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 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... Read More...
Latam January 14, 2021 CUBA/VENEZUELA: What lies ahead under a Biden presidency Cuba, Emerging Markets, Politics, Venezuela Biden Nicholas Watson Cuba and Venezuela rank among the more difficult challenges facing incoming US President Joe Biden in Latin America. US domestic political factors go some way to explaining why policy shifts... Read More...
Latam April 12, 2021 ECUADOR: Lasso thwarts revival of left-leaning populism but going will be tough Ecuador, Politics Nicholas Watson Former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017) suffered a resounding defeat yesterday, 11 April, as his proxy presidential candidate Andres Arauz lost to the conservative former banker Guillermo Lasso in a run-off vote.... Read More...
Latam April 8, 2021 ECUADOR: A complex horizon for whoever wins presidential run-off Ecuador, Politics Nicholas Watson Campaigning officially ends tonight, 8 April, ahead of the 11 April presidential run-off vote. The vote comes down to a binary choice between populist leftism in the shape of Andres Arauz,... Read More...
