Lewis and Clark College Professor Gregory A. Smith interviewed Rick Mintrop and Miguel Órdenes of the University of California Berkeley about the effects of school privatization and vouchers in Chile. “Once the competitive dynamics were put in place, Mintrop and Órdenes describe what resulted as a “bottom rung that is associated with the public option.” (Audio, about 30 minutes)

Un total de 1,5 billones de dólares pertenecientes a ciudadanos latinoamericanos se encuentra invertido en paraísos fiscales, lo que equivale casi al 28% de la riqueza de la región, según el Reporte Global de Riqueza 2017 difundido por la firma The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

A dispute affecting international commerce has broken out between the two countries over the privatization of the ports of Arica and Antofagasta, which has “caused the loss of the ‘commercial sovereignty’ to which Bolivia is entitled, according to the development of modern international law.”