Mexico’s Moment?
Mexico’s economy is shifting into a higher gear in 2023, thanks in part to stronger than expected investment from nearshoring. This July, we saw a historic moment as Mexico passed China to become the ...
20 Sep 202323min
Chile: What the 50th Coup Anniversary Tells Us About Politics Today
This month will mark the 50th anniversary of Augusto Pinochet’s coup in Chile. President Gabriel Boric has made the commemoration of that tragic chapter in Latin American history a major moment in his...
7 Sep 202329min
Is Bolsonaro Done? New Dynamics in Brasília
Recent scandals involving former President Jair Bolsonaro have left Brazil’s conservative movement in a state of flux. Meanwhile, the Lula administration is off to a relatively calm and successful sta...
31 Aug 202333min
A Turning Point for Latin America’s Economies
This is a critical moment for Latin America’s economies, with analysts foreseeing better than expected GDP growth this year in countries like Brazil and Mexico. The outlook, however, is uneven. In Arg...
23 Aug 202331min
Argentina: Javier Milei’s Moment?
The radical libertarian economist Javier Milei placed first in Argentina’s primary election, upsetting the two-party system of the past 20 years. Milei describes climate change as a socialist lie, adv...
16 Aug 202326min
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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 202332min
