It is election year in Mexico, and with presidential terms limited to one per candidate, one thing is clear: Enrique Peña Nieto is out. With the experience from the past know more
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A Dramatic Shift in Discourse – Venezuela One Step Closer to the Brink
With Venezuela’s elections weeks behind us, the still firmly seated president Nicolás Maduro has released two Chevron employees, detained since April. Their arrests came in the context of an anti-corruption know more
Strike Waves in Brazil Signal a Still Kicking Labor Movement, Though Politically Ambiguous
In a stunning show of force, Brazil has been wracked by a historic strike wave carried out first by truck drivers and then by Petrobras oil workers. Since May 20th, know more
Will There be a New NAFTA?
Already during the presidential campaign, Donald Trump had announced that the North American Free Trade Agreement will be renegotiated or even suspended under his leadership. After a series of failures know more
Jair Bolsonaro: The Next Donald Trump?
After a predictable turn of events, it’s become quite clear that Lula 2018 is no longer a viable option for Brazil. And, in another predictable turn of events, its become know more
A New President, the Same Inheritance
Enrique Peña Nieto’s term is spiraling the drain, his image quickly becoming yet another memory to hang in Mexico’s pantheon of lackluster, underachieving presidents. Like many of those that came know more
Left Populism in Latin America – A Danger to Economic Development?
This year is election year in Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia. And at least three of these countries have candidates with good chances, that are clearly on the left side know more
5 Corruption Scandals That Shook the World
Since the financial crisis, a number of political scandals were fueled by allegations of corruption and fraud. Following recent events surrounding South Africa’s Jacob Zuma and Israel’s Prime Minister Jacob know more
Ciao, Lula! Como Vai, Crisis.
Brazil is dangerously exposed. On Wednesday 24, January, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s conviction for corruption and money laundering was upheld following an appeal launched in July. In a highly know more
In Davos, World Economic Forum Hints at Tomorrow’s Problems
The 48th World Economic Forum that took place in Davos last week had big plans – or at least ambitions. It claimed to work on “Creating a Shared Future in know more