Medellín’s Other Success Story: How the City Cleaned Up Its Water
Inside the dramatic turnaround that made Colombia’s second city a model for water management.
Modern Lima Needs More Water. A Pre-Incan Technology Could Keep Taps On.
To prevent a crisis in the future, Latin America’s largest desert city is looking to the past.
Fracking in Colombia: For Real This Time?
Colombia’s oil reserves are dwindling. President Duque sees fracking as a possible solution.
Introducing Latin America’s Top 5 “Urban Visionaries”
How to make cities better? In this new issue of AQ, an inspiring group of Latin Americans shows why collaboration is just as important (really!) as money.
Behind Horacio Larreta’s Campaign to Revitalize Buenos Aires
The mayor is bringing services to long-neglected areas of Buenos Aires.
Presentando los Top 5 Visionarios Urbanos de AQ
¿Cómo mejorar las ciudades? Un grupo variado e inspirador de latinoamericanos demuestra por qué la colaboración y buena planificación son tan importantes como el dinero (¡realmente!).
AQ Top 5 Visionarios Urbanos: Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
Un alcalde encuentra los recursos y el ingenio para revivir su ciudad.
AQ Top 5 Urban Visionaries: Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
Despite tough economic times, the mayor of Buenos Aires has invested heavily in infrastructure and education to reduce inequality.
AMLO Update: Turbulence Ahead?
López Obrador may have put himself in a corner over Mexico City’s new airport.
Colombia’s Peace Needs a Local Touch
Leer en español At the heart of Colombia’s peace agreement with the FARC is an earnest effort to improve life in its long neglected countryside. A series of national programs for education, health, electrification, housing and credit for the agricultural sector, built into the agreement, are designed to help close a woeful development gap between … Read more
Rio’s Olympics Were a Raging Success! Really!
No matter what you may have read elsewhere, Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympic Games were a massive success. OK, so the event was billed by former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Brazil’s time to shine, “an opportunity without equal, increasing Brazilians’ self-esteem, consolidating recent achievements and inspiring new progress.” On that front, it’s … Read more
Rio de Janeiro’s Party Is Over. Who Pays the Bill?
I teach at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, one of the most important educational institutions in Brazil, with more than 30,000 students. Broad programs of affirmative action have ensured that many of those students are from poor backgrounds, often the first members of their families to go to college. They are part of … Read more
Caribbean Housing Is Expensive and Scarce. Here’s How to Change That.
The Caribbean is caught in a housing trap. The cost of living is high: building a house in Kingston is three times more expensive than in a typical Latin American city. This has left ten million people in The Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago without … Read more
How to Make Mexico City a Better Place for the Disabled
The senator from Durango looks bemused. It’s the afternoon of Oct. 18, and Yolanda de la Torre, seated and wearing an electric pink suit jacket with navy slacks, is being carried up the switchback stone staircase of Mexico City’s Palacio de Minería. The 250-year-old college building, now run by the national university’s engineering department, has only one … Read more
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