Brazil’s government-run payments system has become dominant
In november 2020 the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) launched Pix, a digital payment system, into the teeth of the covid-19 pand...
Latin American migrants transfer money like never before
Antonio Orduña has lived in Arizona for 30 years as an undocumented migrant, now working as a gardener. In January, after Don...
Peruvians long for a Bukele-like strongman to beat crime
On March 16th members of a legendary Peruvian cumbia band, Armonía 10, were heading from one packed concert venue to the next...
The Liberal Party’s polling surge is Canada’s largest ever
BY any STANDARD, the polling surge that Canada’s Liberals are enjoying is extraordinary. Among 31 rich parliamentary or semi-...
Mark Carney calls a snap election in Canada
The dilemma facing Canada’s Conservative Party can be summed up in its campaign slogan: “Canada first. For a change.” Just th...
One island, two worlds
A year of staggering violence in Haiti ended in the most brutal fashion. Over the course of five days in December, in a slum ...
The strange revival of Liberal Canada
The dilemma facing Canada’s Conservative Party can be summed up in its campaign slogan: “Canada first. For a change.” Just th...
A newly discovered killing site shocks Mexico
Mexicans rarely express outrage commensurate with the country’s suffering. But the discovery on March 8th of three cremation ...
Donald Trump has reshaped one of the world’s most important migration routes
In his quest to chuck migrants out of the United States, Donald Trump has found an eager partner in Central America. On March...
How Cuba competes with Uncle Sam in the Caribbean islands
In the middle of the covid-19 pandemic one Cuban asset was in high demand from all corners of the world: its exported doctors...