Category Archive: Argentina

Mounting Debt: the U.S. could Learn from Latin America

Source: http://www.soxfirst.com/50226711/americas_debt_crisis.php

Source: http://www.soxfirst.com/50226711/americas_debt_crisis.php There is a long-held perception that Latin America is a region eternally saddled by mounds of debt. Since independence, its countries have defaulted on their public debt payments to foreign creditors a total of 126 times, more than all …

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A Land-Grabber’s Loophole

Source: http://www.rn24.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14433:comitiva-china-en-rio-negro&catid=1:generales

Due to the global food crisis, a trend has developed in food-insecure countries to outsource food production to lesser developed countries. Current stipulations regulating the purchase of farmland by foreigners can be undermined by renting land. Exemplifying this trend, the …

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Home, Sweet Home: Migration between Latin American Countries

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Source: http://lokheilorrainecheung.wordpress.com/ In the final decades of the twentieth century, Latin America – once a prominent destination for migrants – slowly transitioned to become the largest migrant source, mainly as a result of the economic crises that took place in the …

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Chinese Argentines and the Pace of Cultural Integration

Source: Escapada Buenos Aires

Source: Escapada Buenos Aires Amid the sea of Argentines of European descent dwelling in Buenos Aires, one may occasionally notice a few Chinese-Argentines — an immigrant community that has been growing rapidly throughout the years. Attracted by Argentina’s open immigration …

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Latin America and State Recognition: Palestine, the Caucasus, Kosovo, and Taiwan

• Venezuela and Nicaragua recognize breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia • Taiwan and Kosovo, recognized by a number of Latin American states more likely due to national economic interest rather than abstract concepts of goodwill and friendship • Recognition of …

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