South America Politics
EU Inks Free Trade Deal with Mercosur
Completed following decades of negotiation, the deal will create a market of over 770 million people. Was it worth the wait?
Honeymoon Over for Brazil’s Bolsonaro?
With his legislative agenda thwarted by a hostile Congress, President Jair Bolsonaro is now calling his followers to action – and alienating former allies in the process.
Bolsonaro in Brazil: Good News for the US, Setback for China
Trump has gained a kindred spirit in South America.
Welcome to the New Age of the Strongman
Why are despots and dictators of every political persuasion enjoying a renaissance?
Backgrounder: Brazil Elections 2018
With a divided presidential field, anything can happen in Brazil’s upcoming presidential elections – and that’s what has investors worried.
OPEC Stabilizes Oil Markets, for Now
In Vienna, OPEC+ displayed its greatest strength… and its greatest weakness.
Will the IMF Rescue Macri’s ‘Gradual Austerity’ in Argentina?
Argentinian President Mauricio Macri talked the talk of market liberalization, but his government has walked right into another IMF bailout.
Global Forecast (05-28-2018)
Another attempt at Taliban talks in Afghanistan, Venezuela’s oil industry struggles to fulfil its contracts, and Turkey secures a YPG pullout from Manbij.
Bellicose Rhetoric & Brutal Sanctions Not the Way to Help Venezuela
Did President Trump’s hard line against Venezuela inadvertently help re-elect Maduro?
Call Them by Their Name—Fleeing Venezuelans are Refugees, not Migrants
It’s time to invoke the Cartagena Declaration and provide Venezuelans stranded abroad with the legal protections and funding they need.