Central and South America
Analysis: How can Milei unlock Argentina’s copper riches? Fix the economy
Argentina copper production is under threat from high inflation and taxes, but President Javier Milei hopes a reform bill will unlock 'immense potential'.
Petrobras says antitrust watchdog agreed to free company from asset sales
Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras said on Wednesday the country's antitrust regulator Cade approved the new terms of an agreement that will free...
Microsoft backs tree-planting carbon removal scheme in Panama
Microsoft carbon offset project will see 10,000 hectares reforested in Central America in bid to remove 3.2m tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere.
Brazil’s government hikes 2024 GDP forecast, sees higher inflation
Brazil's Finance Ministry on Thursday hiked its projection for economic growth this year but also raised inflation estimates for 2024 and 2025, underlining...
Floods unite Brazilians in solidarity despite political rift
At a former railway station in Rio de Janeiro, a fast-growing mountain of food, bottled water and clothes donated to Brazil's thousands of...
Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration
Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents to consider uprooting their lives from inundated...
