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A twice-weekly look into Latin America’s evolving landscape, bringing you deep-dive insights on politics, business and more.

LatAm Report

🍰 No right-wing cakewalk

Apr 3, 2026

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8 min read

🍰 No right-wing cakewalk

Peru’s right-wingers Rafael López Aliaga and Keiko Fujimori lead the race for the presidency, but they are far from its obvious winners.

Ignacio Portes
Jorge C. Carrasco
Ignacio Portes, +1

LatAm Report

🛢️ Mexico’s oil leak, Argentina’s oil victory

Apr 1, 2026

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12 min read

🛢️ Mexico’s oil leak, Argentina’s oil victory

The disputed origins of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill. And how Argentina overturned a historic lawsuit over the nationalization of YPF.

Ignacio Portes
Jorge C. Carrasco
Ignacio Portes, +1

LatAm Report

💎 Cuba’s crown jewel

Mar 27, 2026

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10 min read

💎 Cuba’s crown jewel

The secretive military conglomerate at the heart of Cuba’s transition talks. And, in Chile, Kast and Boric trade amnesties for Estallido Social-era inmates.

Ignacio Portes
Jorge C. Carrasco
Ignacio Portes, +1

LatAm Report

😯 A pair of judicial reveals

Mar 24, 2026

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12 min read

😯 A pair of judicial reveals

Petro’s New York drug cases and Uribe Turbay’s assassins shake up Colombia’s election. And Argentina remembers its most brutal military dictatorship on its 50th anniversary.

Ignacio Portes
Ignacio Portes

LatAm Report

💣 Did Ecuador bomb Colombia?

Mar 20, 2026

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11 min read

💣 Did Ecuador bomb Colombia?

Another border dispute between Gustavo Petro and Daniel Noboa. And the threats to Javier Milei’s disinflationary hopes in Argentina.

Ignacio Portes
Ignacio Portes

LatAm Report

⛏️ First the oil, then the minerals

Mar 17, 2026

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12 min read

⛏️ First the oil, then the minerals

The US wants to control Venezuela’s mineral resources. And Claudia Sheinbaum suffered an unexpected defeat in Mexico.

Ignacio Portes
Jorge C. Carrasco
Ignacio Portes, +1

LatAm Report

🚇 Elon’s tunnel, Cuba’s doctors

Mar 13, 2026

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10 min read

🚇 Elon’s tunnel, Cuba’s doctors

Honduras and Guatemala expel Cuba’s medical brigades. And Panama wants Elon Musk to build a tunnel below its world-famed canal.

Jorge C. Carrasco
Jorge C. Carrasco

LatAm Report

🗳️ Elections in Colombia and Haiti

Mar 10, 2026

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11 min read

🗳️ Elections in Colombia and Haiti

Paloma Valencia emerges as a new right-wing darling in Colombia’s presidential race. And why Haiti is still struggling to organize a vote.

Ignacio Portes
Jorge C. Carrasco
Ignacio Portes, +1

LatAm Report

🤖 Colombia votes ... for a robot?

Mar 6, 2026

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11 min read

🤖 Colombia votes ... for a robot?

Winners and losers from an oil price surge in Latin America. And an AI candidacy runs for Congress in Colombia.

Ignacio Portes
Jorge C. Carrasco
Ignacio Portes, +1

LatAm Report

🪖 After Khamenei and El Mencho

Mar 3, 2026

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12 min read

🪖 After Khamenei and El Mencho

The echoes of two military operations in less than a week, one in Mexico and one in Tehran, will reverberate across Latin America.

Ignacio Portes
Ignacio Portes

LatAm Report

😓 Boric’s last headache, Mercosur’s final steps

Feb 27, 2026

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11 min read

😓 Boric’s last headache, Mercosur’s final steps

Chinese undersea cable plans trigger US sanctions on Chile. And Mercosur countries are moving fast to ratify last month’s trade deal with the European Union.

Ignacio Portes
Jorge C. Carrasco
Ignacio Portes, +1

LatAm Report

⤵️ Drug and mining U-turns

Feb 24, 2026

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12 min read

⤵️ Drug and mining U-turns

El Mencho’s killing shows Mexico’s new approach towards cartels. And why Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa went from mining champion to halting production in Amazon provinces.

Ignacio Portes
Jorge C. Carrasco
Ignacio Portes, +1

LatAm Report

🪧 Milei’s labor reform, Peru’s new president

Feb 20, 2026

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11 min read

🪧 Milei’s labor reform, Peru’s new president

Argentina’s libertarian president passed his first major bill through Congress. And did Peru’s right secretly vote a left-winger into the presidency?

Ignacio Portes
Ignacio Portes

LatAm Report

🐇 Brazil and Bad Bunny

Feb 17, 2026

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6 min read

🐇 Brazil and Bad Bunny

While Latin Americans have gone crazy for the Puerto Rican trap and reggaeton star, Brazil has continued to dance to its own beat.

Ignacio Portes
Ignacio Portes

LatAm Report

🇨🇺 A Cuban Delcy Rodríguez?

Feb 13, 2026

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8 min read

🇨🇺 A Cuban Delcy Rodríguez?

Raúl Castro’s son Alejandro could be the US-approved regime insider to manage a Cuban transition, as talks in Mexico are already under way.

Jorge C. Carrasco
Jorge C. Carrasco

LatAm Report

🏃 Colombia’s frontrunners

Feb 10, 2026

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12 min read

🏃 Colombia’s frontrunners

A look at presidential favorites Iván Cepeda and Abelardo de la Espriella. And a border town in Peru’s Amazon threatens to become part of Brazil.

Ignacio Portes
Jorge C. Carrasco
Ignacio Portes, +1
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