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  • Saturday, 17 April, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Mexicans head for US in hunt for Covid jab

    Some residents are flocking north of the border to take advantage of growing vaccine supply

  • Thursday, 15 April, 2021
    Americas politics & policy
    Brazil’s military police caught in debate over Covid restrictions

    Soldier’s death has become an anti-lockdown rallying cry for radical supporters of Jair Bolsonaro

  • Thursday, 15 April, 2021
    Global InsightMichael Stott
    Populism’s ride to victory in Peru spells trouble for Latin America

    Voters across the region are venting their fury at political classes they believe have failed

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil seeks $1bn cash upfront for preservation of Amazon

    Environment minister says Bolsonaro’s government has done enough to deserve the funding

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    News in-depthEcuador
    Ecuador’s president-elect faces ‘titanic challenges’

    Dire economy and deep political divisions complicate task for incoming leader Guillermo Lasso

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Latin America needs better leaders after Covid

    Populists of the left and right will not help the world’s worst-hit region

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    Special ReportFT The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
    FT ranking: The Americas’ fastest-growing companies 2021

    Digital companies dominate, with a fintech lender knocking games maker Niantic off the top spot

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    LexAmericas economy
    Latin American markets: shot in the arm required Premium

    Rise in competition from China has cut back EM investor interest in the region

  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    Peru
    Far-left activist leads in Peru presidential election upset

    Nationalisation advocate Pedro Castillo likely to face conservative rival in June run-off

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  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    Ecuador
    Millionaire businessman Guillermo Lasso elected Ecuador’s president

    Government bonds surge as former banker pulls off remarkable win over leftist Andrés Arauz

  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    Ecuador
    Ecuadorians face stark choice in presidential election

    Winner will have to revive economy of state indebted to IMF, bondholders and Chinese banks

  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    News in-depthBrazilian economy
    Rising inflation complicates Brazil’s Covid-19 crisis

    Silent scourge of hunger and poverty runs parallel to coronavirus pandemic

  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
    Cuba
    Exit of Cuba’s last Castro brings curtain down on revolutionary era

    Retirement of Fidel’s brother Raúl as party chief comes as country faces severe economic crisis

  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
    US immigration
    Unaccompanied children at US-Mexico border hits record high

    Pressure on Biden administration to counter rise in migrants from Central America

  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
    Chile
    Chile’s lauded vaccine rollout fails to save it from Covid surge

    Mood darkens in country that had won plaudits for its immunisation programme

  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
    Ecuador
    Ecuador’s presidential race tightens as campaign enters homestretch

    Latest polls suggest rightwing Guillermo Lasso is catching up to frontrunner Andrés Arauz ahead of Sunday’s vote

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    EMA to probe Sputnik V vaccine, Bolsonaro’s Covid-19 nightmare

    The EU drug regulator will launch an investigation into Russia’s Covid-19 shot

  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    Bryan Harris
    Brazilians’ love affair with tech leaves them vulnerable to data theft

    Massive security breaches show the need for increased public awareness of risks

  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    News in-depthPeru
    Weary Peruvians to choose yet another president amid crises and Covid

    Ferocious third wave of infections compounds political dysfunction and economic turmoil

  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    Inside BusinessMichael Stott
    Pandemic spurs the Latin America tech sector

    Growth in financial, health and education services bring benefits to region’s poor and overall economies

  • Monday, 5 April, 2021
    Michael Stott
    Latin America’s selective pursuit of justice weaponises the law

    The region sorely needs courts that are independent of their political masters

  • Monday, 5 April, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The generals’ gift to Brazil

    Senior commanders gave democracy a boost by staying loyal to the constitution

  • Sunday, 4 April, 2021
    News in-depthBrazilian economy
    Brazil’s biggest banks battle for reinvention in digital era

    Incumbents have enjoyed huge profits but low interest rates and fintech challengers are forcing change

  • Saturday, 3 April, 2021
    The Big Read
    Brazil’s coronavirus nightmare: ‘Bolsonaro is more isolated than ever’

    With infections soaring and the economy weakening again, the president is struggling to keep his government together

  • Saturday, 3 April, 2021
    Mexico
    Maya Train risks being derailed in Mexico’s precious biosphere

    Activists face off with the army over a project they say endangers protected jungle

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