What does Latin America’s bumper election year hold in store for the continent? A spate of elections will make 2018 decisive for Latin America. As the world marches toward a more conservative and even authoritarian future, this year’s...
Cuba will remain a one-party authoritarian state, with or without a Castro at the helm. On April 19 Raúl Castro will step down as Cuba’s president, ending almost six decades of his family’s rule of the Caribbean island. Contrary to some...
The NAFTA renegotiations are bringing Mexico and Canada closer together, at last. Since the start of diplomatic relations in 1944, and until very recently, economic and political links between Canada and Mexico were limited. Their geographic...
Venezuela has created its own cryptocurrency and US politicians are not happy. In the past year, cryptocurrencies have taken a significant place in the news cycle for two reasons. First, they intrigue everyone within today’s money-obsessed economy...
Who is monitoring the charities that the public perceives as moral leaders? Oxfam, one of the UK’s largest and best known charities, is currently entangled in a scandal following revelations that senior staff members engaged in sexual misconduct...
