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

⛏️ First the oil, then the minerals
LatAm Report

⛏️ 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
Mar 17, 2026
🚇 Elon’s tunnel, Cuba’s doctors
LatAm Report

🚇 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
Mar 13, 2026
🗳️ Elections in Colombia and Haiti
LatAm Report

🗳️ 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
Mar 10, 2026
🤖 Colombia votes ... for a robot?
LatAm Report

🤖 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
Mar 6, 2026
🪖 After Khamenei and El Mencho
LatAm Report

🪖 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
Mar 3, 2026
😓 Boric’s last headache, Mercosur’s final steps
LatAm Report

😓 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
Feb 27, 2026
⤵️ Drug and mining U-turns
LatAm Report

⤵️ 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
Feb 24, 2026
🪧 Milei’s labor reform, Peru’s new president
LatAm Report

🪧 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
Feb 20, 2026
🐇 Brazil and Bad Bunny
LatAm Report

🐇 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
Feb 17, 2026
🇨🇺 A Cuban Delcy Rodríguez?
LatAm Report

🇨🇺 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
Feb 13, 2026
🏃 Colombia’s frontrunners
LatAm Report

🏃 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
Feb 10, 2026
🖐️ Our turn at the UN
LatAm Report

🖐️ Our turn at the UN

Three Latin Americans are favored to be the next UN secretary-general. And the re-capture of Nicolás Maduro’s frontman Alex Saab in Caracas.

Ignacio Portes
Ignacio Portes
Feb 6, 2026
🇨🇷 A new Chavista president
LatAm Report

🇨🇷 A new Chavista president

Costa Rica’s president-elect says she will refound the republic. And a deadly centuries-long dispute between two small towns in Guatemala.

Lucas Berti
Ignacio Portes
Lucas Berti, +1
Feb 3, 2026
😰 DC and Delcy
LatAm Report

😰 DC and Delcy

How the US plans to control Venezuela’s purse strings. Meanwhile, a new poll shows catholicism is down in Latin America.

Jorge C. Carrasco
Jorge C. Carrasco
Jan 30, 2026
🇨🇱🧩 Kast’s casting
LatAm Report

🇨🇱🧩 Kast’s casting

Chile’s president-elect revealed his cabinet picks. Guatemala is facing major public security issues.

Jorge C. Carrasco
Jorge C. Carrasco
Jan 27, 2026
🐈 Tariff copycats and reform packages
LatAm Report

🐈 Tariff copycats and reform packages

Ecuador tries Donald Trump’s tariff recipe on Colombia. And subsidy cuts have been a struggle for Bolivia’s Rodrigo Paz.

Ignacio Portes
Ignacio Portes
Jan 23, 2026
🇨🇳🇺🇸 Pacific play
LatAm Report

🇨🇳🇺🇸 Pacific play

Will Peru’s Chancay port be followed by a bi-oceanic railway? And an in-depth look at former president Juan Orlando Hernández’s drug case.

Ignacio Portes
Jorge C. Carrasco
Ignacio Portes, +1
Jan 20, 2026
🔪 Another presidential assassination attempt?
LatAm Report

🔪 Another presidential assassination attempt?

Two weeks before its election, Costa Rica said an activist hired a hitman to kill Rodrigo Chaves. And Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates a big drop in homicides in Mexico.

Ignacio Portes
Ignacio Portes
Jan 16, 2026
♟️ Is Cuba next?
LatAm Report

♟️ Is Cuba next?

The capture of Nicolás Maduro has set alarm bells ringing in Havana. And a look at Diosdado Cabello, the enforcer at odds with new Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez.

Ignacio Portes
Jorge C. Carrasco
Ignacio Portes, +1
Jan 13, 2026
🛢️ Petro-wars and Petro’s peace
LatAm Report

🛢️ Petro-wars and Petro’s peace

US oil plans in Venezuela face a conflictive history and huge investment needs. And Trump signals a détente with Colombia’s Gustavo Petro.

Ignacio Portes
Jorge C. Carrasco
Ignacio Portes, +1
Jan 9, 2026
🪖 Maduro’s ousting is not like Noriega’s
LatAm Report

🪖 Maduro’s ousting is not like Noriega’s

Why has Trump replaced one hardline Chavista for another? And concern about US interventionism spreads regionally after the attack on Venezuela.

Ignacio Portes
Ignacio Portes
Jan 6, 2026
🚨 Breaking: US captures Nicolás Maduro
LatAm Report

🚨 Breaking: US captures Nicolás Maduro

The announcement, which followed months of pressure by Washington, sent shockwaves across Latin America

The Brazilian Report
The Brazilian Report
Jan 3, 2026
🇨🇺 The Cuban Revolution, explained
LatAm Report

🇨🇺 The Cuban Revolution, explained

66 years after Fidel Castro’s armed rebels forced dictator Fulgencio Batista into exile, we look at the history and legacy of a movement that transformed Latin America.

Lucas Berti
Lucas Berti
Jan 2, 2026
📚 The genius writer of few books
LatAm Report

📚 The genius writer of few books

Before Gabriel García Márquez hit fame, Mexico’s Juan Rulfo was there to inspire him. As the 40th anniversary of his death nears, we look at the life of Pedro Páramo’s author.

Lucas Berti
Lucas Berti
Dec 30, 2025
📜 US-LatAm treaties that shaped history
LatAm Report

📜 US-LatAm treaties that shaped history

From the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to NAFTA, five agreements that marked the history of US relations with Latin America.

Ignacio Portes
Lucas Berti
Ignacio Portes, +1
Dec 26, 2025
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