“The drive to the church is extremely emotional because you’re finally seeing it all come together,” Ms. Mariela Wade explains to the HPR, as she and Más Hope, the non-profit organization she founded, delivers used shoes from the United States to the impoverished citizens of Nicaragua. Her trip is long and arduous like that of so … Read more
It is often expected that democracies impose term limits on presidential candidates. Such is the case in Bolivia, where the current term limit is set at two terms and general elections are set for October 12, 2014. So why is the incumbent, Juan “Evo” Morales, running for the third time? The simple answer is that … Read more
During the 1990s, Argentina was the darling of international investors, so much so that it accumulated a debt of more than $100 billion. In 2001, an economic crisis hit Argentina, and the country was forced to default on its external debt. Four years of negotiations passed until Argentina finally imposed a drastic restructuring, which was … Read more
For more than 75 years, Mexico has placed complete control of its oil industry under Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex). With its name boldly branded on every gas station in the country, this state-run oil giant has served as a major source of revenue for the Mexican economy and is a symbol of Mexican national pride. Within … Read more
Has the time finally come for peace? This is the question Colombians are asking themselves as peace talks are being held in Havana, Cuba between the Colombian government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), a militant Marxist rebel group responsible for a fifty-year long civil war, which resulted in generations of Colombians growing … Read more
On the eve of Argentina’s eighth default, the HPR’s Ignacio Sabate published an article questioning whether history was repeating itself in Argentina. Sabate, like countless writers before him, observed that Argentina’s long history of financial troubles could be proof that the country still “has not learned its lesson.” This portrayal of Argentina appeals to our … Read more
As the July 30 deadline approaches, the Argentinean government must broker a deal with foreign bondholders to pay more than $1.3 billion claimed by hedge funds, including NML Capital and Aurelius Management in order to avoid defaulting on its debt. If Argentina fails to reach an agreement with these firms, it will experience its eighth … Read more
[SANTIAGO, CHILE] With banners, signs, flags, and noisemakers, 40,000 students and teachers have taken to the streets of Santiago, Chile in recent weeks. They are united by one goal: to express their discontent at the lack of quality education in poor neighborhoods and its effects on widening the inequality gap in Chile. The protestors are … Read more
A mural by renowned street artist Paulo Ito has gone viral on social media, showing a weeping, starving Brazilian boy, knife and fork in hand, being served a football on a plate. Before the World Cup began, this image and others served as signals to the international community that São Paulo had not, and could … Read more
When thousands of Salvadorans crammed into the Stadium Cuscatlán in San Salvador the day they inaugurated Mauricio Funes as their new president in 2009, their biggest cheers were reserved for former guerrillas of the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN). Funes had officially assumed the presidency in a staid ceremony earlier on the … Read more