The Americas

The Americas
An election win boosts Javier Milei’s reform project
Lower inflation brings popularity. Popularity brings power, which helps with lowering inflation

The Americas
Wildfires devastated the Amazon basin in 2024
They wiped away all progress governments had made to curb deforestation in recent years

The Americas
Mexico battles the MAGA movement over organised crime
To keep America at bay Claudia Sheinbaum takes on Mexico’s gangsters

The Americas
Mexico will be the only country that elects all its judges
The last meaningful check on Morena, the powerful ruling party, will fade away

The Americas
José “El Pepe” Mujica became the antithesis of a caudillo
Uruguay’s former president died on May 13th aged 89

The Americas
Brazilian supercows are taking over the world
What a bovine beauty pageant says about the future of the world’s beef supply


The Americas
Xi Jinping tries to press China’s advantage in South America
New polling suggests locals are warming to China



The Americas
Canada’s new Conservative movement resembles Donald Trump’s
Just as in the United States, working-class and immigrant voters swung right

The Americas
Mark Carney leads Canada’s Liberals to a remarkable victory
The Conservatives suffered one of the most astonishing falls from popularity in political history