OPINION

The American Rescue Plan boosted the economy during the pandemic. But it didn’t go far enough.

The Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) was founded upon the signing of the Treaty of Asuncion in 1991 by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The bloc is a historic achievement in the region and one of the major milestones in Latin American economic integration, which was intended to overcome the previous logic of rivalry between the countries and establish cooperation dynamics.

“El Mercosur es un logro histórico que nació en un clima de retorno a la democracia en América Latina”.

THE SHARP exchange that initiated the Biden administration’s first high-level talks with China last week jarred some nerves in Washington. After Secretary of State Antony Blinken described the regime of Xi Jinping as a “threat to global stability” and criticized its repression in Hong Kong and Xinjiang province, China’s Yang Jiechi responded with a 17-minute tirade that, among other things, advised the United States to “stop advancing its own democracy in the rest of the world.” Some on both the Democratic left and the Trumpist right seem to agree with him: They’ve counseled the new administration to stop calling Beijing out on human rights and focus on more pragmatic interests.

Si bien resulta desconcertante la descoordinación entre Cancillería y Salud, ha resultado clarificador que la autoridad despejara que todos quienes habiten en Chile -salvo turistas- recibirán la vacuna.

Angela Merkel, la que durante años fuera vista como la "canciller de hierro" -cual Bismark redivivo pero con rostro de mujer- la preferida de Helmut Kolh, que fue situándola en puestos de cada vez mayor relevancia política -aunque luego renegara de ella- ha regresado.