PRICE HIKES Left-wing LatAm governments agree joint inflation plan 06-04-2023 16:01 New ‘Alianza de Países de América Latina y el Caribe contra la Inflación’ scheme will see 11 leftist nations adopt common strategies to tackle price hikes.
BLOOMBERG - OPINION Eduardo Porter: Why Wall Street should like Latin America’s left 08-02-2023 09:22 The Latin American left does a better job than the right delivering on one of Wall Street’s favourite metrics: stock market returns.
PROTESTS & MARCHES Protesters at duelling marches bemoan rising inflation 19-08-2022 14:13 Pro- and anti-government demonstrators take to streets in the capital, demanding greater assistance – be it wage improvements or food aid – as price increases surge.
New era in Colombia Petro meets his arch-enemy Uribe as Colombia outreach continues 29-06-2022 22:44 Colombia's newly elected leftist leader meets with the nation’s most powerful leader in recent history, Álvaro Uribe.
NEW ERA IN COLOMBIA Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets 23-06-2022 00:16 Gustavo Petro, who beat construction magnate Rodolfo Hernández in last Sunday’s run-off by 50% of the votes against 47%, will take office on August 7.
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left 22-06-2022 13:12 After the election of leftist leaders in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and now Colombia – and with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seemingly on track to return to office – a new political wave is sweeping Latin America.
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent 21-06-2022 15:37 Foreign Ministry in Brasilia says it looked forward to "the continuity and deepening of bilateral relations" with Colombia under Gustavo Petro.
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Latin American leftist leaders hail Petro's victory in Colombia 20-06-2022 14:58 Gustavo Petro's election as the first left-wing president in Colombia's history sparks joy among similarly aligned Latin American leaders.
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Here’s how radical Gustavo Petro can be as Colombian president 20-06-2022 14:26 Investors in Colombia are trying to gauge how radical Gustavo Petro's government will be. Here's a look at some of the leftist leader's main proposals for the economy.
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Colombia election front-runner Petro beefs up security over violence threat 12-05-2022 12:53 Colombia is the only major country in Latin America that’s never had a leftist leader, and polls suggest it’s about to get one in Gustavo Petro. That’s raising the campaign temperature in a country with a history of political violence.
Colombia election 2022 Colombian presidential hopeful Petro signs oath against expropriation 19-04-2022 08:36 Gustavo Petro, who leads in opinion polls ahead of Colombian elections next month, signs oath not to expropriate property if he becomes next president.
LATIN AMERICA Gabriel Boric has the chance to rewire Chile – and Latin America’s left 10-01-2022 10:24 Once the region’s no-frills, free-market poster child, Chile needs more government spending, not less, to sustain its growth trajectory.
ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS Left’s great election provides support for the battles to come 20-11-2021 12:13 We know that we’re living in hard times for the working-class majorities who expressed their social discontent at the ballot box. by Nicolás del Caño, via Noticias Argentinas
Elections in Chile Chile violence a boost to far-right ahead of elections, say experts 22-10-2021 02:49 Violent clashes between protesters and security forces on the streets of Chile this week could be playing into the hands of the far-right with a general election just one month away, experts say.