Latin America

  • Aug 20
  • 2 min read

Digitally delivered services aid emerging markets’ GDP

Relatively lower costs give emerging markets (EMs) a comparative advantage in digitally delivered services (DDS)

International
  • Aug 19
  • 7 min read

Votes threaten to compound Bolivia political turmoil

Various elections are approaching, as is a referendum, the results of which look likely to be highly contentious

Bolivia
  • Aug 19
  • 2 min read

Argentina anti-terror arrests leave open questions

Seven people were arrested in Mendoza province on suspicion of terrorism on August 16

Argentina
  • Aug 19
  • 2 min read

X dispute highlights legislative failings in Brazil

X has closed its Brazilian office amid threats that its legal representative could be arrested

Brazil
  • Aug 19
  • 2 min read

Continuing protests will not ease Venezuela crisis

Competing protests over the weekend have entrenched rather than shifted the electoral stalemate

Venezuela
  • Aug 16
  • 7 min read

Latin American inequality will work against wealth tax

Prospects for tax reforms that could have a positive impact on inequality are marred by that inequality itself

Latin America
  • Aug 16
  • 2 min read

Neither side will back new election plan in Venezuela

Both the government and opposition have rejected a Brazilian-Colombian proposal to hold fresh presidential elections

Venezuela
  • Aug 16
  • 2 min read

Sheinbaum will head a powerful government in Mexico

Sheinbaum’s position as president-elect was not in any real doubt, but it was made official yesterday

Mexico