The Latest Breaking News from Latin America

Join Reason on YouTube at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion about the rise of Argentina's Javier Milei with Latin American libertarian activist Gloria Álvarez and Argentine economist Eduardo Marty.

Dozens of cranes lift blocks weighing several tons and drop them to compact the soil of a roughly one-square-mile area on Peru’s Pacific coast, part of China’s most ambitious port project in Latin America designed to facilitate trade between the regions

After the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, former president Rafael Correa posted a message on his social media feed: “Ecuador has become a failed state.” It was a stark message as the country prepares to go to the polls on Sunday August 20.

An under-the-tongue treatment is popular in Europe, Canada, and Latin America. Why don’t U.S. allergists offer it?

Ecuador used to be one of Latin America's most peaceful nations

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has unveiled a plan to spend 1 trillion reais (nearly $200 billion) on infrastructure, energy and transportation over the next four years in a bid to boost economic growth and employment in Latin America’s largest nation

Zaheerabad and Seetharampur have been identified as EV and component manufacturing clusters, while Yenkathala has been designated as research and innovation cluster.

Aug. 4 – 10, 2023

As a show of growing Latin American support for Israel, Paraguay will relocate its embassy back to Jerusalem.