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López Obrador protégée Claudia Sheinbaum resolute despite setbacks including election losses and metro collapse
Peru’s president-elect wants locals to benefit from their natural resources
Plus, legacy producers and the energy transition, the Dallas Fed’s oil patch survey, and a heatwave coming to the US west
Ally of president Jair Bolsonaro under investigation over allegations of collusion with illegal loggers in the Amazon
From fancy cheese to Big Tech, plenty of topics with Ottawa require careful attention
Agreement with wealthy countries will buy time to bolster struggling economy
Forecasts look optimistic even as agricultural powerhouse benefits from commodities boom
The veteran traveller recalls a thrilling ride through Peru’s Pongo de Mainique, ‘one of the most beautiful canyons on earth’
Social unrest highlights need for more equal distribution of income, argues fund director
Mark Machin resigned from CPPIB after trip to Dubai for Covid-19 vaccine sparked backlash
Three-jab Soberana 2 has 62% efficacy after two doses, interim trial data show
Populism and the pandemic have interrupted the region’s commodity-linked prosperity
Water shortages and risk of power blackouts threaten country’s farming industry, which accounts for 30% of GDP
President’s reputation battered as hearings describe handling of pandemic as inept
Policymakers signal another rise likely with price pressures ‘greater than expected’
Inquiry into accident that killed 26 finds flaws in construction by Carlos Slim company
US stimulus and remittances spill across the border, but no one expects the good times to last
Pedro Castillo has rallied the poor and terrified the rich with his rhetoric of leftwing economic reform
President has remained popular throughout crisis while protests rock neighbouring countries
The country’s president can better the lot of most citizens with a return to pragmatism
Moves follow controversial decision to hold continental football tournament during pandemic
Veteran Latin American strongman has arrested opponents as he ensures a fourth presidential term
The artist first photographed the Amazon’s indigenous people and pledged to fight their cause in 1971. She is still fighting
The city of Sobral is seen by many as a model of getting the basics right
A magisterial history of the country’s drug trade shows the disastrous consequences of a century of prohibition
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