Brookings Economic and Social Policy in Latin America Initiative

A former rebel (R), who now owns a clothing factory, oversees a worker in his workshop in Bogota in this photo taken on February 3, 2015. Fighters from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which is currently in peace talks with the government to end 51 years of war, face a complicated path to employment and a life away from crime as they try to reintegrate into society. Demobilized rebels are popular recruits for crime gangs and will have to overcome prejudices to become economically independent after they graduate from government reinsertion programs. Picture taken on February 3, 2015. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez - GF10000135974

Integrating Venezuelans into the Colombian labor market

Dany Bahar, Meagan Dooley, and Cindy Huang

Monday, December 3, 2018

Spotlight Latin America

Friday, March 23, 2018

(L-R) China's President Xi Jinping, Costa Rica's President Luis Guillermo Solis, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa and Bahamas' Prime Minister Perry Christie walk after the opening ceremony of the 1st Ministerial Meeting of China-CELAC Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing January 8, 2015. Xi pledged on Thursday $250 billion in investment in Latin America over the next 10 years, as part of a drive to boost Beijing's influence in a region long dominated by the U.S. Leaders of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC - a bloc of 33 countries in the region that excludes the United States and Canada - gathered in Beijing for the first time for a two-day forum on Thursday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1EB180Y0Q01

Latin America in the new Asia-Pacific trade order

Antoni Estevadeordal

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Children participate in a computing class at an Innova school in the outskirts of Lima

Innovation to leapfrog educational progress in Latin America

Rebecca Winthrop and Adam Barton

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Medical students of Cuba's ELAM (Latin American School of Medicine) leave classrooms of the campus on the outskirts of Havana March 11, 2010. Established in 1999 by former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and operated by the Cuban government, the students enrolled in the ELAM are international students from outside Cuba and mainly come from Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Africa. The school also accepts students from the United States. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: EDUCATION HEALTH POLITICS) - GM1E63C0F7M01

Will more education increase growth in Mexico?

Thursday, March 22, 2018

A riot police officer throws a stone during clashes with opposition supporters in a rally to demand a referendum to remove President Nicolas Maduro in San Cristobal, Venezuela October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - S1AEUIWKAXAA

The challenge of improving police behavior in Latin America

Daniel E. Ortega

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Cuban migrants walk after traveling en route from Costa Rica to El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, before continuing their journey to the U.S., outside General Lucio Blanco International airport in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico, January 17, 2016. Mexico on January 13, 2016 said it plans to grant 20-day transit visas to a group of 180 Cubans who were chosen from thousands stranded in Costa Rica to continue on their long journey toward the United States. The Cubans will have to leave Mexican territory after the permits expire, the National Migration Institute said, adding the visas were given for humanitarian reasons. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril - GF20000098511

Can Latin American countries benefit from their large emigrant populations?

Dany Bahar and Ernesto Talvi

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

(L-R) El Salvador Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez, Chile's Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi deliver a news conference at China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Forum, in Santiago, Chile January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado - RC1F3A35E7D0

Chinese investment in Latin America continues to expand

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Chrystia Freeland (C), Canadas Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaks to the press with Ildefonso Guajardo (L), Mexicos Secretary of Economy, and Robert Lighthizer (R), United States Trade Representative, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi - RC1672775C10

Why Mexico should not fear losing NAFTA’s investment rules

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Traders work on the floor of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange in Buenos Aires' financial district, Argentina, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci - RC1A683C0FF0

How threatening are fiscal deficits in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Carlos Vegh and Guillermo Vuletin

Tuesday, March 20, 2018