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López Obrador’s security and economic strategies raise questions

López Obrador’s security and economic strategies raise questions

Mexico’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented his much-anticipated public security strategy on 14 November. The far-ranging plan includes economic and social, as well as security, policy proposals. The most eye...

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Patchy regional recovery to continue

Patchy regional recovery to continue

A series of reports point to modestly improving economic growth across Latin America as a whole in the last quarter of 2018 and extending into 2019. But they also highlight a degree of uncertainty over domestic political risk factors, and potentia...

LatestSecurity & Strategic Review

Bolsonaro’s tough stance on public security

Bolsonaro’s tough stance on public security

In October, Brazilians elected Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain, as their next president. Bolsonaro made tough talk on crime a central part of his campaign, running on a ‘law-and-order’ platform that resonated with a large number ...

LatestRegional Report

In this November edition of Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone Group we analyse the results of the general election in Brazil and its implications for the country; the potential implications a major corruption scandal in Ar...

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Special Report: Prospects for Democracy in the Northern Triangle

Special Report: Prospects for Democracy in the Northern Triangle

The main idea we seek to examine in this report is quite simple. It is that the three countries of Central America’s ‘Northern Triangle’ – El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras – have flawed democracies and a uniquely ...