ECLAC Proposes Initiatives to Renew Partnership between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean

(27 April 2011) Today, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented a new publication that analyses relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union in the areas of trade, investment and cooperation, and puts forward proposals for boosting these ties. The document In search of a renewed partnership between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union, was presented at a round table discussion on the relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union, organized by ECLAC and the Chilean Ministry of Foreign A…

CEPAL propone iniciativas para renovar la asociación entre la Unión Europea y América Latina y el Caribe

(27 de abril, 2011) La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) dio a conocer hoy una nueva publicación en la cual analiza las relaciones entre América Latina y el Caribe y la Unión Europea en los ámbitos del comercio, la inversión y la cooperación, y formula propuestas para dinamizar dichos vínculos. El documento En busca de una asociación renovada entre América Latina y el Caribe y la Unión Europea, fue presentado en una mesa redonda sobre las relaciones de América Latina y el Caribe con la Unión Europea, organizada por la CEPAL y el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de C…

Seminario El estado de las relaciones internacionales de América Latina y el Caribe

Experts Discussed International Relations Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean

(31 March 2011) Figures from the region's political and academic spheres discussed the situation of Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of international relations, as well as pending challenges, in a seminar held today at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The meeting on the state of international relations in Latin America and the Caribbean was organized by ECLAC in conjunction with the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and was dedicated to the memory of the Chilean scholar Luciano Tomassini, who passed away in March 2010. …

Expertos abordaron desafíos de América Latina y el Caribe en las relaciones internacionales

(31 de marzo, 2011) Personalidades del mundo político y académico de la región abordaron hoy la situación que enfrenta América Latina y el Caribe en sus relaciones internacionales, así como los desafíos que tiene pendientes, en un seminario efectuado hoy en la sede de la CEPAL, en Santiago, Chile. El encuentro titulado El estado de las relaciones internacionales de América Latina y el Caribe fue convocado por la CEPAL, en conjunto con la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) y se realizó en homenaje al pensador chileno Lucia…

Report on the coordination of international statistical activities in the area of the environment

This report presents the results of a regional study conducted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico, in their respective roles as technical secretariat and coordinator, of the Working Group on Environmental Statistics of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. The objective was to carry out an in- depth study of the international statistical activities in the area of environmental statistics, with a view to strengthening coordination of those activities and optimizing their contribu…

Un diálogo estratégico entre América Latina y Estados Unidos

SANTIAGO DE CHILE.- La gira que el presidente Barack Obama acaba de realizar por tres países de América Latina --Brasil, Chile y El Salvador-- debe animarnos a seguir examinando el estado de las relaciones económicas entre Estados Unidos y la región. Un debate a profundidad y un diálogo estratégico en el futuro inmediato nos permitirá avanzar hacia nuevas iniciativas hemisféricas en el campo del comercio, la inversión y el desarrollo, con beneficios compartidos. Porque Estados Unidos, principal inversionista en la región, puede ser un activo socio de América Latina y el Caribe en el esfuerzo c…

The United States and Latin America and the Caribbean: highlights of economy and trade

This publication is a contribution by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the analysis of trade and investment relations between the United States of America and Latin America and the Caribbean, on the occasion of the visit of President Barack Obama to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador in March 2011. The early years of this new decade have brought good news for Latin America and the Caribbean. The region weathered the international crisis with unprecedented resilience and emerged from it sooner and more strongly than the developed economies. It grew by 6%…

The United States and Latin America and the Caribbean: highlights of economy and trade

Esta publicación es una contribución de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL); al análisis de las relaciones comerciales y de inversiones entre los Estados Unidos y América Latina y el Caribe, con motivo de la visita del Presidente Barack Obama al Brasil, Chile y El Salvador en marzo de 2011. Los primeros años de esta nueva década han sido portadores de buenas noticias para América Latina y el Caribe. La región ha demostrado una capacidad de recuperación sin precedentes frente a la crisis internacional, de la que ha salido antes y con más pujanza que las economías des…

The time for equality has arrived in Latin America and the Caribbean

Progress report on the implementation of the biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009-2011

Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC): new biregional trade and investment relations in a changing world economic environment

Developing Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean are becoming the world's new growth poles. Economies in Developing Asia, led by the People's Republic of China, are growing three times as fast as the industrialized countries. Latin America and the Caribbean weathered the international crisis with remarkable resilience and emerged from it sooner and more strongly than the developed economies. In the coming years, the industrialized economies will continue to face complex challenges, in particular the need to control and gradually rein in the fiscal deficit and public debt in a cont…

O estatuto político da sociedade civil: evidências da Cidade do México e de São Paulo

Os resultados a serem apresentados dizem respeito a organizações civis sediadas na circunscrição político-administrativa que dá nome às cidades, quer dizer, não as regiões metropolitanas como um todo, mas a capital mexicana (Distrito Federal) e o município de São Paulo. Ao todo, foram entrevistadas mais de 400 organizações civis. O capítulo apresenta uma consolidação preliminar dos resultados de pesquisa de projeto amplo com diversos desdobramentos na análise comparativa de organizações civis, utilizando-se de metodologia de redes, na análise de novas funções de representação política de…

O Brasil na governança das grandes questões ambientais contemporâneas, país emergente?

Nas duas últimas décadas, ou seja, a partir das negociações da Rio 92, a Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, o tema ambiental vem ganhando importância na agenda brasileira, tanto na dimensão nacional, quanto na internacional. Nesta última, o Brasil tem assumido papel cada vez mais importante em determinados regimes internacionais, em função da sua posição sui generis, como o país mais rico em diversidade biológica do planeta. Entretanto, outros fatores cruciais são a expansão do mercado nacional; seu modelo agroexportador exitoso; seu crescimento econômic…

Relações Brasil-Estados Unidos

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar os aspectos políticos e econômicos que influenciam a relação Estados Unidos-Brasil. A dinâmica do sistema internacional e a evolução dos últimos anos, década de 1990 e primeira década do século XXI, foram intensas em todos os aspectos e pesam sobre essa relação. Produziram a percepção de uma parte das elites e do povo brasileiros, consolidada e ampliada ao longo do governo Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), de que o país deveria desempenhar no mundo papel mais significativo. Essa percepção foi ao longo dos anos traduzida em termos institucionais e…

Evaluation report: In-depth Evaluation of the Role of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in the Caribbean

Brazil and India: two BRICs as a "building bloc" for South-South cooperation

Given the risks the world economy is still facing and the ascendancy of Brazil and India as major growth poles of the global economy, government authorities in Latin America and the Caribbean should redouble their efforts to identify and capitalize upon the potential complementarities created by greater integration with the BRICs. In view of the inter-industrial nature of trade between India and Latin America including Brazil, the region should seek to create partnerships between its firms and successful Indian companies, in order to gain access to supply chains that produce more complex, tech…

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

(5 November 2010) Nearly six million people in Latin America and the Caribbean have migrated within the region and approximately 25 million have migrated to the United States or Europe. One of every five migrants is estimated to be a child or adolescent who may be exposed to abuses, according to data from the Newsletter Challenges Nº 11, published today by ECLAC and UNICEF. Although their migration to other countries may bring some benefits, many children may also be exposed to risks like abuse, exploitation and violation of their rights, warn experts of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNI…

Riesgos de abusos y explotación amenazan a niñas y niños migrantes de América Latina y el Caribe

(5 de noviembre, 2010) Cerca de 6 millones de personas de América Latina y el Caribe han migrado dentro de la región y alrededor de 25 millones lo han hecho a Estados Unidos o Europa. Se calcula que 1 de cada 5 migrantes es un niño o adolescente, que puede estar expuesto a abusos, según datos del Boletín Desafíos Nº 11 elaborado por la CEPAL y UNICEF, dado a conocer hoy. Si bien su desplazamiento a otros lugares trae algunos beneficios, muchos niñas y niños pueden verse expuestos a riesgos como abusos, explotación y violación de sus derechos, advierten especialistas del Fondo de las Naciones U…

Seminario ADI 2010: Educación para el desarrollo en América Latina