Canning Insights

Paraguay will elect a new president on 30 April. The election’s outcome, less than a week before polls open, remains highly uncertain. In Canning House's latest blog, Susana Berruecos and Freddy Nevison-Andrews provide an overview of the key points to consider ahead of the vote.

Infrastructure plays a crucial role in the global economy. Roads and railways to improve connectivity. Ports and canals to develop the blue economy and international trade. In this conference, Canning House, ERG International and Pi Makina discuss why infrastructure matters for LAC’s sustainable development.

In its latest Canning Paper, Canning House examines Latin America's overland transport infrastructure - the physical structures and facilities to move people and goods on roads, railways, and urban mass transit - and their contribution to regional sustainable development.

On 13 March, Canning House brought together key experts on the situation in Venezuela, examining the findings of recent UN and HRW reports in the context of Venezuela’s renewed prominence on the global stage, and the apparent absence of a coherent political opposition.

This event provided an overview of the views and perspectives of different stakeholder groups from Latin America, hearing first hand on how they see the rise of Chinese engagement and activity in their region.

A dysfunctional political system finds itself unable to solve a crisis that was triggered by an undemocratic president, now in prison, and which was deepened by the current president by using lethal force to repress legitimate protests - writes Dr Julio F Carrión.