Rio Times · Latin America

Key Facts

Latin America — —Brazil A punishing institutional chill, as industrial confidence crashes to its lowest since the pandemic and a Supreme Court justice freezes visits to a former president.

—Mexico A bitter cocktail of corruption fatigue and infrastructure mockery, with a notary’s office validating a multibillion-peso Pemex lease and the Dos Bocas refinery sputtering at 42% capacity.

—Argentina A tactical exhale; Milei loosens the purse strings for provincial allies with a $400-billion-peso advance to Córdoba, buying legislative peace after a bruising midterm cycle.