SPORT & LEISURE

'Sport of the future'? Padel's Miami boom augurs US expansion

At Gerard Martínez, Guillermo Barros & Esteban Rojas, AFP

MALVINAS SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE

Argentina backs Bolivia, rebukes UK ambassador in La Paz in diplomatic clash

ANALYSIS

Vaca Muerta turns global oil shock into opportunity for Argentina

At Santiago del Carril

The Week in Review

Stories that caught our eye: March 27 to April 1

Currency & markets

Milei’s peso bucks EM losses on shale, agriculture boom

RACISM ALLEGATIONS

Brazil court allows Argentine lawyer accused of racism to return home

PRIVATISATION PUSH

Milei pushes ahead with Belgrano Cargas privatisation tender

At Joaquín Morosi, Noticias Argentinas

NEW ERA IN CHILE

Kast's Chile axes plans to give papers to almost 200,000 migrants

GLOBAL ENERGY MARKET

Oil surge elicits tough love from Trump’s Latin American allies

At Patricia Garip, Bloomberg

The Week in Review

Stories that caught our eye: March 21 to 27

VENEZUELAN LEADER IN COURT

Maduro appears in US court as legal team fights narco-terrorism case

FOREIGN POLICY & SECURITY

Argentina designates Mexico's CJNG cartel a ‘terrorist organisation’

MULTILATERALISM

Argentina votes against UN resolution on transatlantic slave trade

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Flavio Bolsonaro inches ahead of President Lula in Brazil election poll

At Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg

RACE FOR UN SECRETARY GENERAL

New Chile President Kast withdraws support for Bachelet's UN chief bid

HUMAN RIGHTS

Paris campus steps in after Argentine residence removes dictatorship plaque

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU-Mercosur trade deal to apply provisionally from May 1

ECONOMY / LATIN AMERICA

Paraguay, underdog Trump ally in Latin America, becomes an investor magnet

At Ignacio Olivera Doll & Ken Parks, Bloomberg

CRISIS IN CUBA

Trump vows to 'take' Cuba as island reels from oil embargo

VENEZUELAN ECONOMY

Venezuela’s 600% inflation undercuts Trump’s boasts of revival

At Andreina Itriago & Patricia Laya, Bloomberg

US IN LATIN AMERICA

Ecuador launches two weeks of US-backed anti-drug operations

RACE FOR UN SECRETARY GENERAL

Another Argentine diplomat, Virginia Gamba, enters race to be UN chief

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Insta-savvy churches are propelling Brazil’s Gen Z to the right

At Augusta Saraiva & Beatriz Reis, Bloomberg

FEATURE

Oil expats desperately needed in Venezuela don't want to go home

At Peter Millard, Fabiola Zerpa, Ella Feldman & Robert Tuttle, Bloomberg

NEW ERA IN CHILE

Chile’s new President Kast to signal swift alignment with Trump

At Patricia Garip & James Attwood, Bloomberg

NEW ERA IN CHILE

José Antonio Kast, Chile's most right-wing president since Pinochet, takes office

At Axl Hernández & Paulina Abramovich, AFP

ENERGY, FINANCE & GEOPOLITICS

Milei reactivates dams, consolidating strategic rapprochement with China

At Carlos Burgueño

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei reaffirms alliance with Trump at ‘Shield of Americas’ summit

SECURITY IN AMERICAS

Trump urges Latin America to use military against cartels

At Courtney Subramanian, Eric Martin & Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg

TRUMP & THE AMERICAS

Trump convenes Latin American leaders to curb crime, immigration

At Gerard Martínez, AFP

GEOPOLITICS

Trump’s Latin American allies face a dilemma over China, Iran war

At Patricia Garip & Matthew Malinowski, Bloomberg

GEOPOLITICS

Trump-LatAm conservative summit to discuss democracy

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: February 28 to March 6

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei departs for Trump-hosted security summit in Miami

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Brazil ratifies EU-Mercosur trade deal

FREED GENDARME

Freed Border Guard Nahuel Gallo alleges 'psychological torture' in Venezuelan prison

FREED GENDARME

Nahuel Gallo: ‘I’m trying to rejoin society’

BORDER GUARD FREED

Venezuela releases Argentine border guard Nahuel Gallo

MINING & GLACIERS

US$40-billion copper boom hinges on revamped glacier law

At Jonathan Gilbert & James Attwood, Bloomberg

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: February 20 to 27

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU advances with Mercosur trade deal in ‘provisional’ step

At Max Ramsay, Bloomberg

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU says it will provisionally apply contested Mercosur trade deal

POLITICS IN BRAZIL

Flavio Bolsonaro’s rapid rise in Brazil presidential polls surprises sceptics

At Daniel Carvalho, Martha Beck, Daniela Milanese & Andrew Rosati, Bloombergt

IDB: Uber drivers in Latin America are educated men earning US$7/hour

CRIME & INSECURITY

76 years in prison for alleged masterminds behind Marielle Franco’s murder

LITERATURE

Argentine and Brazilian writers among finalists for International Booker Prize

ANALYSIS

Trump takes anti-China crusade to Chile ahead of Latin America summit

At Patricia Garip & Antonia Mufarech, Bloomberg

HUMAN RIGHTS

More than 200 political prisoners in Venezuela launch hunger strike

At Rosali Hernández, AFP

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Hidrovía – time and tide

At Michael Soltys

EU-MERCOSUR AGREEMENT

EU-Mercosur deal: Europe puts brakes on, Argentina pushes pedal to the metal

At Eduardo Reina

INTERVIEW

Paraguay’s Peña backs Trump’s new Monroe Doctrine in Latin America

At Ken Parks & Ignacio Olivera Doll, Bloomberg

CUBA CRISIS

How Latin American countries are responding to Cuba's oil crisis

At Rigoberto Díaz, AFP

UNREST IN PERU

Peru set for eighth president in a decade after fresh impeachment

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Open skies policy lifts Argentina to top of regional air traffic rankings

PRESIDENT ON TOUR

Milei travels to US for Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ meeting

The Week in Review

Stories that caught our eye: February 6 to 13

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Peronism split as lower house backs EU-Mercosur deal

MEDIA IN LATIN AMERICA

Argentine media magnate enters Ecuador with 'El Universo' deal

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Trump to host Latin American leaders, including Milei, in Miami on March 7

SECURITY & IMMIGRATION

Milei government steps up rhetoric against illegal immigrants

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Scientists say climate change fuelled conditions for Chile, Argentina wildfires

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Latam-GPT: a Latin American AI to combat US-centric bias

POLITICS & IMMIGRATION

Argentina’s ICE? Milei government advances immigration agency plans

At Giselle Leclercq

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: January 31 to February 6

POLITICS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela amnesty bill excludes gross rights abuses under Chávez, Maduro

At Javier Tovar & Margioni Bermúdez, AFP

COURTS & HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentine court requests Maduro’s extradition from the United States

CRIME & SECURITY

Peru agrees to extradite main suspect in triple homicide case

GEOPOLITICS IN AMERICAS

China courts Uruguay as Argentina’s Milei embraces Trump

At Ken Parks, Bloomberg

REGIME CHANGE IN VENEZUELA

Venezuelan interim president announces mass amnesty push

At Patrick Fort & Daniel Stublen, AFP

Analysing Argentina

Between a Rocca and a hard place

At Marcelo J. García