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After forced closure of copper mine, next president will inherit country’s biggest economic challenge in decades
Biden administration says Maduro has ‘fallen short’ on pledge of free and fair presidential race
Nine-member body will take over from acting PM in effort to end power vacuum that has allowed gangs to thrive
Leftist administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wants greater flexibility on budget surplus goals
Tesla boss shows Argentine president Texas factory where they talked about lithium, Brazil and a disdain for bureaucracy
Latin American countries in diplomatic stand-off after former Ecuadorean vice-president seized in Quito
Ex-oil minister Tareck El Aissami among those accused of engaging in ‘economic conspiracy’
Vicious spats and name-calling are paralysing co-operation across the region
A draft bill before Congress offers a constructive alternative to finger-wagging and lecturing
Daniel Noboa, the crime-ridden nation’s youthful leader, gambles that brazen attack will pay off domestically
Claudia Sheinbaum ahead in polls despite Xóchitl Gálvez claiming she ‘does not have the charisma’ of current leftist president
X owner calls for impeachment of Supreme Court judge over order banning certain profiles on platform
Noboa government’s detention of a former vice-president being sheltered in diplomatic mission arouses global ire
Power outages in São Paulo reflect chronic underinvestment in country’s infrastructure
Daniel Noboa orders police to seize a former vice-president who was sheltering in the mission
Mexican president’s ‘hugs, not bullets’ pledge has increased tensions with US drug enforcement agency
Corruption has discredited an entire political class
The leader has come under fierce criticism for his failure to commemorate the dark period
Gang attacks on civilians have paralysed the port city of Rosario
Lima reverses course on right to operate controversial Chancay project
Socialist president clears the way for re-election in July vote
Government involvement in Petrobras and Vale alarms investors as president calls market ‘voracious dinosaur’
Libertarian leader slashes costs amid resistance to privatisations in Congress
Former leader faces first potential indictment on claims of false vaccination certificates and ‘criminal association’
President Díaz-Canel blames unrest on ‘mediocre politicians’ in South Florida
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