The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the European Patent Office and the Inter-American Development Bank kicked off a high-level regional conference in Santiago, Chile.

ECLAC’s 38th Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy brought together authorities from 11 countries to discuss strategies for stabilization and sustainable development.

Tax revenues rose in more than half of the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2024, with the largest gains occurring in those that implemented major tax reforms, according to a new report.

The meeting of the Platform’s Council of Finance and Economy Ministers took place at the United Nations organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

The majority of the region’s economies will exhibit less economic dynamism in 2026 versus 2025.

The fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties concluded today in Nassau, Bahamas with the election of a new Presiding Officers and the creation of working groups on pollutant release and transfer registers and on access to environmental justice...

International seminar brought together renowned specialists, who reflected on the challenges the region is facing in a context of profound transformations in the global economy.

The COP 4 of Latin America and the Caribbean’s first environmental treaty is taking place for the first time in a Caribbean country (the Bahamas). Through April 24, it will bring together authorities from the region’s countries, representatives of re...

Four years before that global agenda’s deadline, representatives of the region’s countries agreed that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions is the greatest challenge facing the world and is an indispensable requirement for sustainable ...

ECLAC is hosting the ninth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, convened by countries in order to forge agreements and share experiences that would bolster fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda...

The Thirty-First Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning took place today at ECLAC.

At the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, the Dominican Foreign Minister, Roberto Álvarez, and the Secretary of the Commission, Luis Fidel Yáñez, signed an agreement establishing that the meeting will be held on October 7-9, 2026.

One of the regional organization’s most important publications, this report is an essential reference for a comparative analysis of the region’s countries with descriptive statistical data.

The United Nations regional commission presented its “Preliminary Overview of Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025,” in which it forecasts an average regional expansion of 2.4% in 2025 and 2.3% in 2026.

In an international seminar organized by ECLAC, experts exchanged their analytical perspectives and held a strategic dialogue to advance toward a shared roadmap.

The Twenty-Second Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs participated in the meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC).

Women’s Affairs Ministers and other high-level authorities from the region are participating in the Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, inaugurated today at ECLAC’s h...

As the event came to a close, countries recognized the importance of strengthening data governance and administration in national statistical systems by fostering regulatory and institutional frameworks.

The annual report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 examines the trap of high inequality, low social mobility and weak social cohesion in which the region is mired, and recommends five public policy strategies for overcoming it.