Ignacio Portes

Ignacio Portes

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.

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🇨🇳 Chinese whispers, Mexican silence
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🇨🇳 Chinese whispers, Mexican silence

Chile’s House speaker resigns, accused of corrupt dealings with China. And an alleged cartel ‘extermination camp’ puts Mexico’s 125,000 disappeared on the front pages

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🥇 Green grids and red alerts
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🥇 Green grids and red alerts

Progress on renewables puts Latin America above global averages. And Peru struggles with an “extortion epidemic”

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🧙‍♂️ Milei’s Rasputin and Iza’s choice
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🧙‍♂️ Milei’s Rasputin and Iza’s choice

The secretive strategist behind Argentina’s Javier Milei. And an indigenous leader who could decide Ecuador’s next president

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🤝 Progressives (and China) win at the OAS
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🤝 Progressives (and China) win at the OAS

Lula leads a diplomatic challenge to Trump in the region. And mediocre results for Daniel Noboa’s war on cartels

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⚓ BlackRock buys and Trump’s two teams
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⚓ BlackRock buys and Trump’s two teams

Interventionist and isolationist factions fight to set Trump’s Venezuela policy. And China is forced to sell ports in Panama and Mexico to US companies

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🎊 Carnival and inflation parties
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🎊 Carnival and inflation parties

How Latin America celebrates Carnival. And will the continent’s inflationary slowdown last?

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😱 Supreme Court judges by decree?
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😱 Supreme Court judges by decree?

Javier Milei is exploiting a loophole to take control of Argentina’s top court. And how yerba mate became a Middle East favorite

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🎬 Oscar wins and market gains
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🎬 Oscar wins and market gains

A tour through Latin America's Oscar winners ahead of this weekend’s award ceremony. And why investors are betting on Colombia’s stock market

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🦁 A Chilean Milei and the new OAS
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🦁 A Chilean Milei and the new OAS

Johannes Kaiser is stealing Kast’s far-right thunder ahead of Chile’s presidential race. And three candidates vie to be the next OAS secretary general.

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💰 Milei’s scamcoin, Honduras protectorate
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💰 Milei’s scamcoin, Honduras protectorate

A pump-and-dump scheme hurts Javier Milei’s credibility in Argentina. And a project to turn Honduras into a US “free associated state” like Puerto Rico

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