AS/COA previews major events and key players in the coming year. Crucial elections are taking place in the Americas in 2012, as well as important global summits.
Mexico’s BMV bourse signed an agreement of intent to join Chile, Colombia, and Peru’s exchange. The new member would nearly double the size of the integrated market.
Brazil and Mexico could provide funds to the IMF to aid ailing European economies. But in a shaky global market, Latin American economies may opt to focus on economic policies at home.
Representative David Dreier speaks with AS/COA about a recent congressional delegation he led to Latin America and his views on trade, security, immigration, and U.S. policy towards Latin America.
Two of Mexico’s three main parties selected presidential candidates in November. With seven months to go before the election, the PRI’s Enrique Peña Nieto continues to be the one to beat.
"I believe it is necessary to transition toward new social programs," explained the former Governor of the State of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto during his November 17 presentation at AS/COA. (en español)
"I see a very direct attack against the leader of our party (Institutional Revolutionary Party's Humberto Moreira) and I think that the theses put forward have no basis whatsoever," said former Governor of the State of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto during his November 17 public presentation at AS/COA. (en español)