Samuel Arnold-Parra / Global Risk Insights (London)
Sweeping reforms to Cuba’s currency and exchange rate systems will involve the unification of the country’s current dual currency system. Nevertheless, such a change is easier said than done and will almost certainly be painful in the short term.
Hannes Gerhardt / Transnational Institute (Amsterdam)
Finding the political power to pursue a more just and sustainable economy is the hard part, but the tools to effectively execute such an economy are developing quickly.
A meeting of Indigenous organizations, social movements and trade unions from 11 countries of the region concluded with a call for the creation of a new regional integration mechanism: the Union of South American Nations of the People.