By James Bosworth, Hxagon

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2019 has been marked by political turmoil and popular outcry throughout Latin America.

Each country in the region is facing unique circumstances, but trends across the region suggest that the instability may only intensify next year, according to political-risk analyst James Bosworth.

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This is an excerpt from a recent edition of the Latin America Risk Report, a newsletter by James Bosworth, founder of political-risk advisor Hxagon.

This year has been busy in terms of protests and anti-incumbent politics in Latin America. The past eight weeks have been particularly difficult. As I told two events in DC this past week, my forecast is that the number and intensity of protests will increase in 2020. Or, as I was quoted by Bloomberg this week:

"Anger at the political systems isn't going away and, in many ways, governments are trapped … There will be more protests, and they'll be more violent in 2020."

I promised several readers I would outline some of my reasons for that prediction in this week's newsletter. My forecast comes from looking at the big-picture trends across the region as well as the details of the political, economic and security issues specific to each country.