BUSINESS AND FINANCE
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Jamaica Welcomes Tourists While Hurricane Melissa’s Survivors Still Wait to Go Home
A year after Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica, reopened hotels and international pledges coexist with families rebuilding homes and incomes. Its…
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After Brazil’s Ban, Latin America’s Betting Operators Face a Harder Kind of Competition
Twenty-one months after Latin America's largest regulated betting market opened, it closed. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Provisional…
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Streamlining Cross-Border Checkout Workflows Across LATAM
Selling across Latin America looks simple on a map. At checkout, it gets messy fast. Brazilians reach for Pix. In…
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Latin America Opens Soccer’s Doors to Investors, but Who Keeps the Keys?
Across Latin America, soccer clubs are trading ownership stakes, borrowing money, and rewriting their rules to compete. The stakes reach…
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In Brazil’s Northeast, Lula’s Rural Supporters Weigh Politics by Water and Survival
In Brazil’s semiarid northeast, Luiz Rodrigues measures government by the water in his cistern and the food his farm produces.…
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Cuba Gives Private Enterprise Homework as Public Schools Struggle With the Basics
Cuba’s education crisis is pulling private businesses into public classrooms, with donations, transport, and newly authorized tutoring helping sustain schooling…
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Colombian Pacific Asks Whale Watching Tourists to Give Its Biggest Visitors Some Space
In Buenaventura, Colombia, whale watching helps La Barra families earn a living. But boat traffic is testing a relationship older…
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Fishermen Battle Oil Spills As Venezuela Fights for Petroleum Revival
Venezuela’s oil revival promises prosperity, but Lake Maracaibo’s fishermen face ruined nets, longer trips, and unreliable refrigeration. Their struggle raises…
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Brazil Election Scandal Gives Banco Master Top Billing and Voters the Bill
Brazil’s presidential election has an uninvited headliner: Banco Master. As Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro trade accusations before the October 4…
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Brazil Bans Online Betting and Soccer, Confronting the Price of Its Sponsors
Brazil’s online betting ban has left soccer clubs confronting their dependence on gambling money. Behind warnings of financial collapse lie…
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