Ecuador opts for four more years of leftist governance

Winning the run-off by 1 percentage point, the president-elect has reversed his first-round fortunes

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Poor regulation risks investment projects in Mexico

Mexico’s energy sector reforms have brought with them further socio-political challenges

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The proposed fiscal year 2018 budget plans major development policy upheaval but marginal reform is more likely

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Republican legislators are formulating their relationship with a president willing to flout the party's orthodoxies

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The end of a decade-long construction surge leaves notable infrastructural deficits as economic growth stalls

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An uneven distribution of municipal infrastructure and skewed governance raises conflict risks in Africa's largest city

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Washington's immigration policies will exacerbate tensions within Central America and between the Isthmus and Mexico

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A crisis over the payment of millions of social grants threatens to marginalise the ANC's core constituency

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In an election with only one real candidate, the challenge is to ensure a convincing win

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With elections approaching next year, pension reform could be one of the new government’s greatest challenges

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