Ignacio Portes is The Brazilian Report's Latin America editor. Based in Buenos Aires, he has covered politics, macro, markets and diplomacy for the Financial Times, Al Jazeera and the Buenos Aires Herald.
LatAm Report
Aug 15, 2025
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Testimony from El Chapo’s sons and Venezuela’s former spymaster could unlock Trump’s drug war. And moderates sink ahead of Chile’s election season.
Aug 12, 2025
Drug war fuels fight in Mexico’s ruling Morena party. And local communities resist the Panama Canal expansion project.
Aug 8, 2025
3 min read
While Evo Morales wrecks his MAS party in Bolivia, Fidel Castro’s grandson turns his Cuban nightlife into a social media spectacle.
Aug 5, 2025
Forced disappearances raise alarms about Ecuador’s militarization. And Guatemala has water, but Guatemalans can’t access it.
Aug 1, 2025
Trump’s team reacts against Uribe’s conviction. And Honduras is bringing back pandemic-era Covid restrictions.
Jul 29, 2025
5 min read
Álvaro Uribe convicted of witness tampering. Banking crisis hurts Bolivia’s financial inclusion process.
Jul 22, 2025
The US-El Salvador-Venezuela prisoner swap is not as hopeful as it seems. And Costa Rica’s Rodrigo Chaves is pushing against term limits.
Jul 18, 2025
Protests against US immigrants in Mexico city. And the region’s three new UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Jul 15, 2025
Beijing is no longer willing to loan money to Venezuela. And Guatemala’s embattled ruling coalition suffers an internal rift.
Jul 11, 2025
Haiti could once again become the largest humanitarian tragedy of the continent. And the risk of debt defaults across Latin America.
Jul 4, 2025
A plot to oust Gustavo Petro triggers another crisis in Colombia. Trump deportee Abrego García claims he was tortured in a notorious El Salvador jail.
Brazil Daily
Jul 2, 2025
While the free-trade agreement with the EU stalls, Mercosur finds a new partner. A massive hacker attack rocks the financial system. And the details of a new credit program for farmers
Jul 1, 2025
Honduras’ left-wing government makes peace with Donald Trump. And Chile’s Communist Party wins the ruling coalition’s presidential primary.
Jun 27, 2025
Critics of Nicaragua’s regime are being killed while in exile. And polls show that Chile’s Communist Party could win the country’s left-wing primary.
Jun 24, 2025
Organized labor gets a big win in Gustavo Petro’s Colombia. Daniel Noboa bets on mining to revamp Ecuador’s economy
Jun 20, 2025
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele has placed a 30% tax on foreign NGOs. And why preserving the Amazon does not depend solely on Brazil
Jun 17, 2025
Mexico chose an indigenous judge as its next Supreme Court leader. And Peru’s clandestine gold mines draw links to organized crime and violence.
Jun 13, 2025
Argentina’s two-time former president Cristina Kirchner faces six-year arrest. And Bolivia has the most rapidly deteriorating economy in South America
Jun 6, 2025
Blackwater founder Erik Prince is tapped to fight gangs in Haiti. And Javier Milei’s administration sends reinforcements to the Brazilian border.
Jun 3, 2025
Low turnout and tricky logistics raise doubts about Mexico’s unprecedented judicial election. And a pension reform is fueling street protests in Panama
May 30, 2025
6 min read
Venezuela hints at a transition into a Cuba-style electoral system. And the Peruvian farmer that sued greenhouse gas emitters in Germany.
May 23, 2025
The cheapest (and most expensive) places to live in Latin America. And why the unpopular Dina Boluarte is still in office.
May 20, 2025
Milei is now the mainstream right in Argentina. And Petro digs his heels in on a referendum despite congressional setbacks
May 2, 2025
2 min read
An aging population adds pressure to regional pension systems. And the controversial arrests of Guatemalan indigenous leaders
Apr 29, 2025
Chile’s center-right and Uruguay’s center-left are being pushed into abandoning their moderate stances
