IMF sees Latin America steady at 2.4 percent growth for 2026
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.
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Cross-border Latin America: unicorns, funding rounds, commodities and trade.
From fifteen billion to a fraction: Latin America's VC hangover
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.