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Category Archives: Brazilian Report

🍰 No right-wing cakewalk

Peru’s right-wingers Rafael López Aliaga and Keiko Fujimori lead the race for the presidency, but they are far from its obvious winners.

Posted byIgnacio PortesApril 3, 2026August 6, 2026Posted inBrazilian Report, Newsletters

🛢️ Mexico’s oil leak, Argentina’s oil victory

The disputed origins of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill. And how Argentina overturned a historic lawsuit over the nationalization of YPF.

Posted byIgnacio PortesApril 1, 2026August 6, 2026Posted inBrazilian Report, Newsletters

💎 Cuba’s crown jewel

The secretive military conglomerate at the heart of Cuba’s transition talks. And, in Chile, Kast and Boric trade amnesties for Estallido Social-era inmates.

Posted byIgnacio PortesMarch 27, 2026August 6, 2026Posted inBrazilian Report, Newsletters

😯 A pair of judicial reveals

Petro’s New York drug cases and Uribe Turbay’s assassins shake up Colombia’s election. And Argentina remembers its most brutal military dictatorship on its 50th anniversary.

Posted byIgnacio PortesMarch 24, 2026August 6, 2026Posted inBrazilian Report, Newsletters

💣 Did Ecuador bomb Colombia?

Another border dispute between Gustavo Petro and Daniel Noboa. And the threats to Javier Milei’s disinflationary hopes in Argentina.

Posted byIgnacio PortesMarch 20, 2026August 6, 2026Posted inBrazilian Report, Newsletters

⛏️ First the oil, then the minerals

The US wants to control Venezuela’s mineral resources. And Claudia Sheinbaum suffered an unexpected defeat in Mexico.

Posted byIgnacio PortesMarch 17, 2026August 6, 2026Posted inBrazilian Report, Newsletters

🗳️ Elections in Colombia and Haiti

Paloma Valencia emerges as a new right-wing darling in Colombia’s presidential race. And why Haiti is still struggling to organize a vote.

Posted byIgnacio PortesMarch 10, 2026August 6, 2026Posted inBrazilian Report, Newsletters

🤖 Colombia votes … for a robot?

Winners and losers from an oil price surge in Latin America. And an AI candidacy runs for Congress in Colombia.

Posted byIgnacio PortesMarch 6, 2026August 6, 2026Posted inBrazilian Report, Newsletters

🪖 After Khamenei and El Mencho

The echoes of two military operations in less than a week, one in Mexico and one in Tehran, will reverberate across Latin America.

Posted byIgnacio PortesMarch 3, 2026August 6, 2026Posted inBrazilian Report, Newsletters

😓 Boric’s last headache, Mercosur’s final steps

Chinese undersea cable plans trigger US sanctions on Chile. And Mercosur countries are moving fast to ratify last month’s trade deal with the European Union.

Posted byIgnacio PortesFebruary 27, 2026August 6, 2026Posted inBrazilian Report, Newsletters

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