Briefings & Intelligence

Canning House Associate Fellow Andrew Thompson assesses the Colombian government's controversial loan to Avianca, Latin America's second-largest airline, to save it from Covid-19-induced bankruptcy.

On Thursday 3 September, Canning House hosted the e-Conversa 2020, bringing together invaluable insights on UK-Brazil relations from influential figures across industry, academia, diplomacy and government. Read the full event summary here.

Growing doubts over Brazil’s anti-corruption efforts

Canning House Associate Fellow Andrew Thompson examines the opportunities and challenges facing the Chilean mining sector in balancing the extraction of its world-leading lithium reserves with environmental and business concerns.

Ecuador’s presidential race up and running

Canning House Associate Fellow Andrew Thompson assesses the region's efforts to tackle corruption, as the "silver bullet" solution of high-profile cases is shown to be of limited effect in tackling Latin America's complex and long-term corruption challenges.