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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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November 27, 2018
Brazil
Latin America’s New Populism Isn’t About the Economy
Injustice, not economic class, is what’s turning voters against the political establishment.
June 6, 2016
Mexico
Mexico’s Gubernatorial Elections
Mexico’s PRI lost big in yesterday’s gubernatorial elections. Just six months ago party optimists boasted they might sweep all twelve of the governorships; preliminary results show they may get just …
June 30, 2015
Mexico
Mexico’s Economic Divide
Mexico’s national GDP numbers remain lackluster. In 2014, the country grew 2.1 percent, and forecasts for 2015 predict a modest 3 percent increase. Yet these numbers mask the great diversity within a…
October 9, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Star Economist Says Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa Has Failed
On October 3, Thomas Piketty, the French economist and best-selling author of Capital in the 21st Century, said in his prestigious Nelson Mandela lecture that South Africa’s “…black economic empowerm…
June 13, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Malema and Zuma: Bad Blood?
Jacob Zuma (L), leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), chats with Julius Malema, president of African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), at the Pietermaritzburg high co…
