...Mariano Perelman Argentina has been burdened for many decades with high inflation, reaching three or even four digits in hyperinflationary periods. The recurring price spirals in Argentine history, particularly since the beginning of the current century, have affected the middle class’s perception...

..., but rather a recognition of the limits of what justice can do to advance democratization. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 transitional justice human rights democratization Argentina Spain “Caution is necessary, given the unintended consequences for democracy...

... criminal justice police race Latin America Argentina Brazil United States 291 A few years back, when I interviewed a former Argentine official who had been brought in during the mid-1990s to clean house in the notoriously corrupt and violent police department of Buenos Aires province, he spoke...

... Ukraine Puerto Rico Greece Venezuela International Monetary Fund Argentina bonds hedge funds bankruptcy 22 [S]overeign debt is a complex political institution, which cannot be reduced to creditor coordination or any other contract problem. The Strained Marriage of Public Debts and Private...

... An international chronology of events in October, country by country, day by day. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Spain Argentina Austria China Iraq Kenya Japan Turkey Israel Palestinians THE MONTH IN REVIEW...

... Mexico Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI Dilma Rousseff Brazil Michelle Bachelet Chile Hugo Chávez Venezuela Evo Morales Bolivia Néstor Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Argentina Rafael Correa Ecuador Fidel Castro Cuba Committees Defense Revolution Colombia A dynamic...

... Argentina Kirchner peron peronism Fernandez Fernández Néstor peronist lame-duck left-wing retrenchment kirchnerism political brand economic default commodity inflation crime banks NML Griesa vulture UNHRC human rights capital market UCR Vasquez Bachelet devaluation Scioli...

... market area Franco Cardoso Argentina FTAA IIRSA Brasilia infrastructure inter-American development bank Inacio de Silva Unasur union Bolivaria BNDES Rousseff Defense council OAS CLACS Carribean Haiti Maduro China Lula 64 [E]ver since the Baron of Rio Branco asserted his...

...Nora Lustig The results of in-depth analyses for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico reveal two main factors that explain this phenomenon: a fall in the premium that favors skilled over unskilled labor, and more progressive government transfers targeting the poor. Nora Lustig inequality Argentina...

...Hector E. Schamis [D]emocracy is at risk of losing its meaning and purpose in the hands of presidents who, while freely elected, crush freedom once in office. Hector Schamis Argentina Cristina Kirchner Néstor Kirchner democracy authoritarian media judiciary © 2013 Current History...

... China South America resources agriculture population food commodities soybeans Brazil Argentina 50 As climate constraints and demographic imperatives make food security an ever more critical issue, agricultural resources may become the new linchpin in inter- national relations. Grown...

... America and the Caribbean had populations under 10 million, ranging from just 25,000 in French Guiana to 7.6 million in Peru. Only four countries in the region in 1950 had populations greater than 10 million, the largest of these being Brazil with 54 million, followed by Mexico (28 million), Argentina (17...

... reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California Peronist Argentina Fernando De la Rua Néstor Kirchner Carlos Saúl Menem Union Civica Radical FREPASO democracy Juan Peron Buenos Aires 86 On December 10, 2003, Argentine democracycelebrated its twentieth anniversary...

...Carol Graham; Paul Masson The Argentina crisis will not provide an opportunity to make a break with the past and take the imf in the new directions that director Horst Köhler has enunciated. Instead, the fund needs to accept that the humanitarian crisis in Argentina demands quick disbursement...

...Pamela K. Starr As 2002 came to an end, the Argentine economy seemed to have touched bottom after contracting more than 10 percent. But a robust recovery during 2003 will be blocked by many of the same forces that helped create Argentina's economic catastrophe: the hard-line stance of the IMF...

...—the fruit has turned out to be bitter, as economic openness appears to have accelerated social disintegration. © 2003 Current History. All rights reserved. 2003 The Regents of the University of California Argentina Brazil Chile Costa Rica free market IMF Latin America Mexico Venezuela...

... of California Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia globalization Latin America Mexico United States Venezuela Vicente Fox The September 11 terrorist attacks on NewYork and Washington, D.C. starkly revealedthe vast power differentials that have long characterized Western Hemisphere relations...

..., the stubborn problem of Argentine exports, and global financial volatility. © 2002 Current History. All rights reserved. 2002 The Regents of the University of California Argentina convertibility crisis default de la Rúa Duhalde IMF recession unemployment United States The press is full...

...-seated domestic economic inequalities and structural deficiencies, means a guarded economic prognosis for the countries of the region. © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California Argentina Brazil Chile economy export financial investment...