The Next Africa?

Argentina has preceded its South American neighbors in one of the worst financial crises the continent has ever seen. Its once-prosperous inhabitants are scrounging for food and collecting recyclables to make a living, and Argentina is poised to become the next Africa, Nicholas Kristof writes. Tumultuous political situations and falling per capita income are leaving the people Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, and others starving. If the rest of the world continues to downplay the significance of the South American crisis, Kristof argues, it will come back to haunt them. – YaleGlobal