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Fiscal policies in the countries of Latin America have evolved within very different institutional landscapes resulting from a long history of financial crises. This article analyzes several of the economic and institutional transformations of the three largest economies of Latin America, namely, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, and their evolution during the past twenty years, in order to understand the ability to implement countercyclical fiscal policies during the great global crisis. It discusses the idea that open and emerging market economies do not possess conditions to exercise countercyclical fiscal policy. The main conclusion is that only Argentina has been able to fully exercise its capacity to pursue fiscal policy during the crisis, while institutional constraints on the fiscal policies of Brazil and Mexico remain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the economic and social impact of the pandemic in Argentina. It begins with the macroeconomic crisis that the new government had to face in December 2019 and the degrees of freedom available to be able to carry out compensatory fiscal and monetary policies to alleviate the effects of the pandemic. The article also analyzes the impact of these compensatory measures, their limits and results. In particular, it reviews the global impact of the pandemic, the different types of response at the international level and the asymmetry of the global recovery, in addition to evaluating different scenarios and their impact in Argentina and other developing countries. Finally, it also studies the temporary and permanent changes that the pandemic causes at the global level and suggests policy alternatives to avoid external restriction to face the crisis. It does so by laying the foundations for equitable development on the philosophical basis of Latin American structuralism and progressive thought, all within a new paradigmatic framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article traces the context in which this author served Argentina as both the chairman of the Central Bank of Argentina and former chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission of Argentina. As described, the efforts necessary for a country such as Argentina to achieve and maintain financial sovereignty are almost as great as the forces opposing such a possibility. While focusing on the specific case of Argentina and pertaining to a specific time in its history, this article offers insights that hopefully can lead to a better understanding of the global forces that condition the management of national economies in the contemporary world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents an article about the participation of unemployed people in the popular uprising in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 24, 2001. Reasons behind the uprising; Problems of unemployed people; Details on the casualties during the uprising.

Introduces a series of articles about the social, political and economic outcomes of the neoliberalism crisis in Argentina.

Examines the economic crisis in Argentina. Factors that affected the economic condition of the country; Impact of neoliberal policy on the economic condition of Argentina; Contribution of the political condition of the country to the Argentine economic crisis.