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COMMENTARY The pandemic has finally given scientists more standing in Latin America. Let's hope that helps give the region's bad politicos less of it.
As Goes Colombia, So Goes Latin America? May 11 2021, 3:55 AM May 10 2021, 2:30 PM May 11 2021, 3:55 AM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- When Colombians voted in a 42-year-old development wonk as president in 2018, they knew it was a leap of faith. But what Ivan Duque lacked in political adroitness (heâd served a single term as a senator), the argument went, he would finesse as an internationally accredited emerging market technocrat. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- When Colombians voted in a 42-year-old development wonk as president in 2018, they knew it was a leap of faith. But what Ivan Duque lacked in ...
Thereâs No App to Beat Covid in Latin America Apr 16 2021, 10:41 PM April 16 2021, 2:30 PM April 16 2021, 10:41 PM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Whether itâs standing up to corporate tobacco, pioneering the rainbow agenda or branding Big Marijuana, Uruguayâs public-policy chutzpah stands out in the Americas. So it was little surprise when this nation of 3.4 million joined the worldâs pacesetters in vaccine rollout. Some 28 of every 100 Uruguayans have had at least one anti-Covid-19 shot, the best record in the continent after Chileâs, and nearly triple ... (Bloomberg Opin...
Millennial authoritarian Bukele wins over voters in El Salvador By Mac Margolis / Bloomberg Opinion Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele was busy last year. In February last year, barely a year after taking office, he marched soldiers into the congressional chambers to intimidate the ostensibly obstreperous legislature. He stopped shy of a coup apparently because God told him to stand down. A month later, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, he sealed borders and ordered a severe lockdown, shunting about 16,000 violators into insalubrious quarantine camps. The detentions generated 1,600 human righ...
Venezuelaâs Covid Toll Is About to Surge Feb 18 2021, 6:25 AM February 16 2021, 3:30 PM February 18 2021, 6:25 AM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Venezuelans had rare occasion to celebrate last week when a government directive cleared the way for hundreds of thousands of their compatriots in harmâs way to receive doses of Covid-19 vaccines. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Venezuelans had rare occasion to celebrate last week when a government directive cleared the way for hundreds of thousands of their compatriots in harmâs way to receive doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Oh, wait. The compatriots in q...