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  • Sunday, 7 March, 2021
    Ecuador
    Ecuador’s Yaku Pérez: ‘A triumph even if we don’t get to the second round’

    Indigenous candidate’s party will wield influence in congress despite likely disappointment in presidential run-off

  • Sunday, 7 March, 2021
    The Big Read
    Militias, corruption and Covid: Rio de Janeiro’s deepening crisis

    In a country that has barely grown for a decade, Brazil’s most famous city is mired in heavy debt and violent crime

  • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
    News in-depthBrazilian economy
    Petrobras row highlights Brazil’s dependence on truckers

    Bolsonaro ousted head of state-controlled oil major after he refused to cap price of fuel

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    El Salvador
    Election consolidates power of El Salvador’s authoritarian president

    Allies of rightwing populist Nayib Bukele win landslide victory and take control of parliament

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    Brazil
    Petrobras row heaps pressure on Brazil’s free-market finance chief

    Bolsonaro’s move to replace head of state-run oil company viewed as snub to Paulo Guedes

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Andrés Manuel López Obrador
    Mexico’s comptroller backtracks on audit of scrapped airport project

    Unusual U-turn on finding came after criticism from president López Obrador

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Gideon Long
    Ecuador inches closer to an indigenous president

    Yaku Pérez may have narrowly missed his chance this election, but gains by his party are a game-changer

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Michael Stott
    Bolsonaro’s ousting of Petrobras chief unnerves Brazil

    Investors worry that the president is abandoning his commitment to free-market reforms

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Petrobras
    Brazilian markets rattled by Bolsonaro’s removal of Petrobras chief

    Oil producer’s shares fall and currency slides over fears of more state intervention

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  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Global InsightMichael Stott
    Alberto Fernández, Latin America’s unlikely leader

    Undeterred by dire economy, Argentina’s president seeks bigger regional role

  • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
    Petrobras
    Brazil’s Bolsonaro intervenes to oust Petrobras chief

    Rightwing populist president intends to replace head of oil producer with army general

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Colombia’s brave gesture of solidarity

    Offer of legal status to Venezuelan refugees is an example to other nations

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Tensions rise in Ecuador as election results roll in

    Indigenous candidate Yaku Pérez cries fraud as rightwing Guillermo Lasso claims he has edged into second round

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    FT Magazine
    Brazil’s new frontier is transforming its fortunes — but at what cost?

    The western state of Mato Grosso is riding an agricultural boom, driven by China, faith and Bolsonaro

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Brazilian economy
    Brazil passes law giving autonomy to central bank

    Head of institution will be protected from political interference over monetary policy

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    FT Alphaville
    Ecuador’s presidential front-runner is a CBDC advocate

    If Andrés Arauz takes control of the South American oil exporting country in April there is likely to be much structural monetary experimentation.

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    Cuba
    Cuba lifts ban on most private business

    Reform comes as communist-ruled island grapples with deepest economic crisis in decades

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Mexico’s dangerous addiction to fossil fuels

    López Obrador has an outdated, state-led vision for the energy market

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Brazilian politics
    Bolsonaro faces backlash after Brazil corruption probe is scrapped

    ‘Lava Jato’ investigation spread across Latin America but came under growing political pressure

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Global InsightMichael Stott
    Investor-friendly economics on trial in Andean elections

    Angry voters turn to populists as pandemic exposes failings of market-friendly model

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    InterviewEcuador
    Wealthy ex-banker campaigns as Ecuador’s ‘change candidate’

    Guillermo Lasso favoured by investors but may struggle to win over voters amid crisis

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Brazilian politics
    Bolsonaro-backed candidates claim top posts in Brazil’s Congress

    Wins will boost president’s economic reform plans ahead of re-election

  • Sunday, 31 January, 2021
    InterviewBrazilian politics
    Brazil frontrunner for Speaker vows to pursue Bolsonaro’s economic agenda

    Arthur Lira says the country must ‘move forward with structural reforms’

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    News in-depthBrazilian economy
    Brazil’s economic dilemma: public debt restraint or sluggish recovery

    Initial stimulus to combat pandemic leaves Bolsonaro little room to spend this year

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    News in-depthBrazil
    Brazil’s vaccination hindered by bottlenecks and a sceptical leader

    Country of 211m awaits inputs from overseas, while president ‘erodes confidence’ in Chinese jab

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