Related Special Features for "South America: Issues in Focus"
June 2013
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Latin America and the Caribbean - Economic Growth and the Environment
South America’s continued rise will depend upon how it responds to a number of challenges. Today, Christine Pendzich considers how climate change, the problems facing small economies and a host of demographic issues may shape the region’s future development. More on «Latin America and the Caribbean - Economic Growth and the Environment»
May 2012
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A Post-American Hemisphere?
Are rising powers such as China establishing new frameworks of influence in South America or will local actors be free to chart their own destinies in the future? More on «A Post-American Hemisphere?»
April 2012
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A Lethal Cocktail: Drugs, Guns and Corruption
In the case of North America, political localism and the pushback of indigenous movements are impediments to regional integration, as are the chronically weak governments which the drug trade helps create in Mexico and Central America. More on «A Lethal Cocktail: Drugs, Guns and Corruption» -
Princes and Paupers: Inequality and Underdevelopment in South America
Despite similar origins, the historical trajectories of North and South America – social, political and economic – could hardly be more different. Will the same be true in the future? More on «Princes and Paupers: Inequality and Underdevelopment in South America»
