The Economist The Americas

It would help if governments overcame their protectionist instincts

After a good start, problems have mounted for the banker-turned-president

Ageing fans are a threat to the Canadian version of American football

His rise in Buenos Aires hints at disaffection with Peronism

The pandemic has fuelled indifference more than authoritarianism

That could affect his chances of re-election next year

The reasons for massive protests in 2019 have not entirely gone away

The country has been working on the technology for decades

That was long before Christopher Columbus set sail

Sergio Ramírez’s new novel has enraged Daniel Ortega, the autocratic president

Fish farmers are feeding them fewer drugs

Canada’s prime minister called a pointless election

The primary elections are both a referendum on the government and an augury for elections in November

That is, if President Andrés Manuel López Obrador does not mess it up

Not least as Pedro Castillo, the new president, has several allies with links to Shining Path

A huge protest supporting the president could be a hint of what’s to come in 2022

Nayib Bukele is exploiting popularity for authoritarian ends

The ruling reflects changing mores in the world’s second-biggest Catholic country

Markets are lowering their expectations

The autocrat wants America to lift sanctions