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Mexico and US seal broad-brush security alliance

Mexico and US seal broad-brush security alliance

The Mexican and US governments launched a much-trumpeted new alliance this week which will endeavour to go beyond shared security concerns to embrace a diffuse collection of tangentially related issues. The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, h...

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Uruguay moves on forging an FTA with China

Uruguay moves on forging an FTA with China

On 7 September Uruguay’s President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou did something he and his immediate predecessors had wanted to do for a long time: he announced a commitment to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA) with China. ...

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FNM loses early election gamble in The Bahamas

FNM loses early election gamble in The Bahamas

Hubert Minnis, the just-ousted prime minister of The Bahamas and leader of the defeated Free National Movement (FNM) government since May 2017, called the 16 September general election eight months before it was necessary despite the country still...

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In late August, Salvadorean investigative media El Faro published a report citing an investigation which found that the government led by President Nayib Bukele had held talks in maximum-security prisons in 2020 with El Salvador’s ...

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There are various definitions of ‘fiscal space’, all broadly based on the idea of having some kind of financial reserve or money held ‘in the back pocket’ which would allow a government to deal with unexpected spending need...