Canning Insights

In Guatemala, a presidential runoff, between Sandra Torres and her unexpected rival Bernardo Arévalo, took place on 20 August. As predicted by most polls, Arévalo won 58% of the votes to Torres’s 37%. Watch this Canning House seminar, in which we discussed the election’s outcomes and significance for the future of Guatemala.

"Anniversaries, like New Years’ Eve, offer opportunities to look back and to look forward. As Chile observes the 50th anniversary of the coup that toppled President Salvador Allende and ushered in a brutal 17-year dictatorship, Chileans are engaged in precisely that exercise. The problem is that with respect to both perspectives, looking ahead through the windshield and behind in the rear-view mirror, Chileans do not seem to agree on what they see. "

Voters in Ecuador went to the polls in an unprecedented snap election on 20 August. Canning House held this webinar, in which we discussed this election’s outcomes and significance for the future of Ecuador.

"Perhaps the most important thing about the Amazon Summit of 8-9 August 2023 is that it took place." In Canning House's latest blog, Anthony W. Pereira from Florida International University gives his thoughts on the recent meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization in Belém, Brazil.

Following Spain's 23 July snap election, Michael Reid, former Madrid correspondent for The Economist and author of "Spain: The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country," writes a new piece for Canning House's blog on the vote's results and outcomes for the country.

On 16 July, the United Kingdom officially signed a deal to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, the CPTPP. In Canning House's latest blog, Freddy Nevison-Andrews considers what the UK's accession means for its relations with Latin America, and the pact as a whole.