In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, a team of experts in damage and loss assessment from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean flew to the Bahamas to assess the damages caused on the ground.
The mission, which took place from 23-29 October 2016, was funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and was undertaken in collaboration with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO).
The ECLAC team and their counterparts visited the areas of Andros, Berry…
On an official visit to Chile, the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament Urban Ahlin participated on Monday, March 7 in a round table at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, in which they addressed the region’s economic, social and environmental challenges.
The senior official and his delegation, formed by Kiefer Jakob, Sweden’s Ambassador to Chile and other representatives of the Swedish Parliament, the Embassy of Sweden in Chile and the Chilean-Swedish Institute of Culture, were received by ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Antoni…
On the occasion of a course on sustainable logistics, mobility and energy efficiency carried out by ECLAC’s Division of Natural Resources and Infrastructure in late January 2016, officials from that division visited the rebuilding works of the container terminal at Port-au- Prince’s International Port, in Haiti, which suffered severe damage during the earthquake of 2010.
Accompanied by representatives of that country’s National Port Authority (NPA), the experts viewed the first 150 linear meters (of 410 meters total) of the terminal’s Northern Wharf, inaugurated on January 22, 2016. This is th…
1 Feb 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:26
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Turkey wants to broaden its political and trade relationships with Latin America and the Caribbean, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at a keynote lecture given today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in which he asked for international collaboration to cope with the crisis of Syrian refugees and the challenges to peace in the Middle East.
The Turkish Head of State arrived in Chile on Sunday, January 31 in the framework of a trip to the region that will extend until February 4, and which will include visits to Peru and Ecuador. He was…
28 Oct 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:26
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Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) GDP will shrink by between 0.9% and 1% in 2016, according to the latest estimates, the second consecutive year of negative growth and a rate of contraction the region has not seen since the early 1980s. According to the Latin American Economic Outlook 2017, the region should recover in 2017, but with modest GDP growth of between 1.5% and 2%, below expected growth in advanced economies.
According to the report, jointly produced by the Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Commission for…
20 Jun 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:26
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Noticias
Demand for metal mining, led by China, had positive consequences for Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of exports and fiscal revenue in the last decade; however, the region did not make progress on a policy of industrialization: the linkages with other sectors are still weak and policies are lacking for mining to contribute to the creation of new capacities, ECLAC indicates in its latest annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016.
According to the document, in the last 15 years the average relative weight of natural resources in the total flows of Fo…
By mid-2016, the number of inhabitants in Latin America will rise to 625 million, more than six million above the estimated total population in mid-2015, according to the latest population projections made by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
This figure represents almost twice the population registered in 1975, when there were 316 million inhabitants, according to the most recent publication by the Demographic Observatory. Latin America population continued growing up to 512 million inhabitants in 2000 and it is estimated that it will rise to 680 million in …
The Second Session of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will kick off next Monday, September 12, at 6 p.m. local time in San Jose, Costa Rica.
The event will coincide with the inauguration of the World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR 2016), which will bring together representatives of government, industry and ICT associations, as well as academics, to analyze the latest proposals aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promoted by the United…
20 Jun 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:26
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Noticias
The latest edition of the report Competitiveness Ranking for the Departments of Colombia (Spanish only), a periodic publication of the Bogota Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), reveals the growing importance of factors related to human capital and science, technology and innovation in the configuration of regional competitiveness.
Colombia’s 32 departments progress at different paces and, as a result, some have reached greater economic prosperity and social well-being while others lag behind, said the study, which for the first time incorporates the …
The latest good tidings confirm that we are living through a change of era in Latin America. The building of peace will be the great force behind and the opportunity for progressive structural change, with equality, which will embrace as its own the goals of sustainable development.
With the signing of the agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) this September 26 in Cartagena de Indias, a historic act that I had the opportunity to witness, the region consolidates itself as an area of peace and the Colombian people advance with firm and d…
27 Feb 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:26
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Las Presidentas de Brasil, Dilma Rousseff, y de Chile, Michelle Bachelet, visitaron hoy la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en Santiago de Chile, donde se reunieron con su Secretaria Ejecutiva, Alicia Bárcena.
Durante su visita, de carácter privado, Rousseff y Bachelet sostuvieron un encuentro con la máxima representante del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas, en el que dialogaron sobre los desafíos del desarrollo económico, social y ambiental de la región. Posteriormente, la Presidenta de Brasil participó en un conversatorio con funcionarios de la …
27 Feb 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:26
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Comunicado de prensa
As Presidentas do Brasil, Dilma Rousseff, e do Chile, Michelle Bachelet, visitaram hoje a sede da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), em Santiago do Chile, onde se reuniram com a Secretária-Executiva, Alicia Bárcena.
Durante sua visita, de caráter privado, Rousseff e Bachelet mantiveram um encontro privado com a principal dirigente do organismo regional da ONU, em que dialogaram sobre os desafios do desenvolvimento econômico, social e ambiental da região. Em seguida, a Presidenta do Brasil participou de uma sessão de debate com os principais técnicos da CEPAL.
Nessa se…
27 Feb 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:26
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The Presidents of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, and Chile, Michelle Bachelet, visited today the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where they met with Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary.
During their visit, of a private nature, Rousseff and Bachelet held a meeting with the regional organization’s most senior representative in which they discussed the challenges of economic, social and environmental development in the region. Afterwards, Brazil’s President participated in a conversation with officials from ECLAC.…
1 Feb 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:26
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Turquía desea ampliar sus relaciones políticas y comerciales con América Latina y el Caribe, según destacó su Presidente, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, en una conferencia magistral ofrecida hoy en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en la que solicitó la colaboración internacional para hacer frente a la crisis de refugiados sirios y a las amenazas a la paz en Oriente Próximo.
El mandatario turco llegó a Chile el domingo 31 de enero en el marco de una gira por la región que se extenderá hasta el 4 de febrero e incluirá visitas a Perú y Ecuador. En la CEPAL fue reci…
De visita en Chile, el Presidente del Parlamento sueco, Urban Ahlin, participó el lunes 7 de marzo en una mesa redonda en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, en la que se abordaron los desafíos económicos, sociales y ambientales de la región.
El alto funcionario y su delegación, integrada por Kiefer Jakob, Embajador de Suecia en Chile, y otros representantes del Parlamento sueco, la Embajada de Suecia en Chile y el Instituto Chileno Sueco de Cultura, fueron recibidos por el Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL, Antonio Prado, quien enc…
El Director Ejecutivo del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos (ONU-Hábitat), Joan Clos, dictará el próximo lunes 20 de junio una conferencia magistral en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, donde será recibido por la Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo regional, Alicia Bárcena.
En el marco de una visita a Chile, Clos realizará a las 16.00 horas una presentación titulada “Hábitat III: La Nueva Agenda Urbana”, tema central de la Tercera Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Desarrollo Sostenible y Vivienda, que…
El Secretario General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, Ban Ki-moon, se reunió este lunes en Buenos Aires con los funcionarios de los distintos organismos de la ONU presentes en Argentina, entre ellos, el personal de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), encabezado por su Secretaria Ejecutiva, Alicia Bárcena, y por el Director de la Oficina del organismo regional en ese país, Martín Abeles.
El encuentro de Ban Ki-moon con el personal de la ONU se produjo al término de la primera jornada de su visita oficial a Argentina, que concluirá este martes.
Horas antes, …
1 Nov 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:26
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Publicación
El presente documento ha sido preparado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), con ocasión de la visita a su sede del Presidente de China, Xi Jinping, el 22 de noviembre de 2016.
En él se abordan, desde la mirada regional, los principales desafíos que enfrenta China en el marco del proceso de reformas de su modelo de desarrollo, se presenta un panorama actualizado de las relaciones comerciales y de inversión entre China y América Latina y el Caribe, y, finalmente, se abordan las perspectivas y desafíos de la cooperación entre América Latina y el Caribe y China en lo…
22 Nov 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 14:26
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Discurso
Palabras de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), con ocasión de la visita de Xi Jinping, Presidente de la República Popular China
Santiago de Chile
22 de noviembre de 2016
CEPAL
Excelentísimo Xi Jinping, Presidente de la República Popular China,
Excelentísima Presidenta de Chile Michelle Bachelet, gracias por honrarnos con su presencia,
Distinguido Invitados,
Huán Yíng Lái Dao CEPAL (Bienvenido a CEPAL)
Excelentísimo Presidente, bienvenido a esta casa de Naciones Unidas en América Latina y el Caribe.
Nos sentimos profundamente h…
El Presidente de Perú, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, dictará mañana martes 29 de noviembre de 2016 una conferencia magistral en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, con ocasión de su visita oficial a Chile.
El mandatario peruano ofrecerá a las 16:00 horas una presentación titulada "América Latina frente a la incertidumbre global: una mirada desde el Perú".
Kuczynski será recibido por Antonio Prado, Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL, quien le dará la bienvenida en nombre de esta comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas. En la conferencia est…