After years of economic stagnation, Jamaica’s economy has recently experienced rapid and potentially sustainable growth, thanks to effective policymaking. But the economic recovery came at the expense of preparedness for the effects of climate change, which poses significant dangers to Jamaica’s core sectors of agriculture and tourism.
At a time when free trade deals are seen as toxic across the political spectrum, President Joe Biden has promised a “worker-centered trade policy” that aims to create domestic jobs. But from the beginning, his administration’s approach has been met with a great deal of skepticism both from domestic critics and U.S. trade partners.
Throughout his five years in office, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has dramatically altered the country’s landscape, using his popularity to craft and maintain a narrative that often contradicts reality. Now, with his term coming to an end, the question is whether Mexico’s “post-truth politics” will end with it.
