Canning Insights

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.

Canning House, the Paddy Ashdown Forum and GPS focus on the potential revival for the once much-maligned Mercosur trade bloc.

In its latest Canning Paper, Canning House explores the Mercosur trade bloc, considering what its future holds as its members' priorities shift, overlap and diverge.

The 8th of January 2023 will be recorded in history as a deeply dark day for Brazilian democracy. The world witnessed not only an attack against a democratically elected government, but also against the very notion of democratic, republican institutions - writes Dr Vinicius de Carvalho.