Blogs
Sonia Guajajara and the Indigenous spring in Brazil
Last week Sonia Guajajara, Brazil’s first-ever Minister for Indigenous Peoples, landed in London accompanied by two younger Indigenous activists. Her travels coincided with a ground-breaking Supreme Court victory for Indigenous peoples and allies in Brazil. In Canning House's latest blog, Laura Trajber Waisbich considers what Guajajara's, and Brazil's, new approach to Indigenous policies mean for the country.
- Laura Trajber Waisbich
Webinars
Pioneering Latin America's Sustainable Finance
This conference, held by Canning House and the London Stock Exchange Group explored Latin America’s crucial significance as a protagonist in the story of global sustainable finance, across two panels: on the region's green, social and sustainability bonds, and its carbon markets.
- Canning House and LSEG
Canning Papers
Pioneering Latin America's sustainable finance
A number of Latin American countries have been at the forefront of the development of sustainable finance through the creation of Green, Social, Sustainability, and Sustainability-Linked Bonds (GSSSBs), and the region is already the source of nearly 20% of the world’s supply of carbon credits, with Peru, Brazil, and Colombia the primary suppliers. In its latest Canning Paper, Canning House considers Latin America's emerging role as a protagonist in global sustainable finance.
- Canning House
Webinars
Elections in Guatemala
In Guatemala, a presidential runoff, between Sandra Torres and her unexpected rival Bernardo Arévalo, took place on 20 August. As predicted by most polls, Arévalo won 58% of the votes to Torres’s 37%. Watch this Canning House seminar, in which we discussed the election’s outcomes and significance for the future of Guatemala.
- Canning House
Blogs
Chile’s Rear-View Mirror
"Anniversaries, like New Years’ Eve, offer opportunities to look back and to look forward. As Chile observes the 50th anniversary of the coup that toppled President Salvador Allende and ushered in a brutal 17-year dictatorship, Chileans are engaged in precisely that exercise. The problem is that with respect to both perspectives, looking ahead through the windshield and behind in the rear-view mirror, Chileans do not seem to agree on what they see. "
- Dr. Robert Funk, University of Chile
Webinars
Elections in Ecuador
Voters in Ecuador went to the polls in an unprecedented snap election on 20 August. Canning House held this webinar, in which we discussed this election’s outcomes and significance for the future of Ecuador.
- Canning House