Brazil
Today, Weekend Sentinel reviews three key Latin America developments: the Iran war’s spillover risks for Brazil, Colombia’s political reset amid strained finances, and renewed Trump-era trade turbulence.
Colombia
Colombia’s economy has entered a relief-trade moment, not a completed turnaround. Markets are betting that Abelardo De la Espriella can restore confidence, revive investment, and restart hydrocarbons activity.
Brazil
Lula and Sheinbaum are strengthening the Brazil-Mexico relationship at the same time that right-leaning governments are advancing elsewhere. That gives both leaders a practical reason to deepen cooperation.
Colombia Election
The risk for investors is that Colombia now has a president with a narrow mandate, a powerful opposition, and a financial dilemma that will require negotiation almost immediately. De la Espriella has a narrow timetable to deliver on his campaign promises.
Colombia
Colombia’s runoff pits Petro ally Iván Cepeda against right-wing outsider Alfredo de la Espriella in a race shaped by security, debt, oil dependence, Ecopetrol, and the country’s U.S.–China tilt.
Bolivia
Colombia heads into its June 21 runoff amid sharp ideological polarization and widening fiscal stress, even after a pro‑market candidate topped the first round. And despite the fiscal pressure building under the surface, much of the country is looking toward the World Cup, not the balance sheet.
Colombia
Colombia goes to the polls today. The immediate question is not only who advances, but which risk scenario starts shaping policy, security, and capital expectations through the runoff period.