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Topic set to be main challenger to Gonzalez in Ecuador

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ECUADOR

Eight candidates have registered to participate in the presidential election. Luisa Gonzalez, who will run for the 'correista' Citizen’s Revolution (RC), will be one of the…

Ambitious UN global goals may falter in execution

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INTERNATIONAL

An assessment of the prospects for the SDGs

Budget rethink will not placate Guatemalan public

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GUATEMALA

Protesters in Guatemala City set fire to Congress on November 21 as the unrest intensified. Faced with increasing violence, President Alejandro Giammattei agreed to withdraw the…

China's Five-Year Plan puts environment centre stage

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CHINA

The environmental components of the 13th Five-Year Plan.

Brazil’s economic malaise has no quick fixes

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BRAZIL

Brazilian financial markets have for months reacted to the daily political developments affecting the chances that Congress will pass an ambitious pension reform, which the…

Beirut faces a massive challenge on aid and reform

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LEBANON

The government has drawn up a detailed document setting out the gravity of the country’s economic plight and requesting over 10 billion dollars of additional aid from the IMF and…

Salvadoran opposition sets sights on return to power

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EL SALVADOR

This is bad news for the ruling Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), which has been losing support thanks to El Salvador’s weak security situation and widespread…

Both growth and hardship set to endure in Guatemala

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GUATEMALA

The country’s poverty rate stood at 52.4% in 2020 according to the World Bank, a 5-percentage-point increase on the level prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Bank…

Climate change will hit the Andean region unevenly

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LATIN AMERICA

Such impacts look set to worsen, affecting biodiversity and human society alike. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Atlas suggests, in its worst-case scenario…

'Mega-foundations' will help global aid programmes

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INTERNATIONAL

The role of 'mega-foundations' in aid programmes to developing countries.