
Why Latin America cut rates before the Fed — and why Brazil wouldn't
Chile, Peru and Mexico eased into 2024-2026 while the Fed waited; Brazil re-tightened to 15 percent instead. One region, two monetary doctrines.
Cross-border Latin America: unicorns, funding rounds, commodities and trade.

Chile, Peru and Mexico eased into 2024-2026 while the Fed waited; Brazil re-tightened to 15 percent instead. One region, two monetary doctrines.

July 1's joint review ended without the 16-year renewal. The agreement stays in force, but North American trade enters a standing negotiation. What happened, and what it means.

The Fund's July 2026 WEO Update, published July 8, holds the region's growth forecast flat with 'heterogeneous' performance — and the real story is in the composition.

Chile promised the world's cheapest clean hydrogen from Patagonian wind; Brazil counters with ports and scale. Half a decade in, the map has pilots, hubs — and a waiting problem.

The region's venture funding peaked in the mid-teens of billions in 2021 and fell by three-quarters within two years. Where the money went, who stayed, and what the reset built.

LATAM, Avianca-GOL under Abra, Azul, Copa, Volaris and JetSMART now carry most of the region's traffic. The deals, the bankruptcies and the profitable exception.