February
How a $6.3b meme coin could bring down Argentina’s president
The opposition has called for firebrand Javier Milei’s impeachment after he promoted a cryptocurrency that soared but then went on to plunge in value.
January
Why this country thinks it will have to bring back daylight saving
Authorities in Brazil nearly brought back daylight saving late last year to conserve energy amid a historic drought that had threatened hydroelectric power generation.
Venezuela’s Maduro sworn in amid protests and international rebuke
Nicolás Maduro said his enemies’ failure to block his inauguration to a third six-year term was “a great victory” for the nation.
December 2024
Brazil president rushed to hospital for brain surgery
Doctors said 79-year-old president Luiz Ignacio Lula de Silva was in the ICU after an emergency operation related to a fall in October.
November 2024
China’s $2b Peru port faces obstacles from the Andes to the Amazon
While Chancay may rekindle an old dream of integrating South America’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts, there is no effective way to make it happen.
October 2024
One Direction singer Liam Payne dead after falling from hotel balcony
Harry Styles’ former bandmate died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, according to Argentine media.
September 2024
Peru’s Fujimori, divisive head of a political dynasty, dies age 86
During his decade in power, he revived the economy and crushed two leftist insurgencies. But he was forced out in a corruption scandal and later imprisoned.
Venezuela opposition candidate flees to Spain
Edmundo Gonzalez, 75, who ran against President Nicolás Maduro in July, left after seeking refuge in the Spanish embassy in Caracas several days ago.
August 2024
Brazilian airliner crashes, killing all 62 on board
Video shared on social media showed what appeared to be an ATR-made plane spinning out of control as it plunged to the ground.
July 2024
Protests erupt in Venezuela as nations denounce election result
The US and countries around the world denounced the official results of Sunday’s vote, which did not appear to match statistical estimates based on partial counts.
Maduro declared winner in Venezuela’s disputed presidential election
Nicolás Maduro will face the challenge of legitimising the vote to his people and the rest of the world, given his government’s history of repression and fraudulent elections.
June 2024
Argentine Senate passes Milei reform bill as protests rage outside
The bill is key to overhauling an embattled economy, and includes plans for privatising public firms, granting special powers to the president and spurring investment.
Mexico’s first woman president inherits debt and violence
Claudia Sheinbaum capitalised on outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s popularity while also inheriting rampant criminal violence and a large fiscal deficit.
May 2024
Argentina launches 10,000-peso notes, worth $17, as inflation bites
The new note, worth five times more than the previous largest note, was introduced as Argentina’s annual inflation rate reached 287 per cent in March.
April 2024
Javier Milei fuels wild rally that makes peso No. 1 in world
The currency has, in fact, not only stopped plunging day after day but in one key foreign exchange market, it’s actually rallying sharply.
Governments rally around Mexico after embassy raid in Ecuador
The late-night seizure of Jorge Glas, Ecuador’s former vice president who was detained on graft charges, triggered a suspension of relations with Quito by Mexico City.
February 2024
Chile’s fires sweep into urban areas killing scores
Firefighters are struggling to contain forest fires in the centre and south of the country caused by El Niño weather patterns.
January 2024
‘Taxing parasites’: Is this the fieriest speech ever given at Davos?
Argentina’s Javier Milei set Davos alight, warning Western politicians that by trying to correct illusory market failures, they were sliding towards socialism.
Ecuador ‘at war’ with drug gangs, says president
Daniel Noboa said the country would begin deporting foreign prisoners this week to reduce prison populations and spending.
Armed men storm Ecuador TV studio amid escalating violence
The South American country has been rocked by attacks, including the abductions of police officers, following a powerful gang leader’s apparent escape from prison.
December 2023
Chileans reject constitution overhaul for second time
The latest vote highlighted the deep division in the South American country and the inability of political sectors to address people’s demands for change.
Why investors are cheering Argentina’s ‘shock therapy’
Analysts believe the radical measures announced this week by new President Javier Milei offer a realistic opportunity to rescue the South American economy.
Argentina’s left vows resistance as Milei slashes budget
Union leaders called meetings after shock measures announced by the new president, while the left-leaning governor of Buenos Aires vowed to fight.
‘Shock therapy’: Argentines 54pc poorer as president devalues peso
Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, is taking the first steps in a shock-therapy program to try and pull the country from an inherited economic crisis.
Venezuelans vote to claim sovereignty over oil-rich chunk of Guyana
It remains unclear how President Nicolas Maduro will enforce the results. But Guyana considers the referendum a step towards annexation.