In the end, elections in the hemisphere will produce governments with which the US will share more in common than not. The trick will be to remain engaged with those governments as they tackle the difficult problems of addressing structural poverty, exclusion, and inequality with respect for democratic institutions and rights.
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Despite significant and sustained efforts by Brazilian officials to raise Brazil's international-trade profile, it seemed all anyone wanted to discuss during recent World Economic Forum meetings in Davos was China and India.
Latin American and Caribbean nations must realize that direct investment is the lifeblood of development, and that capital will always go where risk-adjusted rewards are believed to be greatest.
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Sunday, November 13, 2005 | Susan Segal | The Miami Herald
It may not be sexy or capture headlines, but steady and sustained engagement of the parties based on a hard-nosed analysis of mutual interests will, in the end, prove to be the most effective method for securing the democratic, economically developed hemisphere that leaders envisioned a decade ago.
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Greater attention to energy issues in the hemisphere among both producing and consuming nations and a long-term regional strategy is required
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Political and social leaders have to look beyond political differences and focus on preparing their people to compete in a global economy.
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Monday, January 31, 2005 | Susan Segal | WorldCity
In Latin America and the Caribbean, we already talk in terms of lost decades. If we fail to envision FTAA as a means to increase regional competitiveness and fail to work side-by- side to achieve this broader vision, we will have to start speaking of the region in terms of lost generations.
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