North America

Mexico: a President’s legacy

David Mares Nov 3, 2023

Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was elected President in a landslide in 2018 as Mexicans were drawn to his vision of a dramatic overhaul of Mexico’s politics and economics (the so-called Fourth Transformation). A review of politics, the…

Canada’s troubled encounter with street protests and their international echo

Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo Mar 14, 2022

The day is 17 February. Police pours into downtown Ottawa, beginning a crackdown on the nearly three-week occupation of Canada’s capital by hundreds of truckers part of the “Freedom Convoy.” Several arrests are made, including of the two…

Trump’s “America First” approach towards Latin America

Nicola Bilotta Oct 8, 2020

Latin Americans have not particularly appreciated Donald Trump’s administration. According to a Pew Research survey, while in 2015 42% of people in those countries said that they had no confidence in US President Barack Obama to do the…

What a second Trudeau term could mean for US-Canada relations

Jacob Parakilas Oct 25, 2019

Canadian voters have returned Justin Trudeau to the leadership of the US’s northern neighbour, while the US political system continues to spiral towards a presidential impeachment and what promises to be a truly ugly electoral campaign. In…

Il Canada che deve ritrovare la bussola

Marco Dell'Aguzzo Oct 25, 2019

Il 2019 è stato un anno difficile per Justin Trudeau, primo ministro del Canada dal novembre 2015. L’arresto a Vancouver, il 1 dicembre 2018, della direttrice finanziaria di Huawei Meng Wanzhou – su richiesta degli Stati Uniti – ha fatto…