A report explores how investment in natural resource extraction could contribute to broader community and national development in Chile.
Trips to the White House by the presidents of Chile and Peru spotlighted the latest efforts toward Pacific Rim integration.
From June 4 to 6, foreign ministers from across the hemisphere discuss steps to combat narcotics, while three Latin America countries consider drug legislation.
The results of the Pacific Alliance summit last month suggest that “this new economic bloc is an emerging powerhouse in Latin America,” writes AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth for World Politics Review.
At AS/COA’s panel on the Pacific Alliance, Colombia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Carlos Urrutia expressed that "we understand the [bloc] as much more than a trade agreement."
What comes next for one of Latin America's newest trade blocs? An AS/COA panel discussed the future of the Pacific Alliance.
"Unlike other regional blocs, which are essentially 'political talk shops,' the Pacific Alliance can boast results," points out AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth on the bloc’s summit in Cali, Colombia.