Latin America
Foreign deployments to Haiti risk gang backlash
Haiti has a new transitional council and is now seeking a prime minister
HaitiPlatinum supply shortfall will eventually raise prices
Platinum prices are modest but will rise in the coming years when fuel cell progress lifts demand
InternationalBrazil food security improves but inequality persists
Nearly 30% of Brazil's population faced some degree of food insecurity in the latter part of 2023
BrazilHonduras air pollution to present periodic challenges
With climate change a factor beyond Honduras’s control, efforts to tackle immediate drivers of pollution will increase
HondurasSouth Africa may oppose world’s largest mining deal
Australian mining giant BHP would likely sell off mines in Southern Africa if it absorbed Anglo American
South AfricaHoneymoon period of Panama’s Mulino will be brief
Panama’s new president will have to navigate a fragmented legislature and several contentious socio-political challenges
PanamaAmericas Act seeks to recover US role in Latin America
US lawmakers have introduced a bill in Congress to create the 'Americas Partnership' with Latin America
Latin AmericaSluggish Peru growth will not reverse poverty rise
The poverty rate rose for a second consecutive year in 2023, in the context of a 0.6% GDP contraction, to 29%
Peru
