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    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Brazilian politics
      Brazil braced for Jair Bolsonaro’s return to energise the far right

      Ex-leader faces several investigations including embezzlement probe over jewellery

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      News in-depthGlobal migration
      Panama warns of surge in US-bound migration through deadly jungle

      People fleeing poverty and repression are often unaware of dangers of terrain infested by bandits and snakes

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Brazil president to propose Ukraine ‘peace club’ on China visit

      Lula seeks diplomatic role as Latin American nations resist aligning with west over conflict

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Venezuela
      Venezuela oil minister resigns as Maduro cracks down on corruption

      Tareck El Aissami played key role in helping South American nation evade US sanctions

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      ECOPETROL SA
      Colombia’s energy transition should be gradual, warns Ecopetrol chief

      State-owned group has embarked on shift but says replacements will take ‘time, effort and money’

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      OutlookLucinda Elliott
      Uruguay’s difficult history is still being largely ignored

      The country has yet to grapple fully with the dictatorship and state terrorism it experienced in the 1970s and 80s

    • Saturday, 18 March, 2023
      Climate change
      Brazil looks to start-ups in battle to reforest the Amazon

      Companies are replanting millions of hectares and generating revenue through carbon credit sales

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Venezuela
      Deepfake ‘news’ videos ramp up misinformation in Venezuela

      UK tech company developed software used in fake news videos promoted by authoritarian government

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Global InsightMichael Stott
      Hyperinflation Argentina is ready to bloom

      The South American nation is in the grip of another crisis but there are tantalising opportunities on the horizon

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      BHP Group PLC
      BHP damages case grows to 700,000 claimants seeking up to £36bn

      Mining group faces UK’s largest ever opt-in class action lawsuit over 2015 Brazil disaster

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Bolivia
      Bolivians queue for dollars as crisis of confidence spreads

      Plummeting reserves lead to rating downgrade and fears over devaluation and debt default

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Argentina
      Argentina’s inflation rate tops 100% for the first time in three decades

      Measures by ruling coalition have failed to tame surging prices that have damaged the South American country’s economy

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Plan to plough $1bn into sustainable farming in South America misses initial target

      Fund for beef and soy farmers who protect rainforest struggles to make loans as planned

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Travel
      Short cuts: fast rail transfers, at last, for Luton airport — plus Georgetown gets London link

      Central London will be reachable within 30 minutes thanks to the opening of the Luton Dart; British Airways starts direct flights from Gatwick to the Guyana capital

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Argentina
      Argentina to launch ‘Malbec dollar’ exchange rate to spur wine exports

      Measure follows ‘soy dollar’ policy as producers struggle and government seeks to boost foreign currency reserves

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      News in-depthVina Concha y Toro SA
      Chile winemaker Concha y Toro heads further upmarket

      Company behind Casillero del Diablo redoubles its premium push despite slow US sales

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      How Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro outfoxed the west

      The repressive leader has weathered an economic crisis, sanctions and an uprising. What should the US do with him now?

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Colombia
      Colombia protesters release kidnapped police officers and oil workers

      Demonstrations demanding better road infrastructure had targeted oilfield owned by subsidiary of China’s Sinochem

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Harriet Agnew
      Argentina diary: ‘Come armed with $100 bills’

      With inflation at 95% dollars are in demand — though exchanging them for pesos is far from straightforward

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      How To Spend It In...
      Where to find the buzz in São Paulo

      Brazilian jeweller Fernando Jorge shares his favourite hangouts

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Brazilian economy
      Brazil fourth-quarter GDP declines as economic challenges mount for Lula

      Weak investment and slowdown in industry and services end five consecutive quarters of growth

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Uruguay
      Indian tycoon wins right to press ahead with $4bn fight over Uruguay mine

      Ruling allows Pramod Agarwal to seek recovery of investment following 2016 collapse of iron ore project

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      News in-depthColombia
      Colombia’s president returns to his revolutionary roots

      Gustavo Petro calls on supporters to ‘rise up’ against elites as he moves to expand state control over the economy

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
      Brazilian politics
      Brazil rules out amnesty for rioters who stormed centres of power

      Justice minister Flávio Dino says insurrection by Bolsonaro supporters was coup attempt

    • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
      Climate change
      Climate graphic of the week: 2023 starts with temperatures above average

      Unusual warm February in US, Europe’s warmest January on record and Antarctic sea ice hits a record low for the month

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