Latin America

Emerging Asia lures capital as geopolitics rattle risk appetite

The new Chinese-funded Chancay megaport in Peru exemplifies China's strategic infrastructure approach in Latin America.

US-China rivalry in Latin America: a race for influence

The military and intelligence side of Trump's Venezuela operation was masterful, but the legal and political sides seem frightful, and that bodes poorly for the country’s future.

What I learnt in Venezuela

Beyond domestic constitutional questions, the operation represents a flagrant violation of international law.

Trump’s Venezuela operation: a dangerous precedent

Areas under restoration and natural forest (above) alongside commercial tree farms across the BTG Pactual TIG reforestation strategy.

Temasek’s GenZero investment brings US timberland manager’s Latin American reforestation strategy to US$672 million

Xendit is betting that Latin America’s fragmented payments systems will mirror the early days of South-east Asia’s fintech boom, Raymundo Guerrero says.

Indonesia unicorn Xendit tests Asian success with Latin America push

Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan  says trade in goods between Singapore and Latin America grew by over 20% in the past year.

Latin America offers opportunities in manufacturing, innovation, green economy and agri-trade: Alvin Tan

An empty bar in Santiago, Chile. The Chilean economy, once the wonder of Latin America, has barely been growing in recent years, and the investment boom of the 1990s and 2000s is long past.
THE BROAD VIEW

Chile’s unhappy success

Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America, presents the biggest growth potential for startups.

Latin America a potential next market for startups in South-east Asia

Without naming any country, Xi Jinping says trade wars have no winners and that “bullying or hegemonism only leads to self-isolation”.

Xi courts Latin America as Trump’s tariffs pressure region