Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023. It is easy to understand why the region’s leaders are focused on making investments in basic infrastructure; it is less easy to understand why there has not been more sustained investment over the past half century.The infrastructure deficit in Latin America is due to a shortage of investment capital that is a historical legacy of failed economic models, erratic fiscal management, rampant corruption and endemic political instability.
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