ECONOMY
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Bolivia’s Last-Ditch Currency Bet: When Spare Change Becomes Crypto Lifeline
On the streets of Cochabamba, people are dropping single-boliviano coins into Bitcoin kiosks—not as speculation, but as survival. As Bolivia’s…
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Chile’s Queen Bees Take Flight as Global Guardians of Pollination
Ringed by the Andes, walled by the Atacama, and washed by the Pacific, Chile has become an epidemiological island for…
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Brazil Oil Auction Sparks Fresh Climate Clash Near Amazon Mouth
Nine energy giants have just scooped up 34 offshore blocks in Brazil, reopening an old argument in a new decade:…
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Mexico and Central America Fear Crisis from U.S. Taxes on Remittances
A plan in Washington to skim 3.5 percent off every dollar migrants wire home has Mexico and its smaller Central-American…
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Colombian Fiscal Decree Sparks Backlash and Stirs Economic Anxiety
Colombia's Treasury has ordered companies and high-earning professionals to pre-pay next year’s income taxes—cash the government wants in its vaults…
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Cuba’s Covert Deals Safeguard Fuel Supplies Bypassing US Restrictions
Amid grinding blackouts and shrinking fuel reserves, Cuba's president has confessed to a clandestine oil pact with Venezuela. The covert…
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Mexico Fuel Theft Saga Costs Billions While Authorities Intensify Crackdown
A sprawling underground trade in stolen and mislabeled fuel drains Mexico’s treasury of billions of pesos yearly. Despite headline-grabbing raids…
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Crime and Ruin: The Hidden Costs of South American Gold
Gold demand drives an underground economy across South America. Criminal operations besiege communities from Peru's jungles with lost trees to…
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Battered Favela Fights “Environmental Racism” As Brazil Readies For COP30
In the shadow of a major UN climate summit in Belém, residents of a local favela decry "environmental racism" as…
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Ecuador’s Golden Rush Brings Profit, Danger, And Haunting Violent Ties
A tragic ambush in Ecuador's Amazon region has left eleven soldiers and one alleged insurgent dead, spotlighting the deadly nexus…
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