Latin American Special Reports
Build back better
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- Introduction
- Trends in transportation
- Trends in telecommunications
- Trends in utilities
- Megaprojects in Latin America
- Great power competition in infrastructure: BRI and B3W
- Infrastructure investment outlook
- Conclusion
Infrastructure provides the basic physical structures and facilities that allow society to function, whether that is the water that comes out of your bathroom tap or the railway line that gets you to and from the office.
The pursuit of ‘total peace’ for Colombia
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- Introduction
- A brief history of Colombian violence
- Truth Commission takes a critical view
- Starting point for the Petro team
- The Gran Acuerdo Nacional
- The total peace concept: how could it work?
- Reasons for caution, even pessimism
- Three major challenges for peace
Gustavo Petro, a left-wing politician and former guerrilla, was sworn in as the country's new president on 7 August.
Turning pink again
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- Introduction
- What did the first pink tide achieve?
- The debate about the pink tide
- Between the waves (1): the rise of green politics
- Mexico joins the tide
- Between the waves (2): lessons of the pandemic
- Chile: the new face of the left?
- Between the waves (3): economic weakness darkens the horizon
- Brazil – the debate over Lula’s policies
- Between the waves (4): a weakened political system
- Petro’s victory heralds battle over reforms in Colombia
- What is the prognosis for the left?
In a grossly simplified account of a complex process, Latin America swung decisively to the left in the first decade of this century, in a movement that became known as the ‘pink tide’.
Latin America's cryptocurrency
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- Introduction
- Blockchain and Bitcoin
- El Salvador: real crypto king or false profit?
- Brazil follows a different road
- The light touch in Argentina
- Drug cartels cast a shadow over Mexican crypto
- Venezuela’s path from crisis to crypto
- Conclusion: course set for convergence and turbulence
Money is changing in Latin America.
NGOs in Latin America
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- Introduction
- The historical background
- NGO success story: soft drinks in Mexico
- Guardians of the Amazon
- NGOs and the commodity value chain
- Surviving the Bolsonaro years
- Haiti and the NGO global debate
- Argentina fighting for the disappeared
- Under attack in Mexico
- Dictators don’t like NGOs
- Panama: civil society vs political parties
- Conclusion: civil society is delivering change
The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean face massive challenges over the next five-to-10 years.
Election Watch
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- Introduction
- BRAZIL: Lula’s election to lose
- COLOMBIA: The left senses its moment
- COSTA RICA: Poised for a second round
- HAITI: Elections long overdue
As electoral years go 2022 is set to be unusually quiet in Latin America.