“Vivir bonito” en Nicaragua
Abstract: The government of Nicaragua announced in January of this year a campaign that is being called, in short, “Vivir bonito” (“Living pretty”). The initial 14 point plan doesn’t specify [...]
Lost in a literate-designed-world
Eight o’clock at night. An indigenous community in central Mexico surrounded by verdant mountains. The moon is set brightly yellow, as it became the only light to illuminate the small [...]
Madres escindidas, mujeres exitosas
Abstract: By force of masterful juggling, women have taken to pieces the myth of feminine inferiority, which so much worried the past generations of activists. Many of us have by [...]
Crossing Borders For Health: Mexico and the USA
When you consider what nations have the most effective health care systems, most Mexicans think of countries like Cuba, where the welfare state provides comprehensive general medicine, or France, where [...]
Las “mujeres mantenidas”
Abstract: The stay-at-home women around the world make a big contribution to global economy. The unrecognized work of women engaged in unpaid domestic work can equate to 40% of Gross [...]
Watch Great Women on TV, but Follow Real Examples for Life
More than ever, many filmes and series on TV portrait women’s work. The American TV shows Homeland and The Good Wife are good examples of that. However, who are the women in real life in Brazil that could change their own lives and others with their work?
La pronta justicia como base del contrato social: el caso del juicio por genocidio en Guatemala
Abstract: Guatemala is to hold the first genocide trial in Latin America in March 2013. A former president and some other high-rank Army generals and colonels will be also facing [...]
The Simple Fact That People Are Not Machines
Should we blame the people for the welfare state or the state itself? How the Brazilian government is dealing with the elderly citizens? In this article, we discuss the state role and responsabilites and if a new model of welfare should rise – or not.
