Globalization Journey: Is Latin America Still Lagging Behind?

Latin America in the Global Era with Challenges and Opportunities – Podcast

The Peterson Institute for International Economics defines Globalization as the word that describes the growing interdependence of the world’s economies, cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology, and flows of investment, people, and information.

Latin America is a challenging region rich in natural capital, culture, and history; among many of its challenges, a significant one is Globalization and how this important region is connected with the world.

While researching geopolitical topics of interest for the first season of The Geopolitical Puzzle podcast, I came across a wealth of information on the Latin American region on global trade, ESG, Globalization, regionalization, politics, and geopolitics. As a professional born in this region, I thought it would be a good idea for the first episode to deal with a topic about Latin America. My goal was to approach the conversation from a geopolitical perspective and what opportunities the region has today.

For the first episode of this first season, my guest was Shannon K. O’Neil, Vice President and Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller, Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

She is an expert on global trade, supply chains, Mexico, Latin America, and democracy.

Dr. O’Neil is the author of The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter (Yale University Press, October 2022), which chronicles the rise of three leading global manufacturing and supply chain hubs and what they mean for U.S. economic competitiveness.

In this first episode, we discussed the opportunities of Latin America in times of regionalization and geopolitics, the kind of challenges the regions face, and ESG. We also highlighted exciting points from her book “The Globalization Myth. Why Regions Matter”.

Juan Carlos Giraldo. Boston. US.