At present, China could significantly expand its political influence in South America. There are a number of important events coming up in the second half of the year.

Bilateral economic forum and roundtables on renewable energies and critical raw materials.

After Europe and North America, it remains the region with the highest density of democracy in the world. However, the lack of security is the main reason why authoritarian governments are tolerated.

The chances of this are good. Global interest in the region is growing and it remains stable in a world of increasing crises.

…but with only a third of the population”. Megainvestor Claure believes the region could be in for its best years in a long time.

EU-CELAC summit brought investment of US$45 billion for the region’s infrastructure and confidence for the EU-Mercosur agreement.

It could bring about comprehensive improvements in the framework conditions for the economy and trigger a growth spurt.

Latin America’s business cities are expensive by international standards – but at the same time offer only medium quality of life.

Still at the end of 2021, a majority elected the leftist Gabriel Boric. Now, there is a conservative landslide victory in the elections to the Constitutional Council.

Despite economic growth of 2.1 percent, policymakers plan to counter the slowing economy with interest rate cuts.