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In addition to fresh analyses of Canada and the United States, PRS’ coverage of the Americas this month includes a fully revised report on Venezuela, where the opposition-controlled National Assembly has declared Nicolás Maduro’s claim to the presidency to be illegitimate, and earlier this Read Entire Entry

PRS’ coverage of the Americas this month includes a fully revised report on Brazil, where a new president, Jair Bolsonaro, took office on January 1 with a clear mandate to wage a battle against official corruption and violent crime. The right-wing former army officer has signaled that he does not Read Entire Entry

The PRS Group’s coverage of the Americas this month includes an update on Ecuador, where President Lenin Moreno has continued to implement an orthodox economic policy program, a strategy that has already cost him the support of his one-time leftist allies in the legislature, leaving the Read Entire Entry

This month’s coverage of the Americas includes new political risk reports on Dominican Republic, Guyana, and Jamaica, as well as an update of Colombia, where there are already clear signs that President Iván Duque, who took office in early August, will struggle to build consensus within the Read Entire Entry

Our extensive coverage of Western Europe this month includes fully revised reports on Finland and Sweden, as well as Turkey, where an early general election held in June resulted in a first-round victory for the incumbent, AKP leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the presidential election, and the Read Entire Entry

This month’s coverage of the Americas includes a fully revised political risk report on Argentina, where the centrist coalition government headed by President Mauricio Macri was forced to seek emergency lending from the IMF amid a steep slide in the currency that has sent inflation soaring.  The Read Entire Entry

This month’s coverage of the Americas includes a political risk update on Brazil, where the outcome of the October presidential election is clouded by the fact that former President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva remains the most popular candidate, despite the fact that the founding leader of Read Entire Entry

This month’s coverage of the Americas includes a fully revised report on Mexico, where Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) won a landslide victory in the July 1 presidential election running on an overtly leftist platform.  Much of AMLO’s appeal stemmed from his pledges to root out corruption Read Entire Entry

Our coverage of the Americas this month includes a fully revised report on Peru, where the downfall of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski under the weight of corruption scandals has unexpectedly lifted a political novice, Martín Vizcarra, into the top office.  With no party affiliation, Vizcarra Read Entire Entry

This month’s coverage of the Americas includes a revised report on Bolivia, where the top court issued a verdict in November that clears the way for Evo Morales to seek a fourth term as president in 2019. The move is very controversial, not least because voters explicitly rejected a proposal to Read Entire Entry