A guide to what’s in the document, and what would it mean for the country, ahead of a September plebiscite.
Americas Quarterly
Chile’s Proposed Constitution: 7 Key Points
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Nick Burns
Why Foreign Policy Matters for Brazil’s Election
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Julia Dias Leite, Feliciano de Sá Guimarães
Lula and Bolsonaro are both seeking to appeal to Brazilians’ desire for international recognition.
Can AMLO’s Popularity Survive a U.S. Recession?
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Luis Rubio
Mexico’s president thinks his penny-pinching has kept the peso afloat, but the real support has come from across the border.
Jungmann: There Will Not Be a Coup in Brazil
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Raul Jungmann
An intervention is not being planned, and wouldn’t have enough support, says the country’s most recent civilian defense minister.
The Lessons from Latin America’s COVID-19 Turnaround
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Mauricio Claver-Carone
The region went from being a symbol of pandemic failure to having a lower average number of deaths than industrialized nations. There are important lessons for the future.
At Risk: The Future of “Extractivism” in Colombia and the Andes
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Rich Brown
A regional roundup on how a fragile consensus around mining and oil exploration seems to be fraying
Ecuador Protests Weaken a Struggling Guillermo Lasso
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Sebastián Hurtado
Disruptions add to a range of challenges that are paralyzing the government's center-right agenda.