Peru’s right-wingers Rafael López Aliaga and Keiko Fujimori lead the race for the presidency, but they are far from its obvious winners.
Category Archives: Brazilian Report
🛢️ 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.
💎 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.
😯 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.
💣 Did Ecuador bomb Colombia?
Another border dispute between Gustavo Petro and Daniel Noboa. And the threats to Javier Milei’s disinflationary hopes in Argentina.
⛏️ First the oil, then the minerals
The US wants to control Venezuela’s mineral resources. And Claudia Sheinbaum suffered an unexpected defeat in Mexico.
🗳️ 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.
🤖 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.
🪖 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.
😓 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.