Latin American Special Reports
Tourism in Latin America
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- Introduction: The destruction of the tourism industry
- Snapshots across Latin America and the Caribbean
- Measuring the crash
- The airlift problem
- New ideas on how LAC tourism may respond
- Five conclusions from the industry crash
The second quarter of 2020 was far and away the worst ever experienced by the tourist industry in Latin American and the Caribbean.
The outlook for US-LAC relations
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- Introduction
Part I: Taking stock after four years of Trump
- The impact of Covid-19
- Economy and trade
- Democracy and human rights
- Drugs and crime
- Migration
- Climate change
- The Hispanic vote in 2020
Part II: Expectations for the next four years
- Mexico and Central America
- The troika: Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua
- Brazil
The January 2017-January 2021 US administration led by President Donald J Trump is drawing to a close.
Venezuela recovery plans
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- Introduction
- What is the baseline?
- The petroleum curse
- Economic sanctions
- The failure of madurismo
- Covid-19
- Competing recovery plans
- Is the plan enough?
Over a period of years, the Venezuelan economy has suffered a unique and catastrophic downturn.
Latin American populism
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- Recycling populism: to Trump and back
- Weak political systems
- What have the new populists done about crime?
- What have the new populists done about corruption?
- What have the new populists done about the economy?
- How the virus threatens the populists
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.
Energy in Latin America
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- Introduction: everything is changing
- Energy transition before the shock
- Reacting to the fossil fuel shock
- The role of renewables in the crisis
- Will corporate strategies provide a solution?
- Conclusion: opportunity in the crisis
The world changed in March.
Caribbean IFCs: facing headwinds
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- Introduction
BERMUDA
- (Re)Insuring North America and Europe
CAYMAN ISLANDS
- Banks down, funds up
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
- Countering negative perceptions
THE BAHAMAS
- Breadth more than depth
BARBADOS
- Specialist captive insurance centre
OTHER CENTRES - Trinidad & Tobago, Curaçao, and Panama
- Three other centres in the Caribbean describe themselves as IFCs.
Across the Caribbean, the governments of a number of countries and territories have nurtured offshore financial services as part of policies to diversify economies away from tourism.
Brazil: A year of Jair Bolsonaro
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- A new era in Brazilian politics
The political landscape
- The 2018 election
- Bolsonaro's inner circle
- Redrawing relations with congress
Kick-starting the economy
- A neo-liberal agenda
- An ambitious reform programme
- Concessions and privatisations
- Encouraging results
Tackling corruption
- A new way of doing politics
- Moro and Lava Jato
- The independence of institutions
- Scandals
Reducing insecurity
- Tough-on-crime talk
- Attempts at implementing legislation
- Falling crime rates
A moral agenda
- 'Brazil above everything, God above all'
- The crusade against 'cultural Marxism'
- Rhetoric has consequences
Conclusion
- The economy and security remain the key to re-election hopes
On 1 January 2019, Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in for a four-year term as the 38th president of Brazil, after winning a divisive election in October 2018.