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Amazon Resilience
The Amazon Can Survive Global Warming if Deforestation Stops, New Evidence Shows
6 sources · 129d ago
Recap
Massive Swells and Major Upsets Mark Opening Weekend of 2026 Surf City El Salvador Pro
4 sources · 137d ago
Avocado Trade
US Halts Avocado Inspections in Michoacán: The Trade-Offs of Freezing a $3.6 Billion Supply Chain
4 sources · 73d ago
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ExplainerInfrastructure History
Why the Darién Gap Remains Without a Road Connecting North and South America
Bio-Security Regulators 45%Conservation and Indigenous Defenders 40%Hemispheric Integration Advocates 15%
ExplainerGrid Infrastructure
How Itaipu Dam Uses Direct Current to Bridge Paraguay and Brazil's Incompatible Power Grids
Grid Engineers 40%Paraguayan Policymakers 30%Brazilian Energy Planners 30%
ExplainerWater Infrastructure
Gravity-Fed Locks at 26 Meters: Why the Panama Canal Flushes 200 Million Liters of Freshwater per Transit
Maritime Logistics Operators 35%Public Health Officials 35%Ecological Researchers 30%
Poverty RateEconomic Indicator
Argentina's Poverty Rate Jumps to 32.3%, Marking First Increase Under Milei
Social Researchers & NGOs 40%Government & Fiscal Hawks 30%Domestic Critics & Labor 30%
ExplainerState Oil Companies
The 60% Tax and $100 Billion Debt: How PEMEX's Role as a State Revenue Source Undermines Its Financial Solvency
Fiscal Pragmatists 40%Energy Nationalists 35%Market Analysts 25%
Digital TradePolicy Explainer
Brazil Enacts Mercosur Electronic Commerce Agreement, Eliminating Digital Customs Duties Across Bloc
Digital Exporters and MSMEs 35%Data Privacy Advocates 35%Regional Trade Authorities 30%
ExplainerGrid Storage
How Molten Salt Thermal Storage Decouples Solar Power From Daylight
Grid Operators 35%Energy Economists 35%Environmental Advocates 30%
ExplainerFalklands Dispute
How International Law Weighs Argentina's Territorial Integrity Against Falkland Islanders' Right to Self-Determination
Argentine Sovereignty Advocates 40%Falkland Islanders and the UK 40%International Legal Scholars 20%
ExplainerRemittance Economics
The 20 Percent Threshold: How Remittances Structure the Economies of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala
Development Economists 40%Macroeconomic Risk Analysts 40%Regional Observers 20%
ExplainerLithium Triangle
How Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia Govern the Same Lithium Reserves Under Three Different Legal Models
Market & Investment Analysts 35%Geopolitical Observers 35%State Control Advocates 30%
ExplainerWater-Saving Basins
Panama Canal's 18 Lateral Basins Use Gravity to Recycle 60% of Lock Water
Canal Operations & Management 40%Maritime Logistics & Trade 35%Hydrological & Environmental Science 25%
ExplainerClimate Finance
Brazil's Amazon Fund Converts Verified Deforestation Cuts Into Climate Finance
Donor Nations 35%Brazilian Federal Government 35%Indigenous and Local Communities 29%
ExplainerForestry Policy
Costa Rica's 3.5 Percent Fossil Fuel Tax Doubled Forest Cover by Paying Landowners
Environmental Economists 40%Smallholder Farmers 30%International Climate Financiers 30%
ExplainerTrade Blocs
Mercosur: Unifying External Tariffs to Integrate South American Economies
South American Integrationists 40%Domestic Protectionists 30%Global Free Trade Advocates 30%
Magellan StraitDiplomatic Resolution
How a 143-Year-Old Treaty Defused the Latest Chile-Argentina Magellan Dispute
Chilean Government 40%Argentine Foreign Ministry 40%Argentine Military Leadership 20%
ExplainerFinancial Inclusion
How Brazil's Pix Payment System Brought 71 Million People Into the Formal Economy
Central Bank & Policymakers 40%Global Financial Analysts 30%Financial Inclusion Advocates 30%
Darién GapSecurity Explainer
Panama Launches 'Operation Steel Shield,' Deploying 700 Troops to Fortify the Darién Gap
Panamanian Security Apparatus 40%Environmental & Humanitarian Observers 35%Regional Defense Partners 25%
Cartel Policy
Treating Mexican Cartels as Terrorists Unlocks Sweeping Material Support Bans
U.S. Law Enforcement 40%Corporate Compliance Sector 35%Regional Security Analysts 25%
Disaster EconomicsTrade Policy
Colombia Requests U.S. Tariff Suspension to Aid $6.4 Billion Earthquake Reconstruction
Colombian Administration 44%U.S. Trade Policy Advocates 33%Market Analysts 22%
Political TransitionDiplomatic Breakthrough
Venezuela Frees 131 Political Prisoners and Agrees to Renew Supreme Court in Political Breakthrough Talks
Interim Government 35%Venezuelan Opposition 35%U.S. Mediators 30%
Nicaragua Politics
How Nicaragua's Ortega Regime Formally Dismantled the Electoral System
The Exiled Opposition 40%The International Community 40%The Nicaraguan Government 20%
Bolivian PoliticsCrisis Resolution
Bolivian President Paz Emerges Stronger After 50-Day Blockade Crisis Divides Opposition
The Paz Administration 40%Labor Unions (COB) 30%Morales-Aligned Factions 30%
Colombia SecurityPolicy Shift
Colombia's New President Vows to 'Crush' Narco-Terrorism in Unprecedented Cali Inauguration
Security Hardliners 45%Peace Advocates 35%Geopolitical Observers 20%
Grid Mechanics
How Cuba's Power Grid Collapsed Amid Fuel Shortages and Aging Infrastructure
Cuban Government 35%U.S. Administration 35%Energy Analysts 30%
Disaster Recovery
How the World Bank Assessed Venezuela's $19.6 Billion Earthquake Damage
International Aid Organizations 40%Economic Analysts 35%Local Civil Society 25%
ExplainerSovereign Debt
Why Venezuela's Earthquakes Stalled a $240 Billion Sovereign Debt Restructuring
Distressed Debt Investors 35%Macroeconomic Analysts 35%Humanitarian & State Actors 30%
Isaac AccordsDiplomatic Explainer
Latin American Legislators Back 'Isaac Accords' and Jerusalem Embassy Moves in Major Diplomatic Shift
Pro-Israel Latin American Leaders 35%Security & Economic Pragmatists 35%Faith-Based Diplomats 30%
ExplainerEnergy Transition
How Chile is turning its extreme deserts and winds into a global green hydrogen empire
State Planners & Multilaterals 38%Industrial & Mining Sectors 38%Ecological Conservationists 25%
ExplainerEnergy Transition
How Chile is Engineering a 100% Renewable Energy Grid in the Atacama Desert
Energy Transition Optimists 33%Grid Infrastructure Pragmatists 33%Industrial Consumers 33%
ExplainerPublic Health
How a Massive Mosquito Factory in Brazil is Defeating Dengue in Latin America
Public Health Agencies 40%Scientific Community 35%Global Health Analysts 25%
Conservation Tech
How AI and Satellite Tech Are Predicting—and Preventing—Amazon Deforestation
Conservation Technologists 38%Enforcement Agencies 38%Indigenous Forest Guardians 25%
ExplainerUrban Mobility
How Santiago Built the World’s Largest Electric Bus Fleet Outside China
Urban Planners & Policymakers 40%Environmental & Health Advocates 35%Transport Operators 25%
ExplainerGreen Grid
How Latin America Became the World's Renewable Energy Powerhouse
Green Industrialists 40%Regional Grid Operators 35%Climate Adaptation Planners 25%
Research BriefAmazon Resilience
The Amazon's Tipping Point: New Evidence Reveals Hidden Resilience if Deforestation Halts
Earth System Modelers 35%Field Ecologists 35%Conservation Policymakers 30%
ExplainerEcosystem Restoration
How the Atlantic Forest Is Engineering the World's Most Ambitious Ecological Comeback
Conservation Scientists 35%Smallholder Farmers 35%Policy Monitors 30%
ExplainerConservation Policy
How Costa Rica Doubled Its Forest Cover in a Single Generation
Market-Based Conservationists 40%State Intervention Advocates 35%Rural Development Proponents 25%
Amazon ConservationPolicy Explainer
Amazon Deforestation Plummets to Historic Lows in Brazil, Sparking Trade Pushback
Brazilian Administration 40%Environmental Watchdogs 30%International Trade Observers 30%
ExplainerMarine Conservation
How a Remote Chilean Island Pushed the Country to Protect 50% of Its Ocean
Artisanal Fishers & Conservationists 45%The Kast Administration 35%Marine Policy Experts 20%
Lithium Extraction
How Direct Extraction is Rewriting the Rules of South America's Lithium Boom
Technology Optimists 44%Environmental Skeptics 39%Indigenous Communities 17%
Green Hydrogen
Chile Recalibrates Its Green Hydrogen Strategy for a Pragmatic Energy Transition
Government & Policymakers 40%Industry Skeptics & Analysts 35%International Observers 25%