central america

Central America between the sword and the dragon

Vie, 02/11/2022 - 17:06 -- bacosta

This paper seeks to provide an overview of Central America's geo-economic reconfiguration, emphasising energy issues. As of 2019, El Salvador and Nicaragua seem to be leaning towards China. There is a need for investment in infrastructure for the extension, adaptation and diversification of energy sources in the region.

Remittances and maquilas, the case of Central America

Mié, 03/17/2021 - 18:18 -- anegrete

Central America was the region most affected by the supply and demand crisis in the Americas. However, there was a great disparity in the declines of each country. There are two groups, the first lost less than seven years of production, and the second more than ten.
The lost production years are calculated by comparing real GDP in the second quarter of 2020, when social distancing measures were implemented in the Americas, with the quarterly GDP closest to its value.
In the least affected countries, it was migrant labor and the anchoring with the U.S. economy, via the maquila, that allowed them to lose few years of production and to recover more than half of the lost years.

The Second Implosion of Central America

Mar, 01/29/2019 - 13:11 -- aocampo

Aproximadamente treinta años después de que terminaran las guerras de revolución y contrainsurgencia en América Central, la región está una vez más al borde de la implosión.

El istmo continental se ha visto afectado por la lucha de social renovada y la represión estatal, la quiebra de sistemas políticos frágiles, la corrupción sin precedentes, la violencia de las drogas y el desplazamiento y la migración forzada de millones de trabajadores y campesinos.

El telón de fondo de esta segunda implosión de América Centrales el agotamiento de una nueva ronda de desarrollo capitalista en los últimos años, al mismo ritmo que la globalización que tuvo lugar a raíz de los trastornos de los años ochenta.

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