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Fierce struggle breaks out ahead of Ecuador’s elections

Fierce struggle breaks out ahead of Ecuador’s elections

Ecuador’s presidential race is off to an eventful start. The big news is not who will be running, but who will not be running and who is trying to run. Guillermo Lasso, the leader of the centre-right Movimiento Creo, who has finished second ...

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Airlines try to fly out of trouble

Airlines try to fly out of trouble

The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, and resultant quarantine measures and travel bans, has hit Latin America’s airlines particularly hard. This emerging crisis in Latin American air travel has been highlighted by three separate events takin...

LatestSecurity & Strategic Review

Testing the limits of democracy

Testing the limits of democracy

Suriname and Guyana, two countries on the verge of possibly great oil wealth, have both held general elections this year: Guyana on 2 March and Suriname and 25 May. It is, perhaps, a surprise that Suriname, whose outgoing-president Dési Bou...

LatestRegional Report

The June edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone is published as the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic continues to grip Latin American countries, with the region now the epicentre of the pandemic and yet to reach t...

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...