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The Week Ahead: 11-17 November 2024

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The Week Ahead

This week’s coverage likely will be dominated by two international summits in Latin America: the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima, Peru, and the Ibero-American Summit in Cuenca, Ecuador. World leaders from Spain to China will visit the region this week. Watch out for possible transport strikes in Lima and Argentina’s new inflation figures.

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