This Week In Latin America

Peru’s congress precipitates fresh political crisis

Canning House Associate Fellow Andrew Thompson examines the ongoing legal disputes over Panama's unfinished "Health City" between Panama's public health agency and the Spanish civil engineering firm contracted to build the mega-hospital, with public sector corruption casting a long shadow over proceedings.

Bukele faces damaging allegations of gang links in El Salvador

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.

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.