A long-term view on Latin America’s key trends.

With contributions from our expert partners, the LatAm Outlook now covers seven chapters: Latin America's place in the world, and its politics, economics, society, risk, environment and commerce.

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Upcoming events

Our events offer a chance to hear from leading experts on Latin American and Iberian political, economic and social trends and issues, and business risks and opportunities.

Infrastructure: Powering Prosperity in Latin America, Spain, and the UK

18th March 2025
Casa de América, Plaza de Cibeles, 2, 28014, Madrid, Spain
18:00-21:45 CET

Canning House, the UK’s leading forum for Latin America, Spain, and Portugal, is proudly partnering with Casa de América to organise their first joint conference, “Infrastructure: Powering Prosperity in in Latin America, Spain, and the UK” on Tuesday 18th March 2025 in Madrid.

This event is taking place in person, in Madrid. There will be no livestream or recording available.

Governance in the Americas amid global polarisation

February

Canning House will be hosting the former President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso Mendoza for a Business Breakfast.

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Latest Publications

Our publications cover a broad range of Latin American political, economic and social trends and issues, and business risks and opportunities.

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The unintended consequences of Trump’s policies on hemispheric security

President Trump has signalled his clear determination to tackle illegal immigration and drug trafficking on the US-Mexico border, but his proposed measures risk creating new problems.

LatAm Outlook 2025

LatAm Outlook

Discover Canning House’s flagship forward-looking report, the LatAm Outlook 2025. Taking its largest economies as our lens, we look ahead at Latin America’s place in the world and key regional trends across politics, economics, security and corruption, society, the environment, and commercial opportunities, over the next five years and beyond.

CPTPP enters into force: what it means for UK businesses looking to LATAM

On the 15th of December, the UK officially joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). In Canning House's latest blog, Richard Given considers the impact on UK-Latin America trade.

Brazil in the G20: Lula’s bid for Multilateralism

Last week, Rio de Janeiro briefly became the world’s capital as leaders from the twenty largest economies gathered for a highly anticipated G20 summit. In Canning House's latest blog, Tareq Yacoub Helou considers what the summit's outcomes mean for Brazilian foreign policy.

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The Canning House Latin American Academic Forum

Finton Hanks
13th Feb 2025

On Thursday 13 February the inaugural Canning House Latin American Academic Forum was held in London. The forum was chaired by Professor Laurence Whitehead and featured presentations of recent work from Latin American academia. This space provided an opportunity for Latin Americanists from across academic disciplines to connect and share learnings and work with each other.

UK Trade Policy and Latin America with Rt Hon Douglas Alexander

Finton Hanks
11th Feb 2025

On the morning of 11 February, Canning House welcomed the Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security, the Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, for a Business Breakfast. This provided our corporate members and network with an opportunity to speak directly to the Minister regarding trading relations with Latin America.

Understanding the UK with Professor Menon

Finton Hanks
06th Feb 2025

On Thursday 6 February, Canning House hosted a roundtable with Professor Anand Menon that provided an audit of the current state of the United Kingdom. Professor Menon is a foreign policy academic at King's College London and the Director of the academic think tank UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE).

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How Trump II Will Impact on Latin America

Following the inauguration of the new US President on 20 January, Canning House assembled an expert panel that assessed what is most likely to happen in the next four years, and what it will mean for Latin America.

Elections in Uruguay

Following its first round of voting on 27 October, Uruguay returned to the ballot box for a run-off election on 24 November, with Yamandú Orsi winning against Álvaro Delgado in the race for the presidency. In its latest election-focused webinar, Canning House discussed the election results, and what they mean for Uruguay.

Elections in Venezuela

On 28 July, polls open for Venezuela's 2024 presidential election. In a single round of voting, the country will elect its next president and vice-president. In this webinar, Canning House discussed key dynamics ahead of the vote, and what its results could mean for Venezuela.

Becoming a Member of Canning House

By joining Canning House, you will become part of the UK's leading forum for informed comment, contacts and debate on Latin American politics, economics and business.