Blackouts in Venezuela: why the power system failed and how to fix it

Lisa Viscidi & Nate Graham. Expert Comment 10/2019 - 22/4/2019.

When the lights went out on 7 March many Venezuelans would hardly have been surprised. Electricity rationing has become routine over the past decade. However, this blackout quickly proved to be different to most.

The political expansion of evangelical churches in Latin America

Carlos Malamud. ARI 131/2018 (English version) - 12/12/2018.

The presence of evangelical churches in the political life of various Latin American countries has increased significantly in recent years.

What foreign policy now for Brazil?

Carlos Malamud. ARI 120/2018 - 12/11/2018.

On 1 January 2019 Jair Bolsonaro will become the next President of Brazil. What could be the key elements of the new Administration’s foreign policy?

The Brazilian elections

Esther Solano Gallego. ARI 111/2018 - 4/10/2018.

The upcoming Brazilian elections are unfolding in an atmosphere of intense political and economic crisis, and it is not yet clear whether the second round will once again shape up as the classic confrontation between the Workers’ Party (PT) and the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).

The anger vote: the new (or not so new) Latin American electoral phenomenon

Carlos Malamud and Rogelio Núñez. ARI 107/2018 (English version) - 20/9/2018.

Latin America’s intense electoral season has reflected its broad heterogeneity; nevertheless, the recent elections have also revealed the emergence of a cross-cutting phenomenon –the ‘anger vote’– common to the entire region.

A Brazilian perspective on the challenges facing the EU and Latin American cooperation agenda

Carlos R. S. Milani. ARI 72/2018 - 11/6/2018.

The construction of a cooperation agenda between the EU and South America must take into account the challenges Latin American countries need to overcome to correct their democratic deficits and the negative social and political effects of their economic development models.

Costa Rica: big election surprises, increased polarisation and eroding governability?

Saúl Weisleder. ARI 57/2018 (English version) - 23/4/2018.

The parliamentary elections in Costa Rica, together with the first round of the presidential elections, have opened up a new scenario with some political novelties.

Latin America, the international community and Venezuela

Carlos Malamud. Expert Comment 13/2018 (English version) - 13/2/2018.

The clamour for an answer to the crisis in Venezuela will be even more intense in 2018 as the economic situation worsens (hyperinflation, shortages and growing debt) and the humanitarian drama deteriorates by the minute.

The elections in Chile and Honduras and regional political trends in 2018

Carlos Malamud and Rogelio Núñez. ARI 13/2018 (English version) - 2/2/2018.

The elections in Chile and Honduras should confirm whether or not there is a new regional political trend (‘a turn to the centre-right’). Also present will be the trend towards re-election, the appearance of new forces, along with violence and corruption as central campaign themes.

Venezuela and PDVSA: killing the goose that lays golden eggs

Asier Achutegui. Expert Comment 5/2018 - 19/1/2018.

In a country that depends almost entirely on its oil exports it seems very strange that its leaders despise the national oil company.