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Peru’s congress triggers political crisis in showdown with Vizcarra

Peru’s congress triggers political crisis in showdown with Vizcarra

Peru’s congress tipped the country into another political crisis on 4 August by denying a vote of confidence in the prime minister, Pedro Cateriano, and his cabinet. The vote compels Cateriano to resign, along with his full cabinet, jus...

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Worrying times for agriculture in Central America

Worrying times for agriculture in Central America

On 2 July Guatemala announced that it had started the process of leaving the International Coffee Organisation (ICO), the London-based body that drives cooperation between almost 50 coffee-producing countries, amid concern for regional agriculture...

LatestSecurity & Strategic Review

López Obrador opts to treat Trump with pragmatism

López Obrador opts to treat Trump with pragmatism

Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has conducted a much-anticipated official visit to the US, where he met his counterpart, Donald Trump. In the past López Obrador has strongly condemned Trump’s anti-Me...

LatestRegional Report

The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic continues to assail Latin American countries. The Southern Cone sub-region concentrates both some of Latin America’s worst-hit countries – Brazil and Chile – and the two that appear to have bes...

LatestSpecial Report

The combined health and economic crisis unleashed in Latin America by the coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic is likely to be one of the most severe setbacks in a generation. It comes as the most populous and economically significant countries in the...