Canning Insights

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.

This week, the European Union (EU) and Community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC) held a summit in Brussels, the first gathering of the two regional bodies in eight years. In Canning House's latest blog, Gabriel Cohen and Susana Berruecos give their perspectives on its outcomes and significance.

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.

This webinar, hosted by Canning House in partnership with Pogust Goodhead, reflected on the shared learnings from the Mariana Dam Disaster from multifaceted perspectives.

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.