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Six years after mass-scale street protests, Chileans see the movement with a more critical eye. And Costa Rica is trying to reverse centuries of cattle ranching deforestation.

Will institutional inertia keep holding Peru’s economy together? And Paraguay’s capital Asunción aims to gain regional influence.

US Treasury channels Draghi’s “whatever it takes” moment to halt Argentina’s crisis. And stolen cars spark a diplomatic tussle between Chile and Bolivia.

An aging population adds pressure to regional pension systems. And the controversial arrests of Guatemalan indigenous leaders

Little-known theological debates in Latin America shaped Pope Francis’ life and legacy.

Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is on the verge of a takeover by armed rebels. And a fiscal crisis is threatening Colombia Ignacio Portes & Lucas Berti Armed groups near full takeover of Haiti’s capital Haiti’s presidential chair has been empty since July 2021, when Jovenel Moïse was assassinated inside his residence. Since then, a series ofContinue reading “😩 Losing control”

Latin American public opinion is shifting towards the right. And the drug allegations circling Bolivia’s Evo Morales

Parallel vote count in Venezuela puts Maduro in troubled waters. Cuba sees record migration amid economic crisis. And Panama promises Milei-style austerity.

Ignacio Portes and Lucas Berti Record tourism figures propel Dominican economy The Dominican Republic’s paradisiacal beaches, ringed by turquoise waters and combined with attractive prices for dollar earners only a couple of hours away on the U.S. East coast, make the country an easy-to-access and highly appealing destination. It all adds up to a tourismContinue reading “🏖️ Tourism riches and ‘total peace’”

Ignacio Portes Plenty has been revealed about who tried to shoot Argentinian Vice President Cristina Kirchner two weeks ago while she greeted her fans near her doorstep, with four arrests already ordered by Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti. But behind the immediate perpetrators hangs the specter of larger violent organizations, whose links with the suspects andContinue reading “Attack on Cristina Kirchner: Case closed?”