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09 March 2020
After many months of political dispute between the two major parties of Guyana, a country where the recent discovery of oil by ExxonMobil in the Stabroek Block, offshore of the Guyanese Atlantic Coast, which will let Guyana enter into the exclusive club of oil producers (the IMF estimates a 85.6% growth in 20202 due to oil), the country went into elections on 2 March 2020, but...
17 February 2020
Despite the uncertainties surrounding newly-elected President Alberto Fernández’ policies toward various business sectors, mining may be one area that may benefit. Before the election, he told representatives of 24 mining companies that he considered mining an opportunity.
17 February 2020
Prior to the newly-elected President Alberto Fernández’ government taking office on 10 December 2019, anticipation and anxiety were high as Argentineans speculated about the uncertain direction of his administration.
14 February 2020
In recent months Latin America has experienced widespread outbreaks of unrest and political instability. Last episode happened on 9 Feb in El Salvador. Perspectives for the commodities and infrastructure sectors are much less dim than for areas linked to consumers spending.
12 February 2020
In recent months Latin America has experienced widespread outbreaks of unrest and political instability. Last episode happened on 9 Feb in El Salvador. Perspectives for the commodities and infrastructure sectors are much less dim than for areas linked to consumers spending.
27 January 2020
After the “fall of Evo Morales” it is likely that a conservative government will hold power in Bolivia in the next years.
20 January 2020
The Colombian Constitutional Court stated in a 18 December 2019 ruling, that the Cerrejon coal mine (belonging to Anglo American, BHP and Glencore) must adopt transitional and urgent measures to minimize the risk that the local Wayuu community would suffer damages.
26 September 2019
26 September 2019 | Argentine President Mauricio Macri lost to his main challenger Alberto Fernández in the presidential primary held on 11 August 2019. Since then, a win for the Fernández/Kirchner ticket on 27 October appears ever more certain. Recent polling shows that a majority of voters continue to favor Fernández over Macri
26 September 2019
The Venezuela crisis remains in a substantial stalemate as both parties continue to play their cards to win the game but, at the same time, it is now clear to everyone that the military option is, at least for the moment, off the table...
24 September 2019
24 September 2019 | On 29 August 2019, Jesús Santrich and Iván Márquez, two top former FARC guerrilla group commanders appeared in a video and declared that they retook up arms against the Colombian state. Besides Santrich and Márquez, a number of small guerrilla groups are rising from the chaos of the dissolution of the FARC guerrilla group
09 March 2020
After many months of political dispute between the two major parties of Guyana, a country where the recent discovery of oil by ExxonMobil in the Stabroek Block, offshore of the Guyanese Atlantic Coast, which will let Guyana enter into the exclusive club of oil producers (the IMF estimates a 85.6% growth in 20202 due to oil), the country went into elections on 2 March 2020, but...
14 February 2020
In recent months Latin America has experienced widespread outbreaks of unrest and political instability. Last episode happened on 9 Feb in El Salvador. Perspectives for the commodities and infrastructure sectors are much less dim than for areas linked to consumers spending.
12 February 2020
In recent months Latin America has experienced widespread outbreaks of unrest and political instability. Last episode happened on 9 Feb in El Salvador. Perspectives for the commodities and infrastructure sectors are much less dim than for areas linked to consumers spending.
26 September 2019
26 September 2019 | Argentine President Mauricio Macri lost to his main challenger Alberto Fernández in the presidential primary held on 11 August 2019. Since then, a win for the Fernández/Kirchner ticket on 27 October appears ever more certain. Recent polling shows that a majority of voters continue to favor Fernández over Macri
26 September 2019
The Venezuela crisis remains in a substantial stalemate as both parties continue to play their cards to win the game but, at the same time, it is now clear to everyone that the military option is, at least for the moment, off the table...
24 September 2019
24 September 2019 | On 29 August 2019, Jesús Santrich and Iván Márquez, two top former FARC guerrilla group commanders appeared in a video and declared that they retook up arms against the Colombian state. Besides Santrich and Márquez, a number of small guerrilla groups are rising from the chaos of the dissolution of the FARC guerrilla group
23 September 2019
23 September 2019 | On 20 October 2019, with a run-off to be held on 15 December 2019 if needed, Bolivians will elect their new president who will govern the country for five years, until 2025
12 September 2019
On 27 October 2019, with a run-off on 24 November 2019, if needed, 2,719,597 Uruguayans will elect their new president who will govern the country for five years until 2022...
11 September 2019
On 10 September 2019, the Constitutional Court (CC) revoked the judicial measure aimed at preventing President Morales from signing the TSC agreement with the United States - given the disparity of forces on the ground, it is unlikely that Guatemala will prevail against President Trump’s policy...
29 August 2019
Argentine President Mauricio Macri lost to his main challenger Alberto Fernández in the presidential primary held on 11 August 2019 - this generated a turmoil in the international financial market...
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