Latin American Affairs

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Saturday, March 09, 2024

Argentine writer Hernan Diaz’s novel “Trust”

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Hernan Diaz, the Argentine writer settled in New York, was an invitee at the 2024 Jaipur Literature Festival held last month. He spoke about...
Sunday, January 28, 2024

“Where there was fire” – Costa Rican novel

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 "Where there was fire" is the first Costa Rican novel I have read. It is also the first novel written by John Manuel Arias, the C...
Sunday, January 07, 2024

Latin America’s economic and political outlook in 2024

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Latin America’s GDP growth in 2024 is projected at 1.8%, down from 2.1% in 2023, according to the annual December report of ECLAC (Economic ...
Sunday, December 17, 2023

Chile, an authentic laboratory for democratic experiments

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In a referendum held yesterday, 56 percent of the Chilean voters defeated a draft centre-right constitution.   Last year, the voters defeate...
Thursday, November 23, 2023

Panama’s economy doing fine without a Central Bank in the last hundred years.

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Panama’s economy doing fine without a Central Bank in the last hundred years.   Javier Milei, the President-elect of Argentina, has promised...
Thursday, October 26, 2023

Argentine voters have made smart choices in the elections of 21 October

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  Argentine voters have made smart choices in the elections of 21 October   Before the elections on 21 October, there was a hype by the anti...
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Ecuador elects a well-qualified and wealthy but millennial and moderate Daniel Noboa as President

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  Ecuador elected  Daniel Noboa  as President in the elections held on Sunday.  At 35, he is the youngest to become the President of the cou...
Friday, September 01, 2023

Mexican choice for President between two admirable women; one a scientist and the other an engineer

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Mexico has two leading candidates for the presidential elections to be held in June 2024. Both are women.  Claudia Sheinbaum is from the rul...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Guatemala’s election result is a good sign of the health of democracy

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In the elections held on Sunday, the Guatemalan voters elected Bernardo Arevalo as president with 58% of the votes. This is significant for ...
Thursday, July 06, 2023

Venezuelan novel “It Would Be Night in Caracas”

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                        Venezuelan novel “It Would Be Night in Caracas”   This is the first novel by a new Venezuelan author Karina Sainz Bo...
Monday, July 03, 2023

Mexican muralist Diego Rivera

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  Mexican muralist Diego Rivera – biography by Gerry Souter   Diego Rivera is an iconic artist of Mexico. He is celebrated for his famous mu...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Isabel Allende’s latest novel “The wind knows my name”

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                    Isabel Allende’s latest novel “The wind knows my name”   This novel is about Anita, a girl child from El Salvador and Sa...
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