As Hurricane Irma leaves 56,000 Puerto Ricans without water, we look at where the region stands on providing universal access to safe drinking water.
Infrastructure
Weekly Chart: Access to Drinking Water in Latin America and the Caribbean
Rio’s Olympics Were a Raging Success! Really!
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Juliana Barbassa
The games accomplished precisely what their organizers intended.
After the Party: Rio de Janeiro's Perfect Storm of Corruption
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Maurício Santoro
Mega-events and oil exploration were supposed to bring prosperity – instead, Rio de Janeiro is struggling to pay its debts.
Weekly Chart: Real Estate in Latin America
Healthy middle classes in Mexico and Chile are fueling solid growth in the real estate sector.
Weekly Chart: Venezuela's Infant and Maternal Health Crisis
Venezuela’s maternal mortality rate is now estimated to be over 100 deaths per 100,000 live births.
An Exit from the Caribbean Housing Trap
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Michael G. Donovan, Therese Turner-Jones
Putting a decent roof over everyone's head in the Caribbean would cost $18 billion. Here are three keys to making it happen.
Peru Update: The Economic and Political Costs of Mother Nature and Poor Planning
Floods are expected to cost the country 1.6 percent of GDP in 2017, but with low debt and high reserves, Peru’s in better shape than most to up its infrastructure spending.