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Chocolate ingredient hits record levels on lower African yields and soaring demand
President Daniel Noboa strengthens hand to tackle crime wave but voters fail to back economic proposals
Dysfunction and corruption are disrupting efforts to stem the flow of people towards America
Claudia Sheinbaum strikes a contrast to mentor López Obrador at bankers’ conference
Gregory Makoff’s book is a fair and comprehensive look at what became the trial of the century for sovereign debt
Pemex CEO says rating agencies and investors calling the Mexican state group a ‘bottomless barrel’ or ‘bankrupt’ are ignorant
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
Registering name of dead Colombian drug kingpin would flout ‘fundamental values and moral standards’
Also in today’s newsletter, a new attack on ESG from Texas
Leftist administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wants greater flexibility on budget surplus goals
The country’s presidential candidates have laid out contrasting visions for energy ahead of June elections
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
This series examines the unprecedented scale of migration, which is stoking political and economic crises on both sides of the Atlantic
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
The city’s thriving and genre-blending Latin music scene is celebrated in this month’s La Linea festival
The Darién Gap has become a key migration route for people heading towards the US
President Daniel Noboa gambles that a brazen attack will pay off domestically
Strategy is at risk as President Gabriel Boric’s government works to take back control of resources
CEOs of Trafigura, Vitol and Gunvor say they have learned lessons from the 2010s scandals
A draft bill before Congress offers a constructive alternative to finger-wagging and lecturing
UK-based lender to sell business to Grupo Financiero Galicia for $550mn as it exits market racked with hyperinflation
Daniel Noboa, the crime-ridden nation’s youthful leader, gambles that brazen attack will pay off domestically
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