The Americas
Law of the jungle
A bold plan to close the deadly Darién Gap unravels
America and Panama struggle to control surging migration
The lawless roads
Peru’s crazy drivers offer a data deluge for self-driving cars
A startup sees value in the chaos of the country’s streets
Perfume of the Pacific
Colombia prepares for a vanilla boom
Purveyors of scented products and posh ice-creams take note
Venezuela’s election
How the mad, bad Maduro regime clings to power
Behind-the-scenes negotiations seek to ease him out of office
Venezuela’s regime digs in
After protests over a stolen election, the goons crack heads
Yet the brazenness of Nicolás Maduro’s theft crosses a line
Help needed
The plight of Brazil’s indigenous groups worsens
Blame illegal miners, ranchers, loggers, traffickers and an unsympathetic Congress
Mexico’s drug gangs
Will El Mayo’s arrest slow the spread of fentanyl?
The United States nets a very big fish
Greenback blues
The strong dollar is hurting exports from Latin America
For three small dollarised economies it has exposed a lack of competitiveness
On its knees
Cuba is out of supplies and out of ideas
Penury is pushing the island towards Russia and China
An overmighty Congress
Peru’s president survives because she’s not in charge
The lawmakers are dismantling institutions
Bitcoin mining
Crypto cowboys have found paradise in Paraguay
Cheap electricity, lax laws and low taxes: what’s not to like?