Latin America
Mexico’s new government will struggle to ease violence
Violence in Chiapas is soaring as cartels seek control over lucrative drug and people smuggling routes
MexicoWebinar: 2024’s remaining elections: the ones to watch
The key elections to watch for the remainder of 2024
InternationalMexico candidates’ economic plans are overly ambitious
The economic platforms of all Mexico’s presidential candidates are highly questionable
MexicoForeign 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
BrazilSouth 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 AfricaHonduras air pollution to present periodic challenges
With climate change a factor beyond Honduras’s control, efforts to tackle immediate drivers of pollution will increase
Honduras
