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Growth of AI faces stiff challenges in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

As AI systems become increasingly central to the global economy, this poor performance risks further damaging the economic prospects of a region that has long struggled to achieve…

India’s Congress may yet revive its fortunes

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INDIA

Congress has struggled to maintain unity at state level as well as nationally. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains popular, but the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led…

Penal code changes will not kill off Bolivia protests

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BOLIVIA

The repeal will help defuse an issue that has provoked widespread demonstrations recently. Yet the opposition plans to ramp up protests over Morales’s determination to run for…

COVID-19 will shape the future of UK healthcare

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UNITED KINGDOM

UK healthcare policy.

Romanian local elections will set pattern for December

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ROMANIA

Romanians elected new mayors, local and county councils on September 27. The elections represented a key test for parties for the December parliamentary elections and offered a…

Prospects for US politics to end-2022

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PROSPECTS HS 2022

While neither President Joe Biden nor former President Donald Trump will be on any ballot in the November contests, they will cast a large shadow as both the 2020 and 2024…

Venezuelan government-opposition talks advance slowly

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VENEZUELA

The talks have led to ‘partial agreements’ between President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido, but no immediate progress in securing the Maduro government’s goal…

Right-wing party could reshape Romanian politics

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ROMANIA

They face an opposition formed of the new radical right and liberal challengers. After decades of largely non-ideological competition focused on corruption and other symbolic…

Islamic State may see a limited Iraq-Syria resurgence

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IRAQ/SYRIA

Enabled in part by responses to the pandemic, 2020 saw a temporary surge in IS assaults across rural areas of Iraq and Syria. Attacks have also again become more coordinated and…

Prospects for cybersecurity to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

Prospects for cybersecurity to end-2020.