Latin American Special Reports
Mexico
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- Introduction
- Claudia and Andrés: is the chemistry, right?
- Historical context for the 2024 political transition
- The AMLO story: (partly) reassuring business
- AMLO made significant gains in poverty reduction
- The sting in the tail: reform of the judiciary
- Integration with the US: from Nafta to USMCA
- The war on drugs: a long-term negative
- The mañaneras: a PR victory?
- Nearshoring: a long term positive?
- Will Sheinbaum turn Mexico green?
- First chore for every president: the deficit
- Outlook for Sheinbaum
Mexico is midway through a 12-year cycle.
Sanctions in Latin America
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- Introduction
- Overview: sanctions as a foreign policy tool
- United Nations sanctions
- European Union sanctions
- US sanctions
- Is Latin America disproportionately sanctioned?
- The Cuban embargo
- Cuban embargo – recent timeline
- Sanctions-busting: paying the price
- Secondary sanctions and the sovereignty debate
- Venezuelan embargo – recent timeline
- Unintended sanctions violations
- Intended sanctions violations
- Message to corporates: it is getting more complicated
- Nicaragua embargo: recent timeline
- Keeping up with the changes
- Do sanctions work?
- Conclusion: here to stay?
For over six decades different types of economic sanctions have been imposed on a range of countries from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to force, persuade, influence, or cajole their governments into doing some things and not doing others.
ESG in Latin America
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- Introduction
- The ESG wave is heading to Latin America
- ESG take-up in Latin America
- An ESG geography
- Brazil expects growing ESG funding market
- Mexico goes for green bonds
- The EU and supply-chain deforestation
- Workers’ rights in Mexico
- Conclusion: ESG here to stay in Latin America
For some, the success or failure of corporate Latin America is all about the money.
Argentina
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- Javier Milei: profile of an outsider
- What’s the mandate? The 2023 elections
- Opinion polls harvest data on popular frustration
- A thousand reforms, but doubts over implementation
- Omnibus reform law placed on hold
- Provinces express concern over May Pact
- The other story – pleasing the markets
- Milei on the defensive over top salaries
- The crime issue
- Mixed picture from the pollsters
- Foreign policy: Milei’s shift to the right
- Compare and contrast: Milei and Noboa
- How deep is the pain?
- What do Milei’s first 100 days tell us?
- Scenario 1 A social explosion?
- Scenarios 2 Milei triumphant?
- Scenarios 3 The messy middle way
Javier Milei took office as president of Argentina on 10 December 2023, at the start of a four-year term.
Election Watch
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- Introduction
- EL SALVADOR: Bukele set to romp home
- PANAMA: Martinelli, the frontrunner amid legal woes
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Abinader poised for re-election
- MEXICO: Big boots to fill
- URUGUAY: Another tight contest in prospect
- VENEZUELA: Opposition sees narrow route back into contention
There will be six presidential elections in Latin America in 2024, of which one, that in Venezuela, cannot be considered to be a free contest.