In 2020 countries throughout Latin America are confronting social unrest stemming from popular frustration with persistent inequality and widespread corruption. Investors looking at doing due diligence related to potential projects in Latin America or ahead of a market...

Colombia, Latin America's fourth largest economy, is a country that is experiencing dynamic growth in some sectors but is still characterized by immense inequality and deep seated social divisions. It's a country that is still affected by high levels of poltical risk....

Argentina is still viewed as a country affected by high levels of political risk. During the administration of current President Mauricio Macri foreign investors have started paying more attention to Argentina. Macri has yet to kickstart a new wave of meaningful econom...

During a speech at the regal Palacio Nacional in Mexico City’s historic center Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto tacitly acknowledged his administration’s struggles to improve public security and kick-start meaningful economic growth. Peña Nieto, after all, had see...

In mid-2018 negotiators from Canada, the US, and Mexico appear to be making progress on a deal to update the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA). But as Trump continues to insult Mexico on Twitter and insist on building a wall along the Mexican border, even as the NA...

Although some cities in Mexico have implemented reforms and reduced security problems over the past five years, in many parts of the country violent crime is still a major risk. In 2017 the killing of a senior executive at Televisa, one of Mexico’s most important corpo...