The bellwether state of Minas Gerais is a microcosm of the country’s vast political, economic and social disparities
State drive is under way to address vulnerability of nation’s agriculture to international events
Minas Gerais businessman-turned-politician Romeu Zema plays down talk of 2026 bid, but analysts are not convinced
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Latin American countries in diplomatic stand-off after former Ecuadorean vice-president seized in Quito
Sonja Hutson talks to Nic Fildes and Joe Daniels
Vicious spats and name-calling are paralysing co-operation across the region
Noboa government’s detention of a former vice-president being sheltered in diplomatic mission arouses global ire
Daniel Noboa, the crime-ridden nation’s youthful leader, gambles that brazen attack will pay off domestically
Government involvement in Petrobras and Vale alarms investors as president calls market ‘voracious dinosaur’
Maarten Petermann of Merlyn Advisors arranged former UK PM’s unannounced trip to oil-rich state
Hernández was accused of abusing his office to facilitate the shipment of more than 400 tonnes of cocaine to the US
Agriculture is creating fast wealth and boosting the nation’s economy. But can ‘green gold’ survive an increasingly extreme climate?
Washington attempting to ensure authoritarian president Nicolás Maduro permits ‘free and fair’ elections later this year
President Daniel Noboa escalates ‘internal armed conflict’ as violence continues to roil Andean country
Sale will test investor confidence in a country where Venezuela has tried to claim territory
Republican’s removal from Congress will trigger special election for his New York swing seat
The president has big plans to kick-start the economy but critics say he is trying to revive a long-discredited strategy
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