BUSINESS AND FINANCE
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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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Chile Took Sweden’s Toxic Waste, and Arica Is Still Paying Compound Interest
In northern Chile, a chemist who grew up beside Swedish mining waste is testing what decades of cleanup actually accomplished.…
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Honduras Farm Planted Sunflowers for Cows and Harvested 70,000 Annual Visitors Instead
At Copán Ruinas, a family’s drought response became a sunflower attraction drawing mostly Honduran visitors. Behind the photographs lie dairy…
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Chile Hunts Crypto Fortunes as Organized Crime Tests State Power
Chile is learning that organized crime no longer hides only behind guns, ports, and cash. As police trace digital fortunes…
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Rio de Janeiro Helicopter Crashes Expose Tourism’s Dangerous Blind Spot
Rio’s helicopter tours sell unforgettable views, but three crashes, thirteen deaths and suspected flight-log manipulation reveal a system where spectacle…
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What’s Driving the Surge in Online Identities for Latin American Startups?
Latin American startups are deliberate online. A social media startup may need a digital brand as it grows. Before approaching,…
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Mexico Guards Avocado Gold as Cartels Tax the Harvest Again
Mexico has ringed Michoacán’s avocado belt with troops, intelligence posts, and guarded inspection routes after a U.S. security alert briefly…
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Latin American Football Faces a Billion-Dollar FIFA Future with Strings
FIFA’s proposed commercial overhaul could deliver up to $40 million to federations before 2030, a windfall capable of transforming Latin…
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Mexico-U.S. Sanctions Pull Back the Curtain on CJNG’s Business Empire
U.S. sanctions against 55 Mexico-linked people and companies expose how the CJNG cartel converts fentanyl profits into vehicles, jewelry, property,…
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