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Articles by Rekha Patel
LatAm Business
One-third of the world's copper: the Andes own the energy transition
Chile and Peru together mine about a third of global copper, and record prices have returned the region to the center of commodity strategy. The projects, the constraints, the politics.
Rekha Patel
LatAm Business
Forty unicorns later: what Latin America's startup decade actually built
The region minted dozens of billion-dollar companies between 2019 and 2021, then endured a three-year funding winter. The survivors define what the ecosystem is now.
Rekha Patel
LatAm Business
Which Latin American countries have trade deals — and with whom?
Chile alone has agreements covering most of the world economy; Brazil barely participates. A working map of the region's free-trade architecture.
Rekha Patel