Perspectives on the Americas
A Series of Opinion Pieces by Leading Commentators on the Region

“NAFTA and Mexico”
by Luis Rubio of the Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, A.C. (CIDAC), Mexico City, Mexico.

“The Politics and Economics of Mercosur: Old Challenges, New Approaches”
by Roberto Bouzas of the Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

“Rediscovering our Partnership with Mexico”
by Andrew Selee of the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.

“Post-Referendum Venezuela: Two Options for Hugo Chávez”
by Aníbal Romero of the Department of Liberal Studies, Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela.

“Trade is not a Development Strategy: Time to Change the U.S. Policy Focus”
by Joy Olson and Vicki Gass of the Washington Office on Latin America.

“Is Latin America's Higher Growth Rate Sustainable?”
by J. Antonio Villamil of the The Washington Economics Group, Inc.

“Institutions or Culture?”
by Luis Rubio of the Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, A.C.

“Brazil Ten Years After the Asian Crisis: Could It Happen Again?”
by Thomas Trebat of the Center for Brazilian Studies and the Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University.

“Chávez Conditionality”
by Dr. Richard Feinberg of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego.

“Development Economics Upside-Down - How Latin America Subsidizes the American Way of Life”
by John Price of InfoAmericas, Miami, Florida.

“Consolidating Progress in Colombia”
by Peter DeShazo of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C.