ECONOMY
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Cuba Blackouts Reveal a Region Witnessing the Erosion of Power and Sovereignty
Cuba's recurring blackouts and escalating threats from the Trump administration have transcended a local issue. They now constitute a geopolitical…
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Ecuador Bets on Force to Break the Criminal Economy’s Grip
Ecuador is gearing up for a wider military campaign against criminal networks. This effort combines curfews, troop deployments, and support…
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Latin America’s Uber Boom Runs on Debt and Fragile Safety Nets
An Uber driver taps accept and sees earnings show up quickly, while expenses quietly wait. A new study by the…
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Oil Shock Ripples Through Latin America After U.S.-Israel Strikes Iran
The U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran jolted markets, and Latin America now faces aftershocks through oil, inflation, currencies, and diplomacy rather…
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Cubans Walk as Fuel Crisis Paralyzes Daily Life
As U.S. pressure cuts oil supplies to Cuba, buses become scarce, gas stations run dry, and many Cubans walk miles…
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Cuba’s Fuel Shortage Impacts Markets Where Tomatoes Influence Prices
In Havana, a forty-five-minute walk has replaced bus rides due to Cuba's fuel rationing. Farmers' markets remain open, but deliveries…
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Colombian Roses Power Valentine Exports and a Quiet Women’s Workforce
Before a Valentine bouquet lands in a vase abroad, it begins in cold, humid rows where Colombian women cut roses…
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Cuba’s Tourism Engine Sputters as Fuel Shortages Darken Daily Life
Cuba is absorbing harsher U.S. pressure as flights are canceled, blackouts hit records, fuel is rationed, and the peso sinks…
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Venezuela Rewrites Oil Rules as Washington Quietly Shifts Course
Venezuela's Parliament moved to redraw the rules of its oil industry in a single day, just as Washington loosened constraints…
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Cuba Offers Dialogue as U.S. Oil Pressure Pushes Relations to the Brink
In a room where every adjective can become a diplomatic incident, Cuba says it is open to 'meaningful' dialogue with…
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