Canning Insights

Argentina’s Macri prepares for showdown with unions

By the end of 2018, a very different political landscape could have emerged across Latin America and the Caribbean. We can expect to see reactions at the ballot box to a wide range issues such as: disillusionment with traditional ruling classes due to corruption; the election of a populist president in the US; huge reform programmes instigated by current regimes; and crime and violence trends that have not seen the improvement that incumbent governments would like.

Moderate improvement in the pace of regional growth

Peru’s Kuczynski faces backlash over Fujimori pardon

Placatory Piñera returns for second spell in power

The future of Latin America will be forged in its cities. It is within the region’s urban areas that the push and pull of social, economic, and demographic forces will play out most intensely over the next few decades.