Latam June 30, 2019 Argentina Elections 2019 Argentina, Emerging Markets, Politics elections Nicholas Watson Nicholas Watson, MD at Teneo, on the 2019 Argentine Elections. https://speevr.com/onepass for a free trial to our research products. https://www.teneo.com... Read More...
Latam June 10, 2021 MEXICO: No step change in economic policy Mexico, Politics Nicholas Watson President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced yesterday, 9 June, that Finance Minister Arturo Herrera would replace Alejandro Diaz de Leon as governor of the Central Bank (Banxico). Rogelio Ramirez de la O will in turn replace Herrera at... Read More...
March 6, 2020 Nicholas Watson Nicholas Watson Nicholas Watson leads Teneo’s political risk coverage for Spanish-speaking Latin America. He has over 15 years’ experience creating and leading analytic teams dedicated to providing exceptional, actionable political intelligence, bespoke consulting and advisory work for a wide range of corporate,... Read More...
Latam May 20, 2021 COLOMBIA: No clear end in sight to protests Colombia, Emerging Markets, Politics Nicholas Watson After three weeks of often violent protests, President Ivan Duque continues to struggle with the fallout of his aborted tax reform. Events of the past 24 hours demonstrate how fluid the situation remains while also... Read More...
Latam May 5, 2021 COLOMBIA: Tax reform detonates major political crisis Colombia, Emerging Markets, Politics Nicholas Watson The tax reform that President Ivan Duque withdrew on 3 May has succeeded in reigniting the 2019 protest movement. The difference now is that economic conditions have deteriorated drastically, while wide-ranging public grievances run even... Read More...
Latam March 23, 2021 ARGENTINA: Kirchnerismo engulfing moderate Peronism Argentina, Emerging Markets, Politics IMF Nicholas Watson While Finance Minister Martin Guzman is meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Kristalina Georgieva today, 23 March, recent events in Buenos Aires provide the best indication of the government’s political and economic direction of travel. Vice-President Cristina Fernandez (CFK)’s... Read More...
Latam March 3, 2021 ARGENTINA: Electoral considerations outranking speedy IMF resolution Argentina, Emerging Markets, Politics IMF Nicholas Watson It looks increasingly as if the government will try to push talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) beyond October’s partial mid-term legislative elections. President Alberto Fernandez’s combative 1 March speech to mark the opening of the new congressional... Read More...
Latam February 24, 2021 ARGENTINA: Scandal over “VIP vaccines” has government worried Argentina, Emerging Markets, Politics vaccines Nicholas Watson President Alberto Fernandez continues to fight a rearguard action to limit the political fallout from last week’s revelations about a group of officials, government allies, and the well-connected who secretly received Covid-19 vaccines in violation of eligibility rules. The... Read More...
Latam April 21, 2021 ARGENTINA: Clash over schooling sets up protracted electoral confrontation Argentina, Emerging Markets, Politics vaccines, covid-19 Nicholas Watson President Alberto Fernandez’s response to the surging Covid-19 case count has aggravated tensions between his administration and the city of Buenos Aires, whose mayor, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, is the most prominent opposition figure in public office – and the... Read More...
Latam February 9, 2021 ARGENTINA: How vaccines, the economy, and elections fit together Argentina, Emerging Markets, Politics Nicholas Watson The 2021 electoral process involves obligatory party primaries scheduled for 8 August followed by partial legislative mid-terms on 24 October. The mid-terms will not just determine governability in the second half of President Alberto Fernandez’s administration, but will also... Read More...
