Analysis: How will Trump's war on Ocasio impact the Latino vote?
22/07/2019
In 2018 the President tried to paint progressive Democrats as radicals. He still lost the House. Numbers show that Latino voters might be listening this time.
House opens investigation into oil giant Marathon; close ties to Mexico's Foreign Secretary Ebrard are revealed
20/07/2019
The American oil company has big business interest in the north of Mexico. The House Energy Comission has been looking into Marathon's lobbying efforts with the Trump administration.
The return of Nielsen: How Nestor Kirchner's Finance Minister aims to become Argentina's Economy Supersecretary
20/07/2019
The Fernández-Kirchner ticket see him as a moderate voice for the international markets and partners like the U.S. and Brazil. His aim could be to take over the Economy.
In a move meant to please Trump, Macri labels Hezbollah as a terrorist organization
18/07/2019
The announcement came days before the arrival of Mike Pompeo to Argentina. The intention is to push Brazil and Paraguay to join in the declaration.
AMLO presented Mexican oil giant Pemex's new business plan and the markets were not thrilled
17/07/2019
The President presented the new strategy for the embattled national oil company. On the day of the announcement, the Mexican Peso fell. Investors and analysts await the full document, but Citigroup already published a negative review.
Opinion
The battle for the dollar has begun
The battle for the dollar has begun. Less than a month before Election Day some major investors have begun to turn around their bets on the Argentine Peso. Guardar
A Silenced Cabinet
The resignation of the Secretary of Finance evidenced the failures in an administration that does not understand how AMLO makes decisions.
The question of the election
Beyond the polls, the Argentinian presidential election holds a key question: What is the ideal option to escape the economic crisis?
The Last Supper
After his meeting with Pence, and a weekend away from a potential "Black Monday", Marcelo Ebrard had supper with a powerful American group that would have support the US President in any other Republican administration. The details of a high-level lobbying effort.
This week
Recent polls show a notorious parity between Macri and Fernández
17/07/2019
Two different polling firms place Macri and Fernández in a technical tie. In the Córdoba province the President wins comfortably.
The Radicals' Economic Spring Plan is boosting President Macri's numbers toward reelection
13/07/2019
Sales turned around in June and Macri's approval ratings went up by six points. Still, specialists warn that this is an "unstable balance".
AMLO's fight against corruption and its political implications
12/07/2019
The current Government seems uninterested in pursuing the corrupt officials of the past, unless it means influencing the opposition internal election.
Analysis: Can AMLO's National Guard fix Mexico's violence crisis?
12/07/2019
This week a group of civilians disarmed and held hostage Mexican troops, firmly demanding their weapons for self-defense back. LPO consulted several specialists about the decades-long security crisis unfolding in Mexico.
"I know the White House is not happy with AMLO's security strategy"
12/07/2019
The senator and former Secretary of the Interior talked with LPO about the security crisis in Mexico and the responsibility of the current administration.
