Op-Eds & Columns

Obama Signals Four More Years of Bad Relations With Latin America

Mark Weisbrot
Al Jazeera English, December 18, 2012
En Español

How Could Greece and Argentina – The New 'Debt Colonies' – Be Set Free?

Ha-Joon Chang
The Guardian Unlimited, November 25, 2012

Minimum Wage Raise is the Least We Can Do to Civilize America

Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), August 30, 2012
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, August 28, 2012
Bellingham Herald (WA), August 30, 2012
Bradenton Herald (FL), August 30, 2012
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), August 30, 2012
Anchorage Daily News (AK), August 30, 2012
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), August 31, 2012
Wichita Eagle (KS), August 31, 2012
The Gulf Today (Bahrain/UAE), September 1, 2012
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), September 1, 2012
Salinas Californian (CA), September 1, 2012
Lawton Constitution (OK), September 2, 2012
Kokomo Tribune (IN), September 2, 2012
Nashua Telegraph (NH), September 2, 2012
La Crosse Tribune (WI), September 2, 2012
Denver Post (CO), Septmeber 2, 2012
Marshfield News-Herald (WI), September 3, 2012
Sturgeon Bay Door County Advocate (WI), September 3, 2012
Fond du LAC Reporter (WI), September 3, 2012
Stevens Point Journal (WI), September 3, 2012
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune (WI), September 3, 2012
Wassau Daily Herald (WI), September 3, 2012
Sheboygan Press (WI), September 3, 2012
Oshkosh Northwestern (WI), September 3, 2012
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (WI), September 3, 2012
Appleton Post-Crescent (WI), September 3, 2012
Green Bay Press-Gazette (WI), September 3, 2012
Las Vegas Sun (NV), September 3, 2012
Youngston Vindicator (OH), September 3, 2012
Louisville Courier-Journal (KY), September 3, 2012
Northwest Arkansas Times (AR), September 3, 2012
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (AR), September 3, 2012
Omaha World-Journal (AR), September 3, 2012
Arizona Daily Star (AZ), September 3, 2012
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), September 3, 2012
Keene Sentinel (NH), September 4, 2012
En Español

Mexico Still Far From Fair Elections
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, July 9, 2012
En Español

Argentina and the Magic Soybean: The Commodity Export Boom That Wasn’t
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 4, 2012

Argentina’s Critics Get it Wrong Again
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, April 18, 2012
En Español | In Italiano | Em Português

Obama in Cartagena: No Change, Dwindling Hope
Alexander Main
Al Jazeera English, April 12, 2012

New Regional Organization is a Big Step Forward for the Hemisphere
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, December 22, 2011
Janesville Gazette (WI), December 22, 2011
Walworth County Today (WI), December 22, 2011
Times of India, December 24, 2011
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA), December 24, 2011
USA Today, December 24, 2011
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), December 24, 2011
Salt Lake City Deseret News (UT), December 25, 2011
Arizona Daily Star (AZ), December 26, 2011
En Español

The ECB’s High Wire Act
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, December 22, 2011

Argentina's Economic Success is Key to Presidential Election
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, October 22, 2011

Eurozone’s Periphery Needs to Challenge Right-Wing European Authorities
Mark Weisbrot
The Nation, June 6, 2011 Edition

Latin America’s Growth Picks Up After Decades of Failure
Mark Weisbrot
Foreign Policy Digest, May 18, 2011

A Response to Krugman on Greece and the Euro
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 13, 2011

Why Greece Should Reject the Euro
Mark Weisbrot
The New York Times, May 10, 2011
En Español

Kirchner Rescued Argentina’s Economy, Helped Unite South America
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, October 27, 2010
En Español

Life Imitates Art: That Completes My Argument
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, July 16, 2010

Washington Still Has Problems With Democracy in Latin America
Mark Weisbrot
En Español
Sacramento Bee (CA), July 8, 2010
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, July 8, 2010 
Daily Me (ME), July 8, 2010
Bellingham Herald (WA), July 8, 2010
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), July 8, 2010
Juneau Empire (AK), July 9, 2010
Modesto Bee (CA), July 9, 2010
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), July 10, 2010
Janesville Gazette (WI), July 10, 2010
Appleton Post-Crescent (WI), July 10, 2010
Green Bay Press-Gazette (WI), July 10, 2010
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), July 10, 2010
Kansas City Star (KS), July 11, 2010
Hendersonville Sunday Times-News (NC), July 11, 2010
Moline Sunday Dispatch (IL), July 11, 2010
Rock Island Sunday Argus (IL), July 11, 2010
Providence Journal (RI), July 12, 2010
Lewiston Sun Journal (ME), July 13, 2010
Philadelphia Inquirer (PA), July 15, 2010
Centre Daily Times (PA), July 19, 2010

Oliver Stone Responds to Attack from the New York Times' Larry Rohter
Oliver Stone, Mark Weisbrot, Tariq Ali
Letter to the New York Times, June 27, 2010

Washington Elite Still Don't Get Latin America – Will They Ever?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 26, 2010

How Do You Spell “Success”? A Look At “Internal Devaluation” in Greece, Latvia, and Argentina
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 18, 2010

U.S. Fighting Losing Battles Against National Self-Determination
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, April 8, 2010
En español

Hillary Clinton’s “Damage Control” Trip to Latin America
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, March 5, 2010 En español

Central Bank Independence: From Whom?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, February 15, 2010

A New Role For the IMF?

Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, October 8, 2009

Vulture Funds Lobby Against Argentina, Trying To Use the U.S. Congress In Public Relations Campaign
Mark Weisbrot   En español
The Guardian Unlimited, June 5, 2009

Obama Should Make A Clean Break With the Past on Latin America
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, November 26, 2008
En español

The IMF's Historic Transition: Is Less Better?
Mark Weisbrot En español
Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2008

How Argentina Jump-Started Its Economy
Mark Weisbrot   En español
Los Angeles Times, October 30, 2007

Argentina's Hold-Out Bondholders Try to Scare Ecuador, Not Very Effectively
Mark Weisbrot   En español
International Business Times, July 24, 2007

Is Turkey the Next Argentina?
Mark Weisbrot and Erinç Yeldan
International Herald Tribune, December 4, 2004

Stakes are High in IMF-Argentina Negotiations
Mark Weisbrot
The Miami Herald, August 19, 2003

Argentina's Cancelled Election: It's the Economy, and the Electorate has Decided
Mark Weisbrot
Bangkok Post, May 24, 2003

What Are They Doing to Argentina?
Mark Weisbrot   
En español   Em português
Miami Herald, June 25, 2002

IMF Playing With Fire in Argentina
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, February 17, 2002 

Argentina's Crisis, IMF's Fingerprints
Mark Weisbrot
Washington Post, December 25, 2001

What's At Stake in Argentina
Mark Weisbrot
Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2001

Don't Cry for the IMF, Argentina
Mark Weisbrot
The Gazette (Canada), May 21, 2001