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Hard-hitting UN report hangs over Maduro’s UN speech

Hard-hitting UN report hangs over Maduro’s UN speech

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro addressed the United Nations General Assembly on 23 September. The speech did not contain any startling revelations: Maduro blamed Venezuela’s enduring crisis on US sanctions rather than the incompeten...

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BRAZIL: Salvation by Selic?

BRAZIL: Salvation by Selic?

Amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and a global economic recession, the Brazilian economy is having a hard time, with GDP contracting by 9.7% quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter. Yet there are still reasons for optimism. For some analys...

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Galápagos dispute drives diplomatic tensions

Galápagos dispute drives diplomatic tensions

In August, Ecuador’s government found itself dragged unexpectedly into the spiralling geopolitical tensions between the US and China, as a fishing dispute off the country’s Pacific coast escalated quickly, leading US Secretary of State...

LatestRegional Report

This month’s Latin American Regional Report: Mexico looks at issues in the spheres of fiscal policy, domestic trade, and economic development that the government faces. It also focuses on emerging threats relating to the protection of Mexica...

LatestSpecial Report

Over a period of years, the Venezuelan economy has suffered a unique and catastrophic downturn. Its difficulties, already manifest in the 1980s and earlier, became more acute with the advent of the “Bolivarian revolution” governments w...