Amid Venezuela’s acute economic crisis, President Nicolas Maduro decided there was one Very Important Thing he needed to do before dealing with diving oil prices, the subsequent possible 6000 percent rise in gas prices, or the $2.3 billion the country is expected to pay to investors by a February 26 deadline. And what was that Very Important Thing? Beating any given relative of yours over 90 years old at discovering what Facebook is.
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Four years after the last local election, the political landscape has shifted significantly. Voters have now favored more moderate political forces, while left-leaning parties have suffered significant losses compared to their 2021 results.
Global Americans gathered 12 leading regional scholars for their brief perspectives on how a second Trump term will influence Latin America’s governance, economy, and the millions of people who call the region home. Their answers reflect Latin America’s diversity of interest and ideologies, and shed some light on which countries can expect to be the major winners and losers of this election.
This report seeks to analyze the potential impact on Latin America of the economic policies likely to be pursued by Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
