LATINOAMÉRICA CRECE CON FUERZA

AMERICAS: Latin America Seeing Robust Growth

While the United States and Europe contend with huge deficits and threats to a fragile economic recovery, Latin America is experiencing robust economic growth (NYT). This CFR Backgrounder examines Peru, the fastest growing country in Latin America over the last decade, and notes despite huge gains in economic stability, the country still faces environmental and governance challenges. In Foreign Affairs, Abraham F. Lowenthal says the Obama administration has not yet delivered on the promising new policy for Latin America and the Caribbeanit announced last year, but it still can.

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