The devastating fire at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro symbolises the desperate political situation in Brazil

Future jobs will require high levels of specialisation

Whether the robots replace workers depends on complicated cost calculations in Mexico

In similar settings, Brazil’s experience with the IMF was much better than Argentina’s

Argentina’s economic meltdown of 2001/2002 still overshadows new developments

Civil-society activists are increasingly at risk in Brazil

To what extent is Mexico’s next leader a “populist”?

IMF agrees to support Argentina with $ 50 billion loan

For the third time, AMLO is trying to become Mexico’s president

Projects that follow the model of community organising need time, but not a lot of money