Content Type: Journal Article / Publishing Institution: / Journal: Americas Quarterly

301. The Paradoxes of Indigenous Politics

Author:: Jose Antonio Lucero
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Has the increased political involvement of Indigenous peoples improved their situation?
Topic:: Government, Politics, and Reform
Political Geography:: America, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador

302. Latin America: Then Now

Author:: Luis Moreno Ocampo, Susan Segal, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Carlos Chamorro, Enrique Krauze, Alma Guillermoprieto, and Dolores Huerta
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Reflections on a changing hemisphere.
Topic:: Cold War, Development, Government, and Human Rights
Political Geography:: Cuba and Latin America

303. Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Li Jinzhang on China's plans and strategy in Latin America.

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Americas Quarterly: Why is China today so interested economically in Latin America? Li Jinzhang: After 30 years of reform and economic opening, China has scored remarkable achievements in economic and social development, and its connections with the rest of the world have become closer. China needs the world to achieve development, and the world needs China as a contributor to development and stability. Latin America is an important part of the developing world. In recent years, China and Latin America have drawn on their respective strengths and economic complementarity. The result has been rapid growth in economic cooperation and trade, and a vigorous boost to their respective economies. These synergies have brought real benefits to our peoples and contributed to global development and stability. Moreover, the potential for future growth in cooperation and trade is huge. We hope to achieve mutually-beneficial cooperation and common development through closer economic cooperation and trade with the region.
Political Geography:: China, America, and Latin America

304. Will the proposed economic reforms in Cuba succeed? Yes

Author:: Omar Everleny Perez
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: These reforms will update the Cuban model and spur economic growth.
Topic:: Reform
Political Geography:: Cuba

305. Will the proposed economic reforms in Cuba succeed? No

Author:: Jose Antonio Ocampo
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: The reforms do not go far enough to jump-start the economy and protect the vulnerable.
Topic:: Reform
Political Geography:: Cuba

306. Argentina's Long-Suffering Universities

Author:: Matthew Sundquist
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: A Fulbright Scholar discovers the pathologies and injustices of a higher education system once considered the "jewel of the Americas." The story goes that Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was born under a tree in San Juan, a province in western Argentina. I passed that tree every day on my way to teach at the Faculty of Philosophy, Humanities and Arts at the Universidad Nacional de San Juan (UNSJ), as a newly minted Fulbright Scholar in early 2010. I couldn't help thinking that I was also following the path that Sarmiento took in 1869, when he brought 65 English teachers to Argentina from Boston. An early advocate of universal education, Sarmiento helped establish Argentina's national education system when he was minister of religion, justice and public instruction. Later, as governor of San Juan, Sarmiento passed laws mandating primary education and lobbied for tuition-free public primary schools. Then, as president (1868–1874), he established 800 schools and oversaw a quadrupling of educational funding to provinces.
Topic:: Education and Religion
Political Geography:: Argentina

307. Logistics: Shipping on the Panama Canal

Author:: Liliana Rivera and Yossi Sheffi
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: The Panama Canal Expansion Program (PCEP), launched in September 2007 and scheduled for completion in 2014, is expected by its proponents to have the greatest impact on global shipping of any project underway today. Once completed, the $5.5 billion project will roughly triple the size of vessels that can pass through the Canal, from the current maximum of 4,400 20-foot equivalent units (TEU) to 12,600 TEU. In a December 2010 article, The New York Times echoed the general consensus that the project will lead to “the biggest shift in the freight business since the 1950s, when sea-faring ships began carrying goods in uniform metal containers.” Nevertheless, at the midpoint of the project's timeline, there are important questions about what has been achieved to date, and in particular, about how effectively ports outside Panama will be able to handle the larger ships and the associated increased volume of traffic.
Political Geography:: New York and Panama

308. Immigration and Integration: The Role of the Private Sector

Author:: Alexandra Delano and Jason Marczak
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: The 2010 U.S. Census results underlined not only the dramatic growth of the U.S. Hispanic population but its high mobility. In the last decade, data show that the number of Hispanics jumped by 43 percent—from 35.3 million in 2000 to 50.5 million in 2010—with this group accounting for over half of the total U.S. population increase. Latinos also continue to live in new destinations. Since 1990, the number of those living in the nine states with the historically highest concentrations of Hispanics shrank by 10 percentage points to a total of 76 percent. The rise of the Hispanic population, together with an immigrant population estimated at 38.5 million (of which more than half are from Latin America), continues to spark a variety of public policy and private-sector responses. The most worrisome has been the explosion of anti-immigrant bills in state legislatures, which claim to be reacting to the absence of nationwide comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) and lack of enforcement.
Political Geography:: United States and Latin America

309. Sports: Professional Hockey Expansion in Canada

Author:: Norm O'Reilly
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: In Canadian hockey, currency fluctuations can be almost as important as player skills. When the Canadian dollar, or loonie, began approaching parity with the U.S. dollar in late 2007, fans in Winnipeg and Québec City were thrilled. Financial constraints (along with a lack of owner interest) had driven the Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix in 1996 and the Québec Nordiques to Denver in 1995. But many now believe that the loonie's rise has opened the way for a return of National Hockey League (NHL) franchises to both cities. This optimism may not be warranted. Potential owners forecast an uncertain long-term value of the loonie, which is critical for the success of Canadian professional ice hockey. In the last half of the 1990s and early into the new millennium, the U.S. economy was growing faster than the Canadian economy. Although ticket sales remained high for Canadian NHL franchises, the weakening Canadian dollar meant that U.S. teams were typically stronger on non-ticket revenues such as payments for media rights, regional sports networks and sponsorship. This put further stress on small-market Canadian teams, and importantly, decreased their attractiveness as investments.
Political Geography:: United States and Canada

310. Colombia Moda

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and events from around the hemisphere with AQ's Panorama. Each issue, AQ packs its bags and offers readers travel tips on a new Americas destination.
Political Geography:: America and Colombia

311. Jungle Surfing

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and events from around the hemisphere with AQ's Panorama. Each issue, AQ packs its bags and offers readers travel tips on a new Americas destination.
Political Geography:: America

312. 10 Things to Do: Cartagena

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and events from around the hemisphere with AQ's Panorama. Each issue, AQ packs its bags and offers readers travel tips on a new Americas destination.
Political Geography:: America

313. Film: The End of Hope

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and events from around the hemisphere with AQ's Panorama. Each issue, AQ packs its bags and offers readers travel tips on a new Americas destination.
Political Geography:: America

314. From the Think Tanks

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and events from around the hemisphere with AQ's Panorama. Each issue, AQ packs its bags and offers readers travel tips on a new Americas destination.
Political Geography:: America

315. Political Innovator: Liliana Rojero, Mexico

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Liliana Rojero has had a passion for politics since she was 13 years old. Today, at 35, she is putting that passion to work. As the secretary of community outreach for Mexico's ruling party, the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN), Rojero is responsible for creating programs to engage a new generation of PAN voters. Over the next three years, she aims to spread PAN's reach and, ultimately, help it win the 2012 Presidential election. Rojero, a native of the state of Chihuahua, learned about political commitment from her parents—former state election monitors who instilled in her the values of democracy, transparency and participation. Observing how officials from the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) blatantly manipulated election outcomes—she and her mother would sometimes find ballots “mysteriously” filed by dead voters—led Rojero to see her participation in the democratic process as a duty. During a hotly contested governor's race in 1986, she was inspired by watching her teachers and neighbors take their political protests to the streets and capitol. “I saw what freedom and their votes meant to them,” she recalls.
Topic:: Politics
Political Geography:: Mexico

316. Civic Innovators: Diego de Sola, Ken Baker and Celina de Sola, El Salvador

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Real change begins when communities learn how to help themselves, believe Diego de Sola, his sister Celina, and her husband Ken Baker. This idea guided the three former Connecticut residents to pack their bags and move to El Salvador four years ago to start a small NGO, Glasswing International. Inspired by groups like Habitat for Humanity, Glasswing works in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Named after the transparent-winged butterfly native to Central America and Mexico and representing the transparency NGOs bring to development, Glasswing's efforts focus on education and health. The three founders believe these two areas are most in need of help and have the greatest potential for impact. Unlike the past work of Celina and Ken—former disaster relief workers—the work is not top-down or short-term. The projects are staffed by a corps of volunteers called Crisálida (Chrysalis—in keeping with the butterfly metaphor). The spirit that motivates the volunteers is not one of noblesse oblige. The Crisálida corps attracts the young and old, students and professionals, and representatives from all socioeconomic strata.
Political Geography:: Central America, Mexico, and El Salvador

317. Arts Innovator: Gabriel Ahumada, Colombia

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Gabriel Ahumada decided to become a flutist more or less on a whim. As a child, he listened to classical music at home in Bogotá, Colombia, and took piano lessons, but if you had asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, he would have said “conductor of an orchestra.” He was advised to study a more classical instrument. Flipping through a catalogue of wind instruments one day, Ahumada picked the flute. “It seemed the easiest to learn,” he explains. Colombian classical music has been reaping the benefits of that decision ever since. Ahumada grew up to become not only one of his country's most accomplished flutists, but also a teacher helping to develop the next generation of Colombian musicians.
Political Geography:: Colombia

318. Business innovator: Andrés Moreno

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: If you visit Andrés Moreno's blog, you'll see a list of books he's “recently enjoyed.” Among them are Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language, and Mastering the VC Game. The list not only reflects Moreno's passion for English as a global language, but his entrepreneurial drive to turn that passion into profits. Last June, both the passion and the drive paid off when the Caracas-born Moreno, 28, launched Open English, a Web-based language school that promises “to reinvent the English-language learning experience.”
Political Geography:: Venezuela

319. Leftist Governments in Latin America: Successes and Shortcomings edited by Kurt Weyland, Raúl L. Madrid and Wendy Hunter

Author:: Eduardo Silva
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: At the turn of the twenty-first century, the Latin American Left experienced an extraordinary revival, especially in South America. By 2009, eight South American countries and two Central American nations had elected left-wing governments. Is this revival a harbinger of a progressive renaissance or a throwback to failed experiments? Leftist Governments in Latin America: Successes and Shortcomings attempts to answer this question by analyzing the extent to which these governments have improved the livelihoods of their citizens. The seven essays that make up the volume, written by distinguished U.S. and Brazil-based scholars, provide a sharp, scholarly comparison of the outcomes achieved by governments of the moderate left and what coeditor Kurt Weyland of the University of Texas at Austin calls the “contestatory” or more radical left, in an introduction that lays out the theoretical framework. This book, which was also edited by Raúl L. Madrid and Wendy Hunter of the University of Texas, fills a critical gap in the burgeoning literature on the subject.
Topic:: Government
Political Geography:: United States, Brazil, and Latin America

320. The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon by John Paul Rathbone

Author:: Rafael Rojas
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: A common assumption is that the Cuban economic elite was universally opposed to the revolutionary government of Fidel Castro from the time it took power in January 1959. But The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon shows otherwise. In his book, John Paul Rathbone, the Latin America editor at the Financial Times, paints a more nuanced picture of the Cuban bourgeoisie and, in particular, of Julio Lobo (1898–1983)— the great Cuban sugar tycoon of the first half of the twentieth century. Reading like an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel with scenes reminiscent of an Elia Kazan film, the book paints vivid descriptions of Lobo's life and Cuba in general with action on every page.
Topic:: Government
Political Geography:: Cuba and Latin America

321. La Rebelión de los Náufragos by Mirtha Rivero

Author:: Howard LaFranchi
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: The modern tragic political figure is not just endemic to Latin America. The ignominious fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak—once a war hero to his countrymen—is the latest proof of this. But in her book, La Rebelión de los Náufragos (The Revolt of the Castaways), Venezuelan journalist Mirtha Rivero takes us back to the tragic story of a man who was once one of Latin America's most promising leaders, and who fell from power (like his modern counterparts) from a combination of pride and the failure to understand the yearnings of his compatriots. Carlos Andrés Pérez, re-elected in 1989 to a second term as Venezuela's president, embodied one of Latin America's first modern political tragedies. He was a democrat who was confident that his country (along with much of his region) had conquered its ghosts and was finally ready for governance by first-world standards such as fair elections, a competitive market-based economy and political parties focused more on national interests than on self-preservation.
Topic:: Markets
Political Geography:: Latin America

322. Good Sports

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Lionel Messi, Albert Pujols, Marta Vieira, and other star athletes from the hemisphere highlight their favorite causes.
Topic:: United Nations
Political Geography:: China

323. Brazil's Long To-Do List

Author:: Andrew Zimbalist
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Can Brazil build the massive infrastructure it needs to host the Olympics and the World Cup?
Political Geography:: Brazil

324. It's Not Your Grandfather's Hemisphere

Author:: Arturo Valenzuela
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: The U.S. moves beyond traditional diplomacy.
Topic:: Cold War and Diplomacy
Political Geography:: United States

325. Baseball's Recruitment Abuses

Author:: Rob Ruck
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Unscrupulous agents prey on young Dominican players. It's time to clean up their mess.
Topic:: War
Political Geography:: United States and Caribbean

326. Madame Officer

Author:: Sabrina Karim
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Peru's anti-corruption gambit.
Political Geography:: Peru

327. Multimedia: Scissors Dancers

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Dating back to pre-Columbian times, the Quechua Scissors Dance is still practiced in Peru. Photos by Nicolas Vallaume.
Topic:: Education and United Nations
Political Geography:: Peru

328. Sports Populism

Author:: Simon Kuper
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Fans like their teams—but not necessarily the politicians who support them.
Topic:: Economics
Political Geography:: Latin America

329. Is the OAS Irrelevant?

Author:: Anthony DePalma
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Old burdens, new challenges.
Topic:: Sovereignty
Political Geography:: Latin America

330. Covering Sports in Latin America

Author:: Lisa Delpy Neirotti and Jeffrey Bliss
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: The fierce battle over sports media rights.
Political Geography:: Europe and Latin America

331. Hearts, Minds and Bottom Lines

Author:: Simon Wardle
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Fans and profits.
Political Geography:: Brazil

332. GOOOOOOL...for Development

Author:: Fabian Koss
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Getting kids in the game—and out of trouble.
Topic:: Security
Political Geography:: Latin America

333. Baseball's Newest Farm System

Author:: Richard Feinberg
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: A Nicaraguan baseball academy offers more than just hitting and fielding.
Political Geography:: Latin America

334. Ask the Experts: Sports—Business, Integration Social Change

Author:: Larry Rohter, Mick Cornett, Robert A. Baade, and Marty Markowitz
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Does hosting sporting events promote social and economic development?
Political Geography:: Brazil and New Delhi

335. There But Not Equal

Author:: Juan C. Cappello
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Women athletes must be promoted and awarded in the same way as their male counterparts.
Political Geography:: Latin America and Caribbean

336. Good Sports: Lionel Messi, Albert Pujols, Marta Vieira, and other star athletes from the hemisphere highlight their favorite causes.

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: No abstract is available.
Topic:: Development and United Nations
Political Geography:: United States and Brazil

337. Brazil's Long To-Do List

Author:: Andrew Zimbalist
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Can Brazil build the massive infrastructure it needs to host the Olympics and the World Cup?
Topic:: Corruption, Development, Economics, and Government
Political Geography:: Brazil

338. It's Not Your Grandfather's Hemisphere

Author:: Arturo Valenzuela
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: The U.S. moves beyond traditional diplomacy.
Topic:: Diplomacy and Economics
Political Geography:: United States

339. Baseball's Recruitment Abuses

Author:: Rob Ruck
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Unscrupulous agents prey on young Dominican players. It's time to clean up their mess.
Topic:: Development
Political Geography:: United States, New York, Latin America, and Caribbean

340. Madame Officer

Author:: Sabrina Karim
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Peru's anti-corruption gambit.
Topic:: Corruption

341. Multimedia: Scissors Dancers

Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Dating back to pre-Columbian times, the Quechua Scissors Dance is still practiced in Peru. Photos by Nicolas Vallaume.
Topic:: Education and United Nations
Political Geography:: Peru

342. Sports Populism

Author:: Simon Kuper
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Fans like their teams—but not necessarily the politicians who support them.
Topic:: Development, Government, and Politics
Political Geography:: Brazil, Latin America, and England

343. Is the OAS Irrelevant?

Author:: Anthony DePalma
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: No abstract is available.
Topic:: Human Rights
Political Geography:: United States, America, and Brazil

344. Covering Sports in Latin America

Author:: Lisa Delpy Neirotti and Jeffrey Bliss
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: No abstract is available.
Topic:: Economics and Government
Political Geography:: United States, Europe, and Latin America

345. Hearts, Minds and Bottom Lines

Author:: Simon Wardle
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: No abstract is available.

346. GOOOOOOL...for Development

Author:: Fabian Koss
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: No abstract is available.
Topic:: Development

347. Baseball's Newest Farm System

Author:: Richard Feinberg
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: No abstract is available.

348. Ask the Experts: Sports—Business, Integration Social Change

Author:: Larry Rohter, Mick Cornett, Robert A. Baade, and Marty Markowitz
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: No abstract is available.

349. There But Not Equal

Author:: Juan C. Cappello
Publication Date:: 06-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: No abstract is available.

350. Wake Up, Washington!

Author:: Eric Farnsworth
Publication Date:: 01-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: On December 3, 2009, President Barack Obama hosted a special White House summit on jobs. With the United States deep in the throes of the most severe economic downturn since the 1930s, and with unemployment hovering around 10 percent, the administration was determined to show an anxious public its commitment to finding ways to get people back to work. Among the challenges raised by summit participants was the need to expand exports. A month and a half later, the President made it clear that he got the message.
Political Geography:: United States and Washington

351. Breaking the Cycle

Author:: Shannon O'Neil and Dóra Beszterczey
Publication Date:: 01-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: The best crime-fighting strategy? Improve economic opportunities for all.
Political Geography:: Latin America

352. Ask the Experts: Market Access and Free Trade

Author:: Ron Kirk, Samuel Dyer, Peter Van Loan, and Robert Lawrence
Publication Date:: 01-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: How can we move forward with trade liberalization?
Topic:: Markets

353. Strength in Numbers

Author:: Carlos Ignacio Rojas and Alejandro Vera
Publication Date:: 01-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: The merger of the Colombian, Chilean and Peruvian stock exchanges is a milestone for hemisphere finance-and a sign of renewed economic confidence.
Political Geography:: Colombia, Chile, and Peru

354. Taking Youth to Market

Author:: Matthew Aho and Richard André
Publication Date:: 01-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Vanessa Muñoz, 24, and Hector Quiroga, 22, haven't met, but they have a lot in common. Both are from poor families; both have children; both live in the same district of Bogotá; and neither has completed secondary education. They are also both members of a 95-million-strong generation of Latin Americans aged 15 to 24 that is being hit hard by the global economic crisis. The 2008 recession ended five years of growth in Latin America that created jobs and market access for many of the region's young adults. Around the globe, there were an estimated 81 million unemployed young workers in 2009—almost 8 million more than in 2007—reflecting a sharper rise in youth unemployment than ever before. In Latin America and the Caribbean, where young workers are three times more likely to be unemployed than their elders, formal youth unemployment rose from 14.3 percent to 16.1 percent between 2008 and 2009.
Political Geography:: Latin America and Caribbean

355. From Tradition to Trade

Author:: Steven Samford
Publication Date:: 01-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Helping small artisanal producers compete on the global market is essential to reducing inequality.
Topic:: Markets
Political Geography:: Mexico

356. Latin America's Middle Income Trap

Author:: Eva Paus
Publication Date:: 01-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Economic success has left many countries unable to compete with either low-wage exporters or high-tech producers.
Topic:: Economics
Political Geography:: Middle East and Latin America

357. Brazil: What's Next?

Author:: Albert Fishlow
Publication Date:: 01-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: The post-Lula, or Dilma, era promises both change and continuity.
Political Geography:: Brazil

358. Maturing Microfinance

Author:: Carlos Labarthe and Carlos Danel
Publication Date:: 01-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: The microfinance industry has helped millions of poor entrepreneurs gain access to capital for the first time. Where does it go from here?

359. How to Protect and Defend Free Trade

Author:: Jose Guilherme Reis and Thomas Farole
Publication Date:: 01-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: If recession-wary governments succumb to protectionism, a decade of growth could be reversed. Here's how to keep the momentum going.

360. Middle Classes, Education and Mobility

Author:: Florencia Torche and Luis Felipe Lópex-Calva
Publication Date:: 01-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Entering, and staying in, Latin America's growing middle class isn't easy.

361. As the World Trades

Author:: Ryan Berger
Publication Date:: 01-2011
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Americas Quarterly
Institution:: Council of the Americas
Abstract:: Canada looks beyond NAFTA toward a giant free-trade deal with the European Union.
Political Geography:: Canada