international analysis and commentary

Peru and Colombia: signs of a leftist turn?

The recent months have been extremely complicated in Colombia and Peru. In the former, protests in opposition to a proposed tax reform escalated, culminating in violent clashes between the police and protestors. During the clashes, more…

Brazil and the economics of the virus

2020 was supposed to be a year of renaissance for Brazil. Since 2015, the largest economy of South America has been stagnating, with GDP dropping by 3.6% in 2015 and by 3.4% in 2016, and only slowly recovering between 2017 and 2019. In…