Ignacio Portes and Lucas Berti Record tourism figures propel Dominican economy The Dominican Republic’s paradisiacal beaches, ringed by turquoise waters and combined with attractive prices for dollar earners only a couple of hours away on the U.S. East coast, make the country an easy-to-access and highly appealing destination. It all adds up to a tourismContinue reading “🏖️ Tourism riches and ‘total peace’”
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Attack on Cristina Kirchner: Case closed?
Ignacio Portes Plenty has been revealed about who tried to shoot Argentinian Vice President Cristina Kirchner two weeks ago while she greeted her fans near her doorstep, with four arrests already ordered by Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti. But behind the immediate perpetrators hangs the specter of larger violent organizations, whose links with the suspects andContinue reading “Attack on Cristina Kirchner: Case closed?”
Gustavo Petro: Colombia’s next president?
Polls show Gustavo Petro as the clear favorite in Colombia’s upcoming presidential election. Here we take a look at his political history.
The long and mostly failed history of price controls in Argentina
Ignacio Portes While debates about inflation might feel new in the developed world – to younger citizens at any rate –, that certainly isn’t the case in Argentina, where much of the discussion in politics, media, and academia over the last decade has revolved around what causes prices to rise. For Vice President Cristina KirchnerContinue reading “The long and mostly failed history of price controls in Argentina”
Confession from Colombian mercenaries lifts lid on Haiti presidential assassination
Incarcerated in Haiti, a group of Colombian mercenaries confessed to murdering President Jovenal Moïse