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Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL

13 August 2020 | News

ECLAC Calls for a Renewed Dialogue between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean for a post COVID-19 Recovery with Equality and Sustainability

The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, made a presentation during a high-level seminar on the challenges that the crisis arising from the coronavirus poses for both parties.

Portada capital flows to Latin America 2018

15 March 2019 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean Saw the Best and Worst Conditions for Tapping International Capital Markets in 2018

Over the course of last year, bond issuance from the LAC region slowed, spreads widened and credit quality deteriorated.

22 March 2018 | News

ECLAC Report Analyzes United States’ Trade Policy and Its Hardening towards Latin America and the Caribbean

The Trump Administration has focused in avoiding multilateral free-trade pacts and has also tightened immigration policies, according to the study.

13 March 2018 | Press Release

Economist Samuel Bowles Urges the Construction of a New Economic Paradigm Based on More Egalitarian Societies

The distinguished international expert gave a keynote lecture at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

Vista de varios contenedores en el puerto de Oakland.

1 March 2016 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean Represents One Fifth of the United States’ Foreign Trade

A study by ECLAC also indicates that around one third of foreign direct investment in the region came from that North American country in the last decade.

30 December 2014 | Op-ed

A Historic Day

Op-ed by ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena (December 2014).

11 November 2014 | Press Release

Around 28.5 Million Latin American and Caribbean People Live Outside their Native Countries

Intraregional migration flows have intensified in recent years, according to a new study by ECLAC.

22 September 2014 | Press Release

ECLAC Addresses the Paradoxes and Challenges of Climate Change's Economic and Social Impact in the Region

The Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, said in a statement that the economic costs of climate change could total between 1.5 % and 5 % of the annual GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean, in the case that the temperature rises an additional 2.5 °C.

17 September 2014 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Launch in New York Its Latest Report on Indigenous Peoples in Latin America

Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present this document on 22 September at a press briefing, where she will also explain the latest contributions of the regional organization to the debate on climate change.

29 de April de 2014 | Press Release

La CEPAL pronostica que América Latina y el Caribe crecerá 2,7% en 2014

Se estiman tasas de crecimiento con elevada heterogeneidad entre los países, con un modesto dinamismo de las principales economías de la región.

30 May 2013 | Press Release

Twenty-seventh Session of the Committee of the Whole of ECLAC Was Held in New York

The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Alicia Bárcena, gave an overview of the region's economic and social situation and the outlook for 2013.

22 April 2013 | Speech

Seminar on neostructuralism and heterodox economics

By Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC

5 March 2013 | Press Release

Authorities and Experts Will Assess Tax Reform Aimed at Increasing Fiscal Revenues and Improving Equality

Meeting will be attended by the Ministers of Finance of Chile, El Salvador and Uruguay.

24 March 2011 | Press Release

Latin America Needs Long-term State Policies to Attain Growth with Equality

Alicia Bárcena spoke during the XIV CAF Annual Conference on Trade and Investment in the Americas held in Washington, D.C.

22 March 2011 | Press Release

ECLAC Identifies New Cooperation Opportunities between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean

"President Barack Obama's visit to the region offers an unmissable opportunity to revitalize hemispheric relations", according to Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.

8 November 2010 | Press Release

The Perils of Abuse and Exploitation Threaten Migrant Children from Latin America and the Caribbean

One of every five migrants in the region is a minor and there are no immigration policies that protect the rights of these children, say experts.

17 August 2010 | Op-ed

The Time for Latin America

Op-ed by ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Barcena. Published in El Pais (Spain), on 25/07/2010 and in ECLAC Notes No 65 (August 2010).

28 de July de 2011 | Fact sheet