UCSD Event: Is Populism Reshaping Social Protection in Latin America?
Staff writer and Managing Editor Rebeca Camacho covers UCSD event on the rise of right-wing populism in Latin America and the future implications for government spending on poverty alleviation programs.
UBI: The Global Antipoverty Experiment
The back and forth of the best way to resolve wealth inequality may appear endless to most. Can a solution as simple as putting cash directly into the hands of the poor really have a profound effect on putting an end to poverty?
BRAZIL'S PETROBRAS SCANDAL: A CASE STUDY OF EXTRACTIVE ECONOMICS
Staff Writer Evan Carlo discusses the fallout from Brazil's largest corruption scandal.
IS BRICS THE NEW "GAME OF THRONES" FOR INDIA AND CHINA ?
China Focus Contributing Writer Amrita Jash discusses the competition between India and China for control of BRICS.
PLAYING HOST TO THE WORLD CUP: PROMISED LOCAL BENEFITS TAKE A DIVE?
Staff Writer Andrew Muse-Fisher explores who really benefits when countries host the World Cup.
NSA SPIES ON WORLD LEADERS
Edward Snowden continues to create diplomatic issues for the United States by revealing what could be seen as serious surveillance transgressions by the NSA against world leaders. By Staff Writer Ana Camus