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How Illegal Mining Caused a Humanitarian Crisis in the AmazonThe onslaught of illegal miners into Indigenous territory in the Brazilian Amazon has destroyed forest, polluted rivers, and brought disease and malnutrition to the Yanomami people. Now, the new Brazilian government is confronting a health crisis and moving to evict the miners...
Billionaire Packer Eyes Argentina Energy, Mining InvestmentAustralian billionaire James Packer is considering an investment in Argentina’s energy or mining sectors, according to people familiar with the matter.
Packer explored investment options during a dinner late last year at a racetrack in Buenos Aires with...
Uruguay has the strongest democracy in the Americas, while the US lags far behindScandinavian countries scored the highest on the Democracy Index 2023
The most democratic country in the Americas is not Canada or the US, but Uruguay.
The small South American nation scored especially high on this year’s Democracy Index,the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual ran...
5 Latin American countries pledge to protect their fishing industryMarine resources in the eastern Pacific and southwest Atlantic, as well as the fishing industry in Latin American nations bordering either ocean, continue to be threatened by illegal and excessive fishing, which is primarily done by Chinese fleets. Year-round, Chinese fishing boats can be...
Growth Slowdown Eroding Latin America Living StandardsLiving standards for many Latin Americans will fall this year due to slowing growth, high inflation and global uncertainty, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns Wednesday.
“2023 is likely to be a challenging year for the region,” which will grow 1.8% (down from 1.7% forecast in...
South America mulling its own ‘euro’ Two of South America’s biggest economies, Argentina and Brazil, are in talks to launch common currency
Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández and Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recently announced the launch of a common currency to be circulated and...
The world needs lithium more than ever, and Latin America knows itLatin American countries rich in the mineral are not giving it up so easily
German chancellor Olaf Scholz flew to Latin America this week looking for one thing: lithium.
Meeting with the leaders of Argentina, Chile, and Brazil — home to the so-calledlithium triangle— the leader of E...
Argentina unveils new 2,000-peso banknote as inflation bitesA new 2,000-peso banknote will be issued in Argentina in response to soaring inflation, the country's central bank (BCRA) has confirmed.
The new note - which will be worth $11 (£9) officially - comes after consumer prices jumped by nearly 95% in the 12 months to the end of December.
It ...
Latin America Makes Little Progress Against CorruptionCountries in Latin America and the Caribbean are stagnating in their struggle with corruption, with most unable or unwilling to challenge robust criminal networks that profit from longstanding graft, a major new report has shown.
Transparency International'sCorruption Perceptions Index2022 (CPI)...
Brazil authorities probe Amazon ties to capital attacksSAO PAULO — On the edge of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the Rovaris family is a symbol of a pioneering success story.
The family arrived in the state of Mato Grosso in the 1970s as part of a wave of agricultural expansion promoted by the country’s then-military dictatorship. ...
