Latin American Special Reports
Latin American illicit drug business
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- Introduction
- The fentanyl epidemic
- Fentanyl and the US-China-Mexico triangle
- The growth of fentanyl money laundering
- Problem: Weak Mexico-US cooperation
- Fentanyl and post-truth politics
- Bomb Mexico?
- Biden’s dilemma
- Colombia hopes for cocaine anti-narcotics win
- Watch the pharmacists
- Expect slow change in the drug business
Latin American drug cartels have shown themselves to be powerful, resilient, and flexible organisations which for decades have been major players supplying the US and international markets with illicit drugs such as cocaine and heroin.
Politics of the Amazon
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- What’s the problem?
- The deforestation battle
- The criminal threat
- The impending tipping point
- Looking for a Green Party solution
- Pink and green – the colours of the future?
- How green is Latin American public opinion?
- Brazil: the trials and tribulations of coalition building
- Petro faces difficulties on the road to a Colombian green agenda
- Does pink-green work elsewhere in Latin America?
Latin America’s Amazon region is in trouble.
Nearshoring
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- From globalisation to nearshoring
- How big is the nearshoring trend?
- Case study 1: Mexico
- Case study 2: Brazil
- Nearshoring elsewhere in Latin America
Globalisation has arguably been the dominant economic story of the last three to four decades.
Election Watch
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- Introduction
- PARAGUAY: Alegre in third attempt to break ANR-PC ascendancy
- GUATEMALA: A discredited electoral race
- ARGENTINA: Voters angry and volatile ahead of October polls
For the second year in succession, it is a an unusually quiet year for elections in Latin America, but the ones that are being held are important and challenging.
The energy transition in Latin America
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- Introduction
- Global clean energy trends
- The good news for Latin America
- Quantifying the carbon problem
- Mexico: Is AMLO going green?
- Brazil may point the way for the rest of the region
- Colombia: Petro’s fast track transition hits obstacles
- Electric vehicle (EV) demand to help drive the transition
- How fast will the transition be?
In early June 2022, schoolchildren and adult residents of the twin Chilean Pacific coast towns of Puchuncaví and Quintero began complaining of headaches, nausea, and vomiting.