![The cover of the Supply Chains issue of Americas Quarterly, featuring a shipping container stamped with "Made in the Americas" to evoke challenges and opportunities of shifting international trade.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Issue322Cover-300x199.png)
NEW AQ: A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity for Latin America
A changing world has opened the way for greater nearshoring and regional integration. But action is needed to make it a reality, AQ highlights in this special report.
![A shipping container with an outline of North and South America to explore intraregional trade.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AQ0222_ONEIL4-300x176.jpg)
Por que a globalização não beneficiou a América Latina—e como a região pode reverter isso agora.
Um argumento para o aumento do comércio intrarregional no cenário atual de mudanças globais
![A shipping container with an outline of North and South America to explore intraregional trade.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AQ0222_ONEIL4-300x176.jpg)
Por que América Latina perdió con la globalización—y cómo puede ganar ahora
Un argumento para mayor comercio intrarregional en el mundo cambiante de hoy
![The cover of the Supply Chains issue of Americas Quarterly, featuring a shipping container stamped with "Made in the Americas" to evoke challenges and opportunities of shifting international trade.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Issue322Cover-300x199.png)
Nuevo en AQ: Una oportunidad única para América Latina
Un mundo cambiante ha abierto el camino para mayor nearshoring e integración regional. Pero se necesita acción para hacerlo realidad, destaca AQ en este informe especial.
![The replica of poet César Vallejo's Paris tomb in his hometown of Santiago de Chuco shows the writer's importance in Peru.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/6_00017869DP-2-e1658335000605-300x199.jpg)
The Peruvian Town Haunted By a Famous Poet
In a new film, a young man tries to escape Santiago de Chuco—just like the town’s biggest hero once did.
![Author and Nobel Prize laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias in a car in Paris in 1967.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-558666911-scaled-e1658746146850-300x237.jpg)
A Guatemalan Classic On the Nightmare of Dictatorship
Miguel Ángel Asturias’s masterpiece achieved lasting fame by trading political specifics for tragic grandeur.
![Pink Tide Presidents Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Rafael Correa join hands in 2008.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-104579449-300x200.jpg)
Lessons from the First Pink Tide’s Collapse
A new book criticizes the last generation of Latin American left-wing leaders for relying too much on commodities.
![Musicians play chamamé folk music from Argentina’s Litoral region with the Shagrada Medra label.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Music-1-300x168.jpg)
AQ’s Summer Playlist: Shagrada Medra’s Independent Rhythms
In a rural corner of Argentina, this music label has spent decades cultivating a unique sound.
![A shipping container with an outline of North and South America to explore intraregional trade.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AQ0222_ONEIL4-300x176.jpg)
Why Latin America Lost at Globalization—and How It Can Win Now
A case for greater intraregional trade in today’s changing world
![A community kitchen worker chops vegetables to provide low-cost meals to people struggling with inflation and rising food prices.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RTS717CF-300x200.jpg)
Photo Essay: In Peru, a Daily Grind Against Inflation
In a poor neighborhood on Lima’s outskirts, supply disruptions and rising prices have residents struggling to afford staples.
![Mayor João Campos of Recife, Brazil, and an inset of cover of the Mayors issue of Americas Quarterly, showing another innovative mayor: María Emilsen Angulo of Tumaco, Colombia.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AQ0222_5yrB-300x176.jpg)
One Year Later: These Latin American Mayors Are Ready to Rise
A year after AQ’s mayors issue, local Latin American leaders are poised to enter national politics.
![The cover of the Supply Chains issue of Americas Quarterly, featuring a shipping container stamped with "Made in the Americas" to evoke challenges and opportunities of shifting international trade.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Issue322Cover-300x199.png)
Novo na AQ: Uma oportunidade única para a América Latina
Um mundo em transformação abre espaço para a inclusão da região na cadeia global de suprimentos e aumento da integração regional. Mas será necessário agir para tornar isto uma realidade, como mostra a reportagem especial da AQ.
![A port in Cartagena Colombia receives shipping containers as supply chains continue to shift creating challenges and opportunities.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AQ0222_segalthunbnail-300x176.jpg)
Susan Segal: Deglobalization Means Fresh Challenges for Latin America
A shakeup in supply chains recalls past changes in the macroeconomic conditions facing emerging markets.
![A postcard by Marta Minujín, one of the Latin American artists in New York City in the 60s and 70s.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TMBTP_book_HighR5-300x190.jpg)
When New York City Was a Gritty Haven for Latin American Art
Excerpts from a new book recall how urban decay collided with international cultural ferment in the 1960s and ’70s.
![Camila Uribe of Colombian think tank Casa de las Estrategias, which brings youth perspectives on violence to policy makers.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AQ0222_QAB-300x176.jpg)
The Colombian Think Tank Bridging Two Worlds
Casa de las Estrategias brings insights from low-income Medellín neighborhoods to the policy-making conversation.