J.P. Morgan says the region’s political shift to the center-right is complete after Peru and Colombia voted. Brazil’s October election is now the great.
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Key Facts
—The shift. J.P. Morgan says all seven Latin American presidential elections since early 2025 have delivered center-right governments.
—The label. The bank calls the 2026 sequence an electoral “supercycle” that could fundamentally reshape policy across the region’s largest economies.
—The outlier. Brazil’s October vote is the only major race that remains too close to call, making it the “great unknown” for investors.
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