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
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 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
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...
6 Jul 202328min
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
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...
22 Jun 202329min
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...
15 Jun 202327min
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. ...
9 Jun 202327min
