Latin America Daily Briefing

Brazil is emerging as an alternative to China’s for rare earths mining, particularly for the United States and Australia. But a rush of applications for mining, which in some cases could happen near reserves in the Amazon rainforest, also comes with major environmental risks. It also raises questions about relations between the U.S. and Brazil, long trading partners, and Braz...

Regional

Nayib Bukele’s combination of a dramatic crackdown on crime and a highly sophistic...

Regional Relations

News accounts that attacks on Ecuadorean fishing boats might be a U.S. c...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launched his campaign for a fourth term — casting the bid as a bulwark against the return of the far-right governance of his predecesor Jair Bolsonaro, whose son, Flávio, is running for president in October’s election. -

Venezuela’s ongoing negotiations between the acting chavista government and a faction of the political opposition reached an agreement to renew Venezuela’s highest court and carry out reform of the judicial system, report