GeriLSmith's profile picture. Journalist and writer. Spent 3 decades as foreign correspondent in Latin America, including 18 years as BusinessWeek magazine's bureau chief in Mexico City.

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.

.#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


Celebrating daughter Meghan Murphy's graduation from Harvard Business School! #HBS2016

GeriLSmith's tweet image. Celebrating daughter Meghan Murphy's graduation from Harvard Business School! #HBS2016

buena idea!

Este es el primer hotel gestionado por jóvenes con #Down ¡Queremos más proyectos así! :) bit.ly/1SbJECq c

Carmen_FerSan's tweet image. 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

GeriLSmith's tweet image. 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

GeriLSmith's tweet image. #LatAm #exports drop 10.9% (-17.7% in South America), the worst contraction since 2009 ow.ly/TuQKZ

Las #exportaciones de #LatAm caen 10,9%, la mayor contracción desde 2009 ow.ly/TuPvL

GeriLSmith's tweet image. Las #exportaciones de #LatAm caen 10,9%, la mayor contracción desde 2009 ow.ly/TuPvL

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


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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:

Normal life on 16th St. In Washington, D.C., starting today. #cuba

jdinges's tweet image. Normal life on 16th St. In Washington, D.C., starting today. #cuba


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Check out fin4dev.org blog from #MDBs, the #IMF on how to finance development challenges #Fin4Dev #FFD3

the_IDB's tweet image. Check out fin4dev.org blog from #MDBs, the #IMF on how to finance development challenges #Fin4Dev #FFD3

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Nearly half of the boards of Latin America's 100 largest companies have no women members. Suggestions for change. ow.ly/P3QkQ


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“The digital revolution liberating Latin America´s people” My column in today´s @FT ow.ly/PvEls


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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

GeriLSmith's tweet image. $ 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

GeriLSmith's tweet image. 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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