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    Lucinda Elliott

    Former Southern Cone correspondent

    Lucinda Elliott wrote about Latin America for the FT from Argentina. She was previously a foreign correspondent based in Brazil and Venezuela writing for The Times of London. Early in her journalism career she reported from the London office for the FT Confidential Emerging Markets service.

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    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      OutlookUruguay
      Uruguay’s difficult history is still being largely ignored

      The country has yet to grapple fully with the dictatorship and state terrorism it experienced in the 1970s and 80s

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Argentina
      Argentina’s inflation rate tops 100% for the first time in three decades

      Measures by ruling coalition have failed to tame surging prices that have damaged the South American country’s economy

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Argentina
      Argentina to launch ‘Malbec dollar’ exchange rate to spur wine exports

      Measure follows ‘soy dollar’ policy as producers struggle and government seeks to boost foreign currency reserves

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Uruguay
      Indian tycoon wins right to press ahead with $4bn fight over Uruguay mine

      Ruling allows Pramod Agarwal to seek recovery of investment following 2016 collapse of iron ore project

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      ‘We are for peace’: Latin America rejects pleas to send weapons to Ukraine

      Tradition of non-interventionism prompts region’s leftwing leaders to snub pleas from US and Europe

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      News in-depthRussia
      In search of an Orthodox priest in southern Brazil

      Young Russian families are turning to Latin America as they seek opportunities for their children

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Latin America
      Uruguay tries to steal the show as a South American film hub

      Tax breaks are among the perks the country hopes will attract a growing number of shoots

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Americas economy
      Brazil and Argentina’s joint currency plan raises economic concerns

      Leftwing leaders Lula and Alberto Fernández push ahead despite questions over unequal benefits of proposal

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Argentina
      Gas and mining boom to transform Argentina’s economy, minister says

      Sergio Massa highlights Vaca Muerta shale development set to turn Buenos Aires into exporter

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      Americas economy
      Brazil and Argentina to start preparations for a common currency

      Other Latin American nations will be invited to join plan which could create world’s second-largest currency union

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Uruguay
      Uruguay’s passport scandal forces reckoning on corruption

      Latin American country’s reputation for solid governance at risk as its leaders grapple with multiple allegations

    • Monday, 26 December, 2022
      Uruguay
      Uruguay’s global ambitions shake up Latin America’s Mercosur trade bloc

      As political alliances in the region shift, Montevideo’s decision to ‘open up to the world’ exacerbates tensions

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      OutlookArgentina
      Messi and his squad’s victory cannot dispel Argentina’s travails

      World Cup euphoria will fade but the country’s economic problems and political divisions will remain

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      FIFA World Cup
      Messi mania diverts Argentina from its economic and political problems

      Team’s success offers ‘illusion of greatness’ to South American nation

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
      Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner convicted of corruption

      Powerful vice-president rails against verdict as she faces six-year sentence

    • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
      ObituaryHebe de Bonafini
      Hebe de Bonafini, activist, 1928-2022

      After two of her children were abducted, she defied Argentina’s military junta in her pursuit for justice

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Argentina
      Macri’s possible comeback threatens to divide Argentina opposition

      A split could open up an avenue for ruling Peronists to keep hold of power in next year’s election

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      News in-depthInter-American Development Bank
      Latin Americans fight it out to lead scandal-hit development bank

      Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Trinidad all nominate candidates to succeed fired Cuban-American

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      Chile
      Simmering indigenous conflict tests Chile’s government

      President Gabriel Boric struggles to find solutions for deep-seated problems in Mapuche region

    • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
      Argentina
      Argentines move abroad as economy deteriorates

      Some residents seek opportunities in Europe and elsewhere in Latin America

    • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
      Chile
      Chile’s leftist government surprises with spending squeeze

      Gabriel Boric’s administration keen to avoid spendthrift mistakes of region’s radical leaders

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
      Paraguay
      US move deepens worries over organised crime in Paraguay

      Sanctions on top politicians seen as message that Asunción must clean up public life

    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Chile
      Chile’s Boric seeks ‘new path forward’ after voters reject constitutional changes

      Markets buoyed by public’s dismissal of new charter as president attempts to salvage plans

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      Argentina
      Fears of further Argentina turmoil following Fernández de Kirchner assassination attempt

      Vice-president unharmed but police investigating whether gunman acted alone

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      News in-depthChile
      Push for new constitution exposes Chile’s divisions

      Hopes for unity dashed as polls suggest new social contract will be rejected in referendum

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