With information on capitals, years of independence, political developments, and other details on each country, the map below features the array of life that is South America. Next: Argentina ...

That is understandable — feeling like [map of South America] is not the most relatable feeling in the world — although 22,000 Twitter users (and counting) saw fit to retweet this little one ...

Mexican Independence Day marks the 200th anniversary of freedom from Spanish rule. This year, five Latin American countries mark their bicentennials by taking stock of progress and challenges ahead.

We study the link between central bank independence and inflation by providing narrative and empiricial evidence based on Latin America’s experience over the past 100 years. We present a novel ...

Latin America Banks on Independence The new Bank of the South shatters neoliberal economics Mark Engler January 22, 2008. Latin American leaders launched the Bank of the South at a ceremony in ...

The Economic Development of Latin America Since Independence Reviewed by Richard Feinberg January/February 2014 Published on December 17, 2013 . In This Review. The Economic Development of Latin ...

Liberators: Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830 Robert Harvey. Overlook Press, $40 (561pp) ISBN 978-1-58567-072-7 ...

A group of scholars of Latin American politics and law discussed the threats to judicial independence posed by populist leaders in a Tuesday event.

What is Latin America, after all? While histories of the "other" Americas often link disparate histories through revolutionary or tragic narratives, Latin America since Independence begins with the ...