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Articles by Rekha Patel
LatAm Business
What the 2023 drought taught the world about the Panama Canal
When Gatún Lake fell, the canal cut transits from 36 to as low as 22 a day and auction premiums hit millions of dollars. The waterway has recovered — and started building for the next drought.
Rekha Patel
LatAm Business
The Andes to the Atlantic: Latin America's green hydrogen bet
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.
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
The US declines to extend the USMCA — and a new era of annual reviews begins
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.
Rekha Patel
LatAm Business
Six groups, one region: how Latin American airlines consolidated
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.
Rekha Patel