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💰Mexican fintech Stori is betting that it can be ready for an initial public offering in 24 months after reaching sustainable profitability this year, Chief Executive Officer Bin Chen said. with 🎁link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Thanks to a stronger peso under Javier Milei and a love for Lionel Messi, Argentines are flocking to Disney World and Miami even as visitors from Europe and Canada shun the US under Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Documentário excelente do Marcelo Rochabrún para a @bloomberg.com sobre os efeitos do turismo de massa no Peru sobre comunidades tradicionais youtu.be/6OdDYT8cB3g?...

US buyers of copper will pay a high price if President Donald Trump pushes ahead with a 50% tariff on refined metal as opposed to copper products such as wiring, according to officials in Chile

Bad Bunny's residency on his home island is going to pump about $181 million into the Puerto Rican economy, @jimwyss.bsky.social @itskelseybutler.bsky.social report. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I like to think this is the ambassadorial equivalent of removing a glove and slapping someone across the face. (Gift link on how the tariffs may play in Lula’s favor.) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BRICS officials keep their collective heads down as they awoke to an overnight threat by Trump to penalize them for adopting policies he says are “anti-American.”

Suriname officially elected its first female president as the small, Dutch-speaking nation on the Caribbean coast of South America prepares to navigate an oil boom www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Today's episode of Elon Inc: @joshuagreen.bsky.social on Elon and Trump, @crayton.bsky.social on Mexico and SpaceX and yours truly on the departure of Omead Afshar and Tesla sales podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

One of the highest-profile detainees in Daniel Noboa’s internal war on drug gangs in Ecuador has escaped from prison, @skueffner.bsky.social reports www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump’s decision to leave the G-7 tonight means he’ll miss all of tomorrow's agenda items, including bilateral talks with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy and Mexican President Sheinbaum Follow our liveblog here:

Mexico’s government has pledged to provide jobs for citizens deported from the US, but recent data shows that barely 4% of the tens of thousands expelled since late January have been matched with employment.

Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay underwent surgery after an assassination attempt that recalled the political violence that roiled the nation in the 1980s and 1990s www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Through a public records request, @danahull.bsky.social and Craig Trudell got video footage of a self-driving Tesla’s fatal crash, just at a moment when regulators are deciding what to do about autonomous vehicles. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Spending $2 billion on a trio of projects with debt-laden Pemex has transformed Carlos Slim into Mexico’s most important oil baron

In Brazil, major construction and a scramble for more rooms are underway in Belem as the Amazon metropolis prepares to host the COP30 climate summit

Javier Milei is relaunching a state-run TV channel for kids set to feature a cartoon teaching free market economics while stressing the evils of taxes and communism www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: Spain is the only European country openly talking about the need for more migrants to boost economic growth and the falling birth rate. And it's a human rights issue too, officials say. FREE link via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

It’s a Mexico election unlike any other. No sports stadiums packed with the party faithful. The smiling faces of normally omnipresent candidates almost completely absent on TV. But the stakes couldn’t be higher. Gift link for a banger of a story by Maya Averbuch, Alex Vasquez: tinyurl.com/5n97eaxk

A rare look inside WEG, the Brazilian engine parts maker that’s made its hometown rich and now is confronting the trade wars. By Dan Cancel and Rachel Gamarski. (Gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Javier Milei and his finance chief criticize a globally known Argentine actor for complaining that the country’s staple food has become overpriced www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Think your job is tough? Try being Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, whose boss keeps complicating his effort to calm the market. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The assassination of two of Mexico City officials last week makes very clear that President Claudia Sheinbaum doesn't have much room to continue soft-pedalling Mexico’s security challenge my latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Ominous kicker at the end of this one. “A State Department official said the US would ‘continue to deny any funding the Maduro regime uses to oppress the Venezuelan people.’” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This election is shaping up to be pretty close and has a lot of implications for the energy market and geopolitics. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Daniel Noboa gets sworn in to a full term today, but he’s already put in motion a plan to dispense with some checks on power in the name of fighting crime. If it sounds familiar, that’s because there’s a template for it. Stephan Kueffner reports. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chevron is going to get a new license in Venezuela, but it’s more of the “hold out a shred of hope” variety. (Gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Exclusive: Disney plans to fire Florida-based Venezuelan workers as the Supreme Court ends TPS protections

Along with its private jet terminal and surfing pool, Punta del Este is adding several swanky polo grounds in its transformation into a year-round home for the wealthy, Ken Parks reports. (Gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Some news ⬇

The election of Pope Leo XIV is overtaking Peru, a deeply Catholic nation where he spent much of his life as he rose through Church ranks and even took citizenship www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

We’re hiring a climate reporter to cover Latin America! Details here:

Nope hate it

Mirror, mirror, on the wall…

Years before TikTok existed, a budget pharmacy chain in #Mexico briefly went viral after a shaky handheld camera caught a teenager tackling the store’s mustachioed dancing mascot to the ground. It's going viral again, this time in a much less painful way! www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #drsimi

“The US also has not publicly detailed how it identified the Venezuelans as members of the Tren de Aragua gang that’s been designated a foreign terrorist organization.”

Finance minister immediately forced to change name to Francois-Phillipe Sparkling Wine to avoid tariff (sorry, it's Friday) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Kylie Jenner’s tequila brand is among those trying to beat the tariff onslaught by building up inventory in the US and expanding to new markets in Europe. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“This case is about children being raped and abused… This shouldn’t be the type of case where politics dictate how the department approaches that.” news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

“He told us if we ever said anything, we weren’t going to live." Last year, authorities alerted men traveling in Colombia to beware the dangers of using apps to meet women. Now Antonia Mufarech and Natalie Lung tell the other side of the story. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

"In 2024, he gave a total of $3.7 billion to support arts, education, the environment, public-health groups, and programs aimed at improving city governments." apnews.com/article/chro...

Even before Trump came back to power and started threatening tariffs again, Mexico was sliding backward economically. Its budget has been stretched by AMLO's spending, and structural issues have held back growth. Gift link to a great piece by Alex Vasquez: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Maybe a coincidence this is happening days after Trump said he’s ending Chevron’s license. Maybe not. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Unbelievable footage of the presidential clash www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Wh...

Trump said Apple's shifting manufacturing plants to the US from Mexico, but...Apple doesn't have any plants in Mexico, and not even much in the way of suppliers there. So it's not clear what he's talking about. Apple didn't respond to a request for comment. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Nubank lost its crown as the most valuable Latin American financial company after a disappointing fourth-quarter report. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Javier Milei speaks out for the first time about a cryptocurrency scandal that’s dented his reputation in Argentina, triggering lawsuits and even calls for his impeachment www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Javier Milei is trying to recover from a political black eye as prominent members of the crypto world point fingers at each other over the Argentine president’s aborted endorsement of a memecoin www.bloomberg.com/news/article...