Is Latin America prepared to resist the turbulent global economy?
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Is Latin America prepared to resist the turbulent global economy?
After a decade of high growth and high expectations about the Latin America’s future, the new and less complacent global context—driven by declining commodity prices, a deceleration of Chinese growth, and prospects of rising U.S. interest rates—is already contributing to a major slowdown in the region and to a deterioration of macroeconomic fundamentals. In this increasingly uncertain world, Latin American policymakers are faced with some difficult questions: What are the macroeconomic challenges that lie ahead for the region? Is Latin America resilient enough to withstand the turbulent global economy?
On October 21, the Brookings-CERES Economic and Social Policy in Latin America Initiative (ESPLA) and El País cohosted a discussion on these key issues for Latin America. The discussion was held in Spanish and featured as a special edition of NTN24’s Club de Prensa later that week. Simultaneous translation was available for event attendees.
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Agenda
Panel 1
Muni Jensen
Political Analyst - Club de Prensa and El País
Ernesto Talvi
Former Brookings Expert
Augusto de la Torre
Former Brookings Expert
Alejandro Werner
Director - Georgetown Americas Institute
Nonresident senior fellow - Peterson Institute
Moderator
Juan Carlos Iragorri
Director of Club de Prensa - NTN24
Panel 2
Marc Bassets
U.S. Correspondent - El País
Jose Jaime Hernandez
Correspondent - El Universal de México
Paula Lugones
Correspondent - Clarín
José Manuel Restrepo
Economic columnist - El Espectador
Cláudia Trevisan
Correspondent - O Estado de São Paulo
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