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Dear Friends, Please find attached my Reuters op-ed covering the three biggest challenges that Latin America has faced in its modern history and what needs to be done going forward. I would appreciate any comments that you might have....

Dear Friends, Following is a link of a Bloomberg interview I did a few days ago, covering the challenges Latin American countries have in reforming their economies in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic....

Dear Friends, Please find attached an essay I wrote for the Great Decisions Special Edition of the Foreign Policy Association which will reach an estimated 400,000 readers. Please let me know your comments....

Dear Friends,   Following is a link to a recent Bloomberg Radio interview I did on the economic situation in Turkey and the recent agreement on Argentine sovereign debt and the overall Argentine economy. Any comments you may have will be appreciated....

Dear Friends:    Following is a link to a discussion hosted by Susan Segal, President of the Council of the Americas, with Arminio Fraga and myself about the impact of Covid-19 on the economy of countries in Latin America.        I would appreciate...

The Center for Financial Stability ("CFS"), today, announced the appointment of William R. Rhodes as the first Chairman of the Organization's distinguished Advisory Board....

Dear Friends,  Following is a link to a recent Bloomberg Radio interview I did on the economic status of Latin America as affected by the Covid epidemic and the serious economic problems Latin America is facing.  I also talk about the role of China and its lending in...

Dear Friends: Following is a link to an interview I did yesterday on Bloomberg Radio on the upcoming debt crisis in the emerging markets, provoked by the worldwide Covid19 pandemic that we are going through.  In my view this will be the worst debt crisis the...

Dear Friends: Please find attached a recent op-ed on Reuters which covers my concern on the effect of an emerging market debt crisis on the ability of the world economy to recover from the present Covid-19 pandemic. I would appreciate any comments that you might have....

Dear Friends: I thought you would be interested in seeing the attached article in today’s Financial Times Big Read section, where I was quoted. The article concerns the economic fallout from the coronavirus on the risk of sovereign defaults in the emerging markets....