Latin America

  • Apr 8
  • 2 min read

Synthetic disinformation is a hard policy challenge

AI generated mis/disinformation is a growing risk but no clear policy response is apparent

International
  • Apr 8
  • 2 min read

Food risks remain but price drops will help lower CPI

Food prices continue to edge down overall but remain historically high and rising vegetable oil prices raise concern

International
  • Apr 5
  • 7 min read

Mexico will be a key player in US-China trade tensions

Mexico may be providing a workaround to US tariffs on Chinese trade

Mexico
  • Apr 5
  • 2 min read

Peru impeachment will fail despite mounting concerns

Congress yesterday voted not to debate two impeachment motions against President Dina Boluarte

Peru
  • Apr 5
  • 2 min read

Bombing to deal major blow to Colombia peace efforts

A major bomb attack in the city of Cali could mark the launch of a guerrilla offensive in Colombia’s south-west

Colombia
  • Apr 4
  • 7 min read

Mining will stoke tensions in Ecuador

The president is keen to develop the mining sector further, but opposition to it is widespread and well organised

Ecuador
  • Apr 4
  • 2 min read

Colombia health reform handling poses risks for Petro

A Senate committee has sunk the president’s flagship health reform plans, marking his most significant defeat to date

Colombia
  • Apr 4
  • 2 min read

Illegal mining puts Brazil's indigenous people at risk

A new report highlights the widespread presence of mercury contamination among members of the Yanomami indigenous group

Brazil