ECONOMY
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Brazil’s Sleeping Giant: Serra Pelada Stirs Again as Gold Fever Returns
Brazil’s most infamous open-pit gold mine, Serra Pelada, is stirring once more with dreams of fortune and warnings of ruin.…
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Colombia Reclaims the Sinú: How Montería Turned Its River Into Its Future
Montería once turned its back on the Sinú. Now, a river-first revival is rewriting the city's map, economy, and identity.…
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Ferries on Pause: How Trinidad–Venezuela Tensions Are Sinking Everyday Life
Ferry slips, once busy between Trinidad and Venezuela, have gone quiet as U.S. warships cruise the Caribbean and rhetoric hardens.…
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How Uruguay Chose Clean Power and Won the World’s Attention
Uruguay didn't stumble into clean power; it chose it, relentlessly. Under Ramón Méndez Galain, the country reengineered policy, markets, and…
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After the Migrant Boom, Colombians Struggle to Rebuild Their Caribbean Economies
The collapse of migrant crossings through the Darién has left Acandí and Necoclí reeling. Fishermen, porters, and shopkeepers who once…
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Costa Rica Permaculture Revolution Turns Waste into Water and Wealth
In Costa Rica's Monteverde hills, a 17-hectare reserve is turning sun, rain, wind, and soil into partners instead of obstacles.…
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Paraguay’s Investment Grade Boom Faces a Street-Level Reality Check
Paraguay is basking in a new skyline and the prestige of investment grade, but beneath the glass towers and cranes,…
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Bolivia’s Gold Forwards Buy Time but Bind the Next Government
Bolivia has turned bullion into breathing space, raising nearly a billion dollars through gold forwards and hedges to stave off…
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China’s Springboard in Latin America Forces Washington to Rethink Development Finance
Across the Andes and Pacific, China is laying ports, railways, and shipping routes that bind Latin America to its orbit.…
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Bolivia’s Lithium Gamble Tests Water, Trust, and the Future of Uyuni
Beneath the world’s largest salt flat lies enough lithium to power the energy transition. But as contracts race through Congress…
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