Geri Smith
@GeriLSmith
Journalist and writer. Spent 3 decades as foreign correspondent in Latin America, including 18 years as BusinessWeek magazine's bureau chief in Mexico City.
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.#USPS taking too long to tell me where a missing certified letter sent Nov 25 is. Contains important documents. I already have a service request number. Customer service line has no live agents. What am I supposed to do? #USPS
¿Qué pasará si Trump no reconoce su derrota? Lecciones de liderazgo de las elecciones presidenciales de México del año 2000. houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outloo…
Not a great time for there to be a technical glitch @WesternUnion for money transfers to Mexico. Transfers appear to go thru but recipients unable to pick up funds at @Bancoppel
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Este es el primer hotel gestionado por jóvenes con #Down ¡Queremos más proyectos así! :) bit.ly/1SbJECq c
Only 2 countries in #LatAm had growth in #exports in 2015; region saw 14% drop in 2015 ow.ly/VSy7H
Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean plummeted by 14% in 2015. What can countries do to reverse the trend? ow.ly/VSy7H
#LatAm #exports drop 10.9% (-17.7% in South America), the worst contraction since 2009 ow.ly/TuQKZ
Plummeting commodities prices and a slowdown in China are behind #Latam’s 10.9% drop in exports so far this year. ow.ly/TuIcx
Middle class in South America grew 11% from 2000-2011 but much less in Centram, Caribbean, acc to Pew report ow.ly/PRaKU
Int'l migrants send 4x more money home to developing countries than the global total of foreign aid. bit.ly/1KgSwiC #WhiteHouseDev
Milestone: Cuban embassy re-opens in DC:
Check out fin4dev.org blog from #MDBs, the #IMF on how to finance development challenges #Fin4Dev #FFD3
Nearly half of the boards of Latin America's 100 largest companies have no women members. Suggestions for change. ow.ly/P3QkQ
“The digital revolution liberating Latin America´s people” My column in today´s @FT ow.ly/PvEls
El número de hispanoparlantes en EEUU ya es mayor al de España, según el @InstCervantes ow.ly/P0pdX
$ fuerte, commodities baratos y menos envíos a China=caida de 9,1% en #exportaciones de #AmLat ow.ly/NN9FG
28% drop in #LatAm exports to #China contributed to region's 9.1% drop in exports in 1Q 2015 ow.ly/NN9FG
Caida de 28% en ventas a #China contribuyó a contracción de 9,1% de las #exportaciones de #LatAm en el 1 trim. 2015 ow.ly/NN9FG
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