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Looking for a Controversial Latin American Unity
The fifth summit of the Community of American and Caribbean States, Celac, convened by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has just been held in Mexico City. The official objective was to create a commercial block, but critics point out that the objective was to support the regimes in Havana and Caracas.
Brazil: President Bolsonaro Back Down Before the Country’s Justice
While his popularity drops to unthinkable levels and polls indicate him as a sure loser in next year’s presidential elections, the Brazilian Head of Government backtracks in his attacks on the Supreme Federal Court.
Argentina: Kirchnerism at the Crossroads
After the monumental defeat of Peronism in the recent primaries, the sure possibility looms of losing the majority of Congress in the elections next November. To avoid this, the fiscal deficit was increased.
The Different Scenarios of Chile in the Post Pandemic Period
Two months before the presidential and congressional elections, the country has to deal with several realities that causes uncertainty to the electorate. The main battle is not fought in the electoral field, but in that of the Constituent Convention.
Millennials: Force for Change in the Region?
The generation of less than 40 years will be the protagonist of the transformations that Latin America will have to face in the post- pandemic period. They are a group that will soon be the world’s first workforce and will change the planet with the dominance of technology and humanitarian activism.
Ecuador: President Lasso Starts His New Government
With a heavy inheritance from previous administrations, the Head of Government began the process of vaccinating a large part of the population and proceeded to present a renewed economic development plan.
Cuba: Stagflation and Recession, the Worst Economic Scenario
What is behind the protests on the island is an inflation that reaches 300 percent, which the authorities conceal and which destroyed the purchasing power of wages and the considerable savings of the Cubans.
Venezuela: New Devaluation and Dialogue with the Opposition
While in Mexico the dialogue between the Government and the opponents was restarted, in the country the population was preparing for a devaluation that seeks to eliminate six zeros from the bolivar for the third time. Today one million sovereign bolivars is exchanged for USD $25 cents.
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