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Her win was based on numerous campaign proposals, including a controversial plan for judicial reform, originally presented to Congress by incumbent President Andres Manuel Lopez…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289186
ISSN: 2633-304X
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AMLO took power in 2018 promising to address Mexico’s poor human rights record. As his presidency ends, militarised policing has done little to reduce insecurity and authorities…
Water shortages have become a pressing issue in recent years, amid rising demand and a prolonged drought. Sheinbaum will have to balance competing interests of economic sectors…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288952
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The report proposes taxing large fortunes in order to enable much-needed investment in public services. LAC has the most unequal distribution of wealth of any world region: its…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289027
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As well as hampering productivity gains, it is an important cause of low pensions in the country’s defined-contribution pension system and a drag on tax revenues. Because of its…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288244
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Former President Juan Manuel Santos (2010-18) in 2011 introduced the ‘Victims' Law’ to transfer ownership of 6.5 million hectares of land to victims of Colombia’s armed conflict…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288266
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The presidency clarified quickly that the idea was not to conduct a formal assembly, but to establish a popular mandate for policy changes. Petro has said he does not aim to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287959
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Sheinbaum looks set to continue the economic policies of departing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). The electoral triumph has made feasible a constitutional overhaul…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287701
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Noboa’s order earlier this month to remove former Vice-President Jorge Glas (2013-17) forcibly from Mexico’s Quito embassy intensified opposition to his government from the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286621
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The bill’s content was watered down during debate, with the earning threshold at which payments into private pension funds are permitted lowered and the Central Bank granted a…