A new study has left me thinking if Latin American presidents are wasting time in trivialities instead of talking about the main threat to the region: their worrying delay in artificial intelligence (AI). Latin America constitutes 6.3% of the world economy, but only represents 1.6% of the global investment inContinue Reading
After the fiasco of the Venezuelan legislative elections of May 25, which were boycotted by the opposition and had a minimal citizen participation, President Nicolás Maduro is likely to stop making elections with a minimum claim of democratic normality. So few people voted, and the regime was so badly stopped,Continue Reading
The popularity of the president of USA, Donald Trumpamong Latin voters, it is not only going down, but is collapsing at a much more accelerated pace than among the general population. If this trend continues, it could be a big problem for Trump and his republican party in next year’sContinue Reading
The President Donald Trumpthat I had promised, among other things, to clean up the economy and achieve a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine “on the first day of my presidency”, will turn a hundred days in the position on April 30, and even some of its main defenders admitContinue Reading
There were many relief sighs in Latin America After the announcement of US President Donald Trump of their customs tariffs for everyone, because the countries of Asia and Europe will have to pay much higher rates than Latin Americans to export to USA. However, these celebrations are premature. Unless TrumpContinue Reading
Before my arrival in this city, I believed that China would panic for the president’s tariffs Donald Trump, against the main business partners of USA. However, I found a very different reality from that lived in Mexico and other countries most affected by Trump’s commercial wars. There is a veryContinue Reading
The President’s Executive Order Donald Trump suspending the application of the law United States that prohibits bribes to foreign officials went almost unnoticed in the midst of the headlines about their unusual proposals to turn Gaza into a tourist destination, take control of Panama Canal and buy Greenland. However, theContinue Reading
The response of donald trump when asked about his government’s future relations with Latin America and Brazil – “we don’t need them” – was a gratuitous display of political arrogance that will do little to help advance US interests in the region. Instead of saying that there is a greatContinue Reading
Everything indicates that the nominee of the president-elect donald trump for Secretary of State, Cuban American Senator Marco Rubio, will pay close attention to Latin America, especially Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. But you may also have to deal with two other potential conflict points: Bolivia and the Peru. A newContinue Reading
The elected president donald trump said in his first television interview after the elections that he will deport all those found illegally in USAwhich would add up to more than 12 million people. But mark my words: that is not going to happen. There are practical, legal and economic reasonsContinue Reading
