After a tense presidential campaign in the US, Latin American observers have shaken off the post election jitters as they get on with business, while remaining tuned in to the season’s latest reality shows with concerned amusement.

With Michel Temer under investigation and protests in the streets of Brazil, near political and inancial collapse pushing Venezuela ever closer to the brink and elections around the corner in Mexico and Chile, the US hardly takes center stage. To say there may be speed bumps ahead, in the words of Nexxus Capital Senior Manager Arturo Saval, may be an understatement.

Originally published in M&A Forecast, Latin America 1H17 (Brazil & Southern Cone, p.6-7), TTR - Transactional Track Record - June 21st, 2017.