Canning House | Latin American Economy Business report

China continues to lend in excess of US$20bn a year to Latin America and The Caribbean. Since 2005, Beijing has invested over US$141bn in the region.

The Inter-American Dialogue’s China and Latin America Program and Boston University’s Global Economic Governance Initiative published their latest annual report on Chinese lending to Latin America & The Caribbean on 23 February.

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Guatemala: Not a normal election

The first round of Guatemala's 2023 general election is on 25 June. Twenty-one candidates are vying for the Presidency - but this is not a normal election. Dr Édgar Gutiérrez, political analyst and former Foreign Minister of Guatemala, examines the situation ahead of this Sunday's vote.

All change in Ecuador

President Guillermo Lasso has called a snap election. He is the first Ecuadorian president to do so after the mechanism’s addition to the country’s Constitution in 2008. In Canning House's latest blog, Walter Spurrier offers an overview of the candidates vying to be country's next leader.

38-03-2017: Latin American Economy Business report

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