Latin American Keys is an informative and analytical summary regarding the political and economic situation in the Latin American region. These key takeaways, prepared monthly by ATREVIA´s Analysis and Research team, serve to be a useful tool in understanding the evolution of the political-institutional state of Latin America, a need that the pandemic has further exaggerated.
Latin America has not escaped the high inflation that is now almost worldwide. This is a problem shared by all countries in the region. Meanwhile, in political matters, the president of Mexico remains in office after a widely supported referendum but with low participation.
In the same line, the president of Peru overcame a new vacancy motion against him, but the Minister of Health did not receive similar support from Congress and thus was removed from office.
There are also evident tensions between the Executive and the Legislature in Ecuador. So much so that the Assembly is trying to remove its own president from office. Following this trend, Argentina’s Government is seeing its political support weaken as a result of the IMF agreement.
In the electoral arena, Lula da Silva is in the first position in terms of voting intentions for the first round of the presidential elections, ahead of Bolsonaro. In Colombia, Petro is also in the lead, slightly ahead of Gutierrez.
On the other hand, Boric celebrated his first month as Chilean president amidst student protests and criticism over the Mapuche conflict. Lastly, the Dominican Republic’s tourism sector seems to have permanently recovered from the pandemic’s devastating effects.
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