Latin America correspondent @TheEconomist, previously Africa corro
Joined December 2015
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If the world’s most important experiment in economic liberalism is to succeed, Javier Milei needs to find a balance between pulverising inflation and boosting growth. Discover how here economist.com/leaders/2026/0…
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“There’s so much more spending to cut and so many more taxes to lower,” Argentina’s president emphasises in an interview. But with his personal net approval rating deeply negative, Javier Milei’s free-market experiment hangs in the balance economist.com/the-americas/2…
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Most of Javier Milei’s economic policies are the right ones. But today Argentines worry more about jobs than inflation. It is time for their president to build on the foundations he has laid economist.com/leaders/2026/0…
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BREAKING NEWS POLÍTICA
Macario González, integrante de la delegación de la Asamblea Nacional de 2015 en la mesa auspiciada por Estados Unidos, confirmó que la segunda ronda de negociaciones con el gobierno comenzará a partir del 15 de septiembre.
González señaló que la nueva ronda abordará la revisión de leyes restrictivas —incluidas la llamada Ley contra el Odio, la normativa sobre ONG y disposiciones antiterroristas— y afirmó que la delegación aspira a que para diciembre puedan anunciarse un nuevo poder judicial y un nuevo poder electoral.
Esperamos que así sea.
"Balance, between pulverising inflation and boosting growth, and between empathy and aggression, is harder than the bombast which won Mr Milei election. But the fate of his project...may depend on finding it." Our editorial in @TheEconomist economist.com/leaders/2026/0…
Check out our interview with Javier Milei - free to listen!
“Milei is still the favourite—but as long as the economy is stuttering, it looks uncomfortably tight.”
@kcsalmon tells “The Intelligence” why Argentina’s liberal experiment is faltering, ahead of its election. Listen now economist.com/podcasts/2026/…
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“I won’t stop doing what is right just for the sake of an election result,” @JMilei tells The Economist in an interview. The big question is whether furiously doubling down—Milei reloaded—is the way to win a second term economist.com/the-americas/2…
Check out our interview with Javier Milei for his curious attitude to re-election next year amid a spluttering economy, his alarming anger at journalists and his extraordinary optimism about artificial intelligence. And of course, more pot shots at Lula
“I won’t stop doing what is right just for the sake of an election result,” Argentina’s president tells The Economist in an interview. The big question is whether furiously doubling down—Milei reloaded—is the way to win a second term bit.ly/4hdzd0S
Illustration: Fede Yankelevich
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In an interview with The Economist, Argentina’s president is unyielding economist.com/the-americas/2…
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist economist.com/podcasts/2026/…
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María Corina Machado has been kept out of negotiations between the Venezuelan regime and opposition. Her absence hurts the talks’ legitimacy, but progress is still possible, bit.ly/3UjcEyV
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Having seen both their liberty and the economy shrink under dictatorship, the vast majority of Venezuelans would welcome a democratic transition. This would also benefit Donald Trump.
Speed matters, however economist.com/leaders/2026/0…
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Donald Trump’s administration has extraordinary leverage over talks between Venezuela’s regime and opposition. Register to read why so much depends on America’s intentions in the controversial negotiations economist.com/the-americas/2…
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#14Ag Ahora: Excarcelada la presa poítica Emirlendris Benítez y otras 5 mujeres.
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America has forced the Venezuelan regime to the negotiating table. Despite the absence of the country’s leading opposition figure, there are reasons for hope economist.com/the-americas/2…
"This is the first big attempt by Donald Trump’s government to reshape Venezuelan politics since the January raid. The talks are controversial. They do not include María Corina Machado. Yet there are reasons for hope." Read why in my piece in @TheEconomist economist.com/the-americas/2…
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Maria Corina Machado’s absence does not mean they will fail economist.com/the-americas/2…
After a trip to Caracas, my analysis of the crucial negotiations underway in Venezuela and the prospects of a return to democracy. Free to listen!
Marco Rubio “is deeply invested in the success of Venezuela”. On “The Intelligence”, @kcsalmon explains reasons for hope–and scepticism–over the prospect of restoring democracy economist.com/podcasts/2026/…
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Thank Marco Rubio, but beware the caprice of his boss economist.com/leaders/2026/0…
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If we're rewriting football history now, I have a small suggestion:
I'd like FIFA to rescind the yellow card shown to Michael Ballack in the 2002 World Cup semifinal, the one that ruled him out of the final.
And while we're at it, we might as well replay the final against Brazil.
ALT Ein Fußballschiedsrichter zeigt einem Spieler eine Gelbe Karte.
ALT Zwei Profifußballspieler in ihren Spieltrikots stehen einander auf einem Fußballfeld gegenüber.