Guyana’s Kurupung Uranium Plan Runs Into Indigenous Opposition
A Canadian firm's Kurupung uranium project in Guyana's Region Seven faces Indigenous opposition over consultation as drilling nears. What is...
August 11, 2026Section
In-Depth – Brazil
Brazil’s Voting Machines Keep No Paper Trail – Can Voters Still Trust Them in 2026?
Brazil is the largest democracy voting with no voter-verified paper trail. A 2025 poll finds 43% distrust the machines as...
July 17, 2026
How Brazil’s Pix Payment System Became a Target of US Financial Power
Brazil's Pix payment system is named in a US trade case as a market barrier, with a July 15 deadline...
July 13, 2026
Distressed Farms Flood Brazil’s Auctions as the Debt Crisis Deepens
Lenders are seizing and auctioning record numbers of Brazilian farms as rural debt quadruples, turning a credit crisis into a...
June 18, 2026
A $9.6bn Private Bid to Reroute South America’s Grain to Asia
A private consortium has pitched a $9.6bn rail corridor and Andes tunnel to send South American grain to Asia, undercutting...
June 16, 2026
How Internal Displacement Is Redrawing Latin America From Within
Internal displacement in Latin America hit 1.6 million new cases in 2025, as criminal violence uproots families and quietly redraws...
June 8, 2026
The Man Who Tried to Sell Brazil: Inside the Salim Mattar Story
Localiza (B3 ticker RENT3) is Latin America's largest car-rental operator, valued at tens of billions of reais. Founded 1973 in...
May 18, 2026
Venezuela After Maduro: A China-Style Reform Without Politics
Four months after US forces captured Nicolás Maduro in Caracas on January 3, 2026, interim president Delcy Rodríguez
May 14, 2026
Up to 8,000 Latin Americans Fighting in Russian Army Against Ukraine
A Kyiv report estimates 1,000–8,000 Latin Americans serve in Russia's army, part of 27,000+ foreigners recruited from 130+ countries. See...
May 14, 2026