Latin America

  • Apr 24
  • 2 min read

Argentina university cuts will prompt wide resistance

Yesterday's protests against budget cuts at public universities were the largest seen for many years

Argentina
  • Apr 24
  • 2 min read

Venezuela unity candidate may gain wider consensus

Retired diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia appears set to be the opposition's unity presidential candidate

Venezuela
  • Apr 24
  • 2 min read

Global GDP will outgrow goods trade and FDI

The UNCTAD report on global economic fracturing and shifting investment patterns highlights recent FDI weakness

International
  • Apr 23
  • 7 min read

Bolivia’s nearing elections will shape economic policy

Government and external expectations of Bolivia's economic performance are not in alignment

Bolivia
  • Apr 23
  • 2 min read

Spending cuts will prove unsustainable in Argentina

President Javier Milei yesterday announced a small first-quarter fiscal surplus, the first in over a decade

Argentina
  • Apr 23
  • 2 min read

Venezuela opposition candidate faces new uncertainty

The consensus opposition candidate for the July presidential elections faces new doubts over his status

Venezuela
  • Apr 23
  • 2 min read

Sheinbaum incident will raise Mexico security concerns

A group of masked men last week stopped the presidential favourite’s car, seemingly for a polite conversation

Mexico
  • Apr 22
  • 7 min read

Colombian capital braces for long-term water rationing

Bogota is facing water shortages and the prospect of rationing becoming a new norm

Colombia