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Argentina's changing flow of migrants
Buenos Aires feels European, but its immigrant story just shifted. Paraguayans are now a top group, numbering over 500k.
Oct 9, 2025 -
North America: The largest trade relationships
Mexico's $800B trade with the US is just one piece. See the critical data shaping North American integration now.
Oct 7, 2025 -
10M+ Mexican credit cards were added in 4 years
10M+ cards where printed in Mexico in the last four years. Who were the top drivers?
Sep 23, 2025 -
Colombia became LatAm's top migrant destination
Colombia offered millions legal residency to avoid a shadow economy.
Sep 16, 2025 -
Hard discount retail stores take off
Discounters could capture 40% of LatAm retail by 2030, but Mexico pivots to e-commerce while Colombia loves them.
Sep 11, 2025 -
Brazil and Chile are LatAm's biggest investors
One Latin American country (not Brazil) invests as much abroad than Mexico and Colombia combined.
Sep 9, 2025 -
📰 Free Press
Mexico is the world's most dangerous country for journalists, while the DR and Costa Rica lead LatAm in press freedom.
Sep 4, 2025 -
Latinos are highly employable
Hispanics are 10x more employable than non-Hispanics, driving a 69% worker surge since 2003.
Sep 2, 2025 -
Mexico represents a huge FDI opportunity for USA
Canada turned decades of trade into equity; Mexico is only now writing that playbook.
Aug 26, 2025 -
Latin America's most concentrated capital cities
Brazil, with 215M people, is Latin America's least capital-concentrated country, despite having 3M in Brasilia.
Aug 21, 2025 -
Which LatAm travelers are denied most by the US?
Brazil’s 26% drop proves diplomatic fights can cost hard tourism dollars.
Aug 19, 2025 -
Argentina's peso growth outpaces the US dollar
Argentina's soaring peso delivers rapid disinflation, but risks making the country less attractive for tourism and exports.
Aug 14, 2025 -
Brazil leads Latin America's electric car adoption
A decade-old tariff bet is paying off for Latin America’s biggest car market.
Aug 12, 2025 -
Everywhere's become safer for drivers except Paraguay
Road deaths plummet by 113K across LatAm, but Paraguay triples fatalities due to motorcycle boom.
Jul 31, 2025 -
Latin America's debt in dollar vs local currencies
Brazil issues debt in local currency, but 75% of Guatemala's debt is in greenbacks.
Jul 24, 2025 -
LatAm's 30 largest VC funding rounds of 2025 (so far, H1)
Despite 2021's $16B peak, Latin American VC funding shows resilience with steady $1B quarterly deployments. See which unexpected territory is leading 2024's deals.
Jul 22, 2025 -
Where do Mexico's migrants come from?
Mexico’s immigrant map is changing.
Jul 15, 2025 -
Finance and media: Mexico's 5x growth sectors
Finance and media soar +400%, reshaping Mexico as nearshoring makes it the US's top supplier.
Jul 10, 2025 -
Bogota's airport is now Latin America's busiest
Bogotá's airport became Latin America's busiest, passing Mexico City and São Paulo.
Jul 2, 2025 -
Mapping organized crime in the Americas
Latin America has a big problem with transnational criminal networks.
Jun 25, 2025