Brazil: The Big Picture

Brazil: The Big Picture

After a decade of negative or meager economic expansion, Brazil's GDP is expected to increase by 3.2% in 2023. Significant reforms, such as tax reform, are being discussed, and a modern, green economy could take hold. How successfully is the Lula government handling the economic challenges, and which areas will benefit the most? In this episode, Arminio Fraga, one of Brazil's top policy minds, analyzes the structural dysfunctions at the root of Brazil's economy and suggests ways forward. Frag...

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Why Latin America Is So Vulnerable to Cyberattacks

Why Latin America Is So Vulnerable to Cyberattacks

Latin America is the world’s most vulnerable region to cyberattacks, according to one study, and has suffered several dramatic hacks recently in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and elsewhere. In this episod...

26 Jul 202332min

Guatemalan Democracy on the Brink, and the U.S. Response

Guatemalan Democracy on the Brink, and the U.S. Response

Bernardo Arévalo, an academic, former diplomat, and son of a famed revolutionary president surprisingly made it to Guatemala's election runoff, upsetting the country's ruling elites. What could happen...

20 Jul 202331min

Argentina’s Election: It’s (Finally) On

Argentina’s Election: It’s (Finally) On

Argentina's presidential elections will take place in October, but the country is now fully in campaign mode. In this episode, AQ's Brian Winter and María Esperanza Casullo discuss surprising recent d...

13 Jul 202332min

What Happened To Anti-Corruption Efforts In Latin America

What Happened To Anti-Corruption Efforts In Latin America

In the 2010s, corruption investigations dominated news headlines in Latin America, from Lava Jato in Brazil to La Línea in Guatemala. Nowadays, prosecutors, activists and journalists across the region...

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The Ups And Downs Of Lula's First Six Months

The Ups And Downs Of Lula's First Six Months

It’s been a mixed bag so far for Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after six months back in office, with a better than expected economy, but a tough relationship with the conservative Congr...

28 Jun 202330min

Nearshoring In The Americas: Hype And Reality

Nearshoring In The Americas: Hype And Reality

Global supply chains have become much more fluid in the past year, and some of this itinerant money is making its way to Latin America. Mexico has benefitted, but how have other countries, such as Col...

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A Sober Look at Colombia

A Sober Look at Colombia

The Colombian political world has been shaken by the eruption of a scandal that led the country's attorney general to launch an investigation into reports of alleged illegal financing of President Gus...

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Election Fever in Mexico

Election Fever in Mexico

The race to replace President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico is starting to heat up. While his party, Morena, is in good position to win, a competition has begun for who its candidate will be. ...

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