Summary of DIT-Canning House Brazil Life Sciences Roundtable

On the evening of 1st September a man approached Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) outside her home in Buenos Aires, pointing a loaded gun at her head at point-blank range and attempting to pull the trigger. In a context of deepening socio-economic hardship and concerns over governability, risks appear to be rising in Argentina - writes Jill Hedges.

Peru faces a deep political crisis in the wake of Pedro Castillo’s failed coup d’état on December 7th. President Boluarte faces quite a difficult task in finding a roadmap to negotiate a constitutional way out of it. The continuation of Peru’s democracy may rest in her ability to do so.