Ideas For A Better Brazil
To pull out of its crisis, Brazil will need to harness the ingenuity of a wide variety of activists, politicians, executives, and everyday people. So we asked them: What does Brazil need mostto get back on the right track? BRAZIL NEEDS: To Combat Racism Djamila Ribeiro Assistant secretary, Municipal … Read more
Cast Your Ballot: Voting in the Americas
Cast Your Ballot: Voting in the Americas By Rachelle Krygier With the U.S. presidential elections just around the corner, a question arises: What will voter turnout look like? In the 2012 elections, the U.S. had a lower percentage of voters going to the polls than in 14 Latin American countries. But 11 of those countries … Read more
The Politics of Diversity
The Politics of Diversity by Leani García How well do the region’s legislatures reflect the people they represent? While women make up slightly more than half of the population in the Americas, they comprise only 28 percent of legislatures. The numbers are even bleaker when it comes to ethno-racial minorities. Of the countries where … Read more
Twitter-Famous in Latin America
Twitter- Famous in Latin America By Néstor David Pastor With over 75 million users, Twitter is among the most popular social media platforms in Latin America, and growing. By 2020, the number of users is expected to top 100 million. But the number varies considerably by country. While individual accounts in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina … Read more
The Big Picture
by Sarah Bons and Néstor David Pastor What should the next U.S. president know about Latin America and the Caribbean? In the following section, AQ provides an overview of key economic and social indicators. Take a tour from Mexico to Argentina for answers to questions like: Who leads the region in ease of doing business? … Read more
Un trayecto tortuoso
A tortuous journey A transgender refugee’s personal journey is interrupted when the violence forces him to start another. Author and photographer: Jonathan Levinson Read in English LAST MONTH OF JUNE, members of the Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) gang approached Danilo Munguía, a 34-year-old transgender person, in Usultán, El Salvador, and demanded that he sell drugs … Read more
One Transgender Refugee’s Journey through Central America
A transgender refugee’s personal journey is interrupted when violence forces another to begin. Written and photographed by Jonathan Levinson Leer en español Last June, Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS13) gang members approached Danilo Munguia, a 34-year-old transgender person, in Usulután, El Salvador, demanding that he deliver drugs for them. “I’m not one of those people,” he … Read more
AQ Graphic: An Overview of Central America’s Economies and Infrastructure
by Sarah Bons and Ivana Mellers Does growth equal progress in Central America? In the following pages, AQ provides a snapshot of economic and social indicators from Guatemala to Panama, as well as an overview of the region’s infrastructure. While many countries have seen moderate to strong GDP growth in recent years, some … Read more
Just the Numbers
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The Cost of Corruption
by Ivana Mellers In recent years, there has been great progresscracking down on corruption across the Americas. Here, we explore the many forms corruption can take — from corporate bribery to vote buying to tax evasion — and their estimated cost. This is not an exhaustive list, nor do we mean to single out any particular country. Instead, … Read more
