“We don’t believe in the neoliberalism of the 1990s, when everything had to be privatised; but we also don’t believe the little tale that everything needs to be state-owned”. Mauricio Macri, the presidential candidate of the Argentina’s centre-right opposition Propuesta Republicana (PRO) party. “Perhaps our most important reform, the one with greatest and longer lasting impact, is the education reform, because it has to do with the formation of our human capital, perhaps the most important asset that any nation has... We have to demand greater capabilities, greater preparation and attitude to confront the challenges of this global era”. Mexico’s…

“An offensive, reckless xenophobe.” This was how the president of Mexico’s ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), César Camacho, described the US business tycoon Donald Trump on 18 June for remarks he made during a speech to launch his presidential campaign a day earlier. Camacho was only the latest in a string of senior Mexican politicians to denounce Trump, who said that “[Mexico] is not our friend believe me; when Mexico sends its people, it is not sending its best, it is sending people that have lots of problems”. Trump also promised to “build a great, great wall on our southern…