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"The north produces, the center administers, and the south spends"
Mexico's own budget data says that's only half true.
ALT Infographic detailing Mexico's $566B federal budget for 2026, highlighting income sources and major spending categories.
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VENEZUELA | Nine months after Maduro's capture, the interim government secures $7B in Chevron investment but has no election calendar.
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BRAZIL | Petrobras expands exports to Japan, China, India, and South Korea, offering diversification to buyers due to geopolitical tensions.
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MEXICO | Mexico’s share of US toy imports hits a record 8.5% through July 2026, as China’s share falls to 53.7% from 80% in 2022-2024.
(El Economista)
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CHILE | CMPC sells its corrugated business to Smurfit Westrock for $420M to focus resources and help fund its $4.7B Brazil pulp project.
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VENEZUELA | Trump meets interim President Delcy Rodríguez in New York, the first US-Venezuela leadership encounter in over 11 years.
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BRAZIL | Ibovespa now has four state-controlled firms after Ecopetrol and Poste Italiane took control of Brava and TIM Brasil.
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🌎 🏦 Four of the six countries that lend the most pension money to governments are in Latin America ↓
Mexico’s factories are deeply connected to the US, but its financial sector has not kept pace.
🗞️ see what the story’s data reveals about pension money, government debt, and the capital available to local companies → latinometrics.com/articles/w…
ALT A chart shows pension fund asset allocation in 2024, comparing countries by lending versus owning. Latin America is highlighted prominently.
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ECUADOR | Ecuador and 50 US troops dismantled a local branch of the Mexican CJNG cartel, detaining 30 suspects.
(El Economista)
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URUGUAY | Praxis, a tech community linked to OpenAI's Sam Altman, plans a $1B investment to build its first physical headquarters in +Colonia.
(El País)
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🇧🇷 ☠️ Brazil’s homicide rate hit a record low... but the country’s prisons hit a record high ↓
Violence is voters’ top concern in Brazil, even as the homicide rate has dropped sharply from its 2017 peak. We unpack the crime trends, the role of criminal factions, and the security plans candidates are taking into the election.
🗞️ read the story → latinometrics.com/articles/i…
ALT Map of Brazil showing homicide rates in 2025, highlighting declines in 20 states and increases in notable areas, with varying percentages.
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BRAZIL | Brazil leads the world in crypto adoption, moving $252.5B in assets in the 12 months through June.
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ARGENTINA | Pampa Energía targets Brazil as the primary market for its new $2.7B urea plant, which will produce 2.1M tons annually.
(El Cronista)
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ARGENTINA | Central Dock Sud, a thermal generator, launches its first-ever dollar bond to raise $20M–$30M for investments.
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COSTA RICA | Constitutional Court clears reform to Article 36, limiting the right to silence for relatives in sexual abuse cases against minors.
(La Nación)
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CUBA | Up to 25% of the population has left the country since 2020, the largest exodus in the island's history.
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BRAZIL | Latin America’s first underwater tunnel, a $1.33B project connecting Santos and Guarujá, will cut travel time from 50 to 5 minutes.
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BRAZIL | World's largest coffee producer to harvest 67.6M sacks in 2026, a 19.6% jump YoY, driven by a positive biennial cycle.
(Infobae)
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BRAZIL | Amazon hits 100K marketplace sellers and 300 distribution centers in Brazil, following a $3.71B investment in 2025.
(Folha de S.Paulo)
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VENEZUELA | Trump and Rodríguez discussed restructuring Venezuela's sovereign debt, likely the world's largest at $150B–$200B.
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