Rebecca Ray is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) at Boston University. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and an M.A. in International Development from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Since 2013, she has focused her GEGI research on Latin America, including the annual China-Latin America Economic Bulletin series, the book project China and Sustainable Development in Latin America: the Social and Environmental Dimension, and her current project, Safeguarding Sustainable Development in the Andean Amazon.
Last Updated: December 12, 2018
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China’s Growing Footprint in Latin America
Many Latin American countries experienced political change in 2018, with presidential elections in three of the largest countries—Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia—and transitions in Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, and Paraguay. Meanwhile, several...