Published on 08/05/2026 at 18:30 Government benefits reached 22.7% of households in 2025, according to IBGE, after two consecutive years of decline, but still appear in the income of 18 million Brazilian... Read more »
ADORNI SCANDAL OVERFLOW The scandal over Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni’s extravagant departures from his message of austerity took a new twist last Monday when contractor Matías Tabar confirmed in court that... Read more »
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Chinese firm BYD reshapes Brazil’s auto industry, Argentine health officials race to find the origins of the hantavirus outbreak on... Read more »
AFOSR Space Biosciences Program Prepares to Launch Extremophiles to the ISS for POLARIS Mission – U.S. Embassy in Chile
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The national government will send experts to Ushuaia, the Patagonian city from which the cruise ship carrying a hantavirus outbreak set sail, to examine rodents for the “possible presence of the virus,” says... Read more »
US pressure on Cuba is rising. A country that has already been under US-led and enforced embargos for almost 70 years, Cuba is now in the crosshairs of the Trump administration, with... Read more »
President Javier Milei’s economic team is seeking to consolidate the narrative of “the worst is now behind us” with March the month enthusing government offices with data showing economic activity moving up. ... Read more »
Lula and Trump declare bilateral relationship reset after three-hour meeting at the White House Friday, May 8th 2026 – 05:08 UTC
We discussed many subjects, including trade, specifically tariffs, Trump... Read more »
Around here we never (OK, sometimes) get tired of pointing out that Argentine football is an organism in constant flux. Even when it looks entirely the same, a closer look will reveal... Read more »
Colombia’s pension industry association Asofondos warned this week that Decree 415 of 2026 will force private pension funds (AFP) to transfer COP$5 trillion (US$1.3 billion) to state-run Colpensiones by May 14, creating... Read more »