Milei bets on mining revival for Argentina’s downtrodden economy

Pension counter-reform vote overshadows election in Uruguay

Milei pushes to privatize Argentina’s state airline

🇲🇽 Sheinbaum starts, rate hikes end

Mexico inaugurates its first-ever female president. Regional central bankers follow the Fed’s cue. And fears about minority protections in Argentina

AMLO’s judicial reform could sour Sheinbaum’s honeymoon in Mexico, unnerving global investors

Bolivia bets big on lithium, but ‘white gold dream’ is still on hold

AMLO clashes with the U.S. and Canada as judicial reform nears

Milei’s push for football privatization faces resistance from clubs

🎒 Migrants, Maduro, and Mexico

The U.S. government at a crossroads with its asylum program. Venezuela’s Maduro loses support among left-wing regional allies. And similarities between crimes in PRI-era Mexico and dictatorship abuses.

Kamala Harris needs the Latino vote on path to the White House

⚡ Energy crises and security concerns

The risks of an energy crisis in Colombia. Maduro’s online and offline crackdowns in Venezuela. And Boric builds a maximum security prison in Chile.

The most glaring evidence of Nicolás Maduro’s fraud in Venezuela

🤯 Bukele fights inflation; Colombia fights Chile

The governments of Chile and Colombia trade barbs. Bukele declares war on prices. And Mercosur implements more liberal trade rules.

A heavy blow to the Panama Papers probe, eight years on

🪖 Failed coups, crypto bans, and a new leader

Evo Morales backs “self coup” conspiracy theories in Bolivia. Uruguay’s left has a new presidential candidate. And Paraguay goes hard against illegal crypto miners.

🛂 Broken deals, approved bills, and a joint letter

Petro tastes victory in Colombia; Ecuador suspends no-visa entry for Chinese citizens; Chaves causes commotion in Costa Rica.

AMLO aims to become queenmaker as Mexico elects new president

Bitcoin price surge adds to Bukele’s reasons for glee

Petro’s far-fetched train project to compete with the Panama Canal

Bolivia’s economic model called into question as gas dominance wanes

Trade tensions rise as U.S. accuses China of using Mexico as backdoor

Visiting Argentina is no longer a bargain