This book explores the impact of Chinese growth on Latin America since the early 2000s. Roughly twenty years ago, Chinese entrepreneurs headed to the Western Hemisphere in search of profits and commodities, specifically those that China lacked and that some Latin American countries held in...

1985 saw the publication of Carlos Díaz-Alejandro's classic article, “Good-Bye Financial Repression, Hello Financial Crash” (1985). Writing in the wake of drastic financial blowups in the Southern Cone, Díaz-Alejandro nonetheless argued that “a believable alternative system could be...

Over the last twenty years Latin America has seen a definitive movement toward civilian rule. Significant trade, fiscal, and monetary reforms have accompanied this shift, exposing previously state-led economies to the forces of the market. Despite persistent economic and political hardships, the...

The Political Economy of China-Latin American Relations in the 21st Century Carol Wise and Margaret Myers Part I: Cross-Pacific Statecraft: Aid & Capital Flows from China to Latin America Chapter 1: One Actor, Many Agents: China's Latin America Policy in Theory and Practice Benjamin Creutzfeldt...