Two years after his election, while conservation reforms have been implemented, skepticism remains regarding the fulfillment of Lula’s ambitious promises.
While increased state participation in Chile’s lithium industry aims to maximize national benefits, the potential downsides must not be overlooked.
Without a pragmatic and strategic approach to foreign relations and defense procurement, Colombia’s military readiness could deteriorate, weakening the country’s ability to address evolving security threats.
With the polls closed and final votes counted, the new composition of the European Parliament could determine the long-awaited fate of the EU-Mercosur agreement.
A more pragmatic foreign policy should be coupled with structural reforms in the macro-level and appropriate incentives for specific sectors for Argentina to become a more business friendly and attractive emerging market poised to benefit from the opportunities provided by its natural resource-richness.
Though the agreement nominally gave the regime a fair chance at winning the election by lifting sanctions and boosting the economy, a fair chance was not good enough for Maduro when electoral loss could mean the rest of his life behind bars.
Plan Bukele does not represent a coherent set of policies and tactics, but rather a unique fusion of coincidence, brutality, and hard-nosed calculation.
