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.
If 2020 was the year marked by the pandemic and its economic impact, 2021 begins as a year of challenges for Latin America. From 2021 to 2024, the countries in the region will enter a new period of high electoral intensity in which all, except Bolivia and Cuba, will go to the polls to renew or ratify their leaders in a context of high polarization and political fragmentation. In addition, there is a heavy social burden aggravated by the economic crisis sparked by the pandemic.
Vaccination plans are progressing at a good pace in the region. As a result, stabilizing the number of Covid-19 cases and the consequent relaxation of sanitary measures are driving economic data that suggest a generalized recovery in 2021. To some degree, the political situation presents instability, whether due to the complicated balance of power in countries such as Peru, the proximity of electoral periods in Colombia, Argentina, and Chile, or the legal issues faced by leaders such as Bolsonaro in Brazil or Jorge Yunda in the capital of Ecuador.
Click here to access the Latin American Keys summary for August 2021.