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    • Friday, 4 December, 2020
      News in-depthColombia
      Colombia’s Uribe on Venezuela: ‘Tyranny has established itself’

      Ex-president says Maduro regime has put the country at risk of becoming another Cuba

    • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
      AnalysisBrazilian politics
      Brazil’s Bolsonaro faces centrist threat after local elections

      Results complicate populist president’s path to delivering on economic agenda ahead of 2022

    • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
      Venezuela
      Venezuelan opposition envoy quits as anti-Maduro coalition frays

      Vanessa Neumann resigns as Juan Guaidó’s representative to the UK after setbacks

    • Monday, 30 November, 2020
      Brazilian politics
      Brazil’s local elections deal blow to Bolsonaro

      Party of former leader Lula is also battered as ‘establishment’ politics makes a comeback

    • Saturday, 28 November, 2020
      Artists and activists stage rare rights protest in Cuba

      Demonstrators demand dialogue with the Havana government over jailed rapper

    • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
      AnalysisGlobal Insight
      Brazil’s recalcitrant president risks isolation after Trump defeat

      Bolsonaro has yet to congratulate Biden and needs to change tack on foreign policy

    • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
      Peru
      Peru’s people lose faith in their leaders

      Investors fear populists will undermine successful economy amid political turmoil

    • Monday, 23 November, 2020
      Markets InsightMohamed El-Erian
      Biden must break market’s codependency with White House

      Trump’s approach widened the disconnect between traders and the real economy

    • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
      Mexico
      US drug charges dropped against Mexico’s former defence minister

      Country’s president thanks Trump administration for abandoning case against Salvador Cienfuegos

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    • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
      Mexico
      US seeks to drop charges against former Mexican defence minister

      Salvador Cienfuegos was arrested last month in Los Angeles and accused of drug trafficking

    • Monday, 16 November, 2020
      Peru
      Peru elects new president in attempt to restore stability

      Centrist technocrat selected as the country’s third leader in a week faces economic and political turmoil

    • Monday, 16 November, 2020
      Argentina
      Peronist senators in Argentina demand concessions from IMF

      Letter sent by lawmakers loyal to vice-president has raised concerns about negotiations

    • Sunday, 15 November, 2020
      Peru
      Peru interim president resigns after demonstrators killed

      Further turmoil in Andean nation after police crackdown on protesters

    • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
      Brazilian politics
      Local elections will test political climate in Bolsonaro’s Brazil

      A record number of women, people of colour and military officials set to contest seats

    • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
      Global InsightMichael Stott
      Peru president’s ousting underlines resurgent Latin American populism

      Martín Vizcarra’s impeachment signals more trouble ahead for region’s pragmatists

    • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
      ExplainerPeru
      Peru’s political crisis: what happens next?

      Unpopular decision to impeach President Martín Vizcarra adds to turmoil in virus-hit country

    • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
      Peru
      Peru’s president steps down after impeachment vote

      Removal of Martín Vizcarra on corruption allegations adds to crisis ahead of next year’s elections

    • Monday, 9 November, 2020
      Evo Morales makes triumphant return to Bolivia

      Ex-president met by cheering crowds as he re-enters his 凯发电游官方网站homeland after MAS party returns to power

    • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
      Brazilian politics
      Son of Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro charged with corruption

      Development threatens to ensnare country’s leader in scandal again after months of calm

    • Saturday, 31 October, 2020
      Analysis
      Latin America fears tougher treatment under Biden

      Democrat’s focus on climate change, human rights and corruption may not please all the region’s leaders

    • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
      Inter-American Development Bank
      IDB’s new chief confident of US backing for big capital increase

      Mauricio Claver-Carone says regional development bank can supplant China in Latin America

    • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
      Global InsightJude Webber
      Arrest of Mexican general in US shakes López Obrador at 凯发电游官方网站home and abroad

      Detention underlines Washington’s lack of trust and puts into question president’s reliance on military

    • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
      Markets InsightMichael Stott
      Austerity vs populism tensions overhang LatAm debt markets

      Clashes in Costa Rica over IMF deal might signal strains elsewhere in the region

    • Monday, 26 October, 2020
      It is premature for Latin America’s left to celebrate a new ‘Pink Tide’

      Evo Morales’ party makes a comeback in Bolivia ahead of elections in Ecuador, Peru and Chile

    • Monday, 26 October, 2020
      Chile
      Chile votes to create a new constitution

      Referendum was held after violent protests against inequality and poor social services

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