Stephen Wicary

High inflation and economic discontent are hammering Lula’s approval. Allies say the real problem is a 79-year-old president who’s stuck in the past, @simoneiglesias @beckmartha report https://t.co/4ftqY6cuDb

The attempted assassination of a presidential candidate is the latest sign that events in Colombia are spinning out of control, a little more than a year before Gustavo Petro must leave office, @mjbristow @PattyLaya report https://t.co/zflcT2EzR5

Brazilian pulp giant Suzano is expanding in all directions as the US and China spar, offering a potential guide for other companies navigating Donald Trump’s trade war, @rachelgamarski @dayannesousa report https://t.co/HQlw6kwBqS

Venezuela’s government is laying the groundwork for a 50% hike in fuel prices at the pump as it braces for a decrease in revenues after US oil major Chevron and other oil firms halted work in the country https://t.co/gr3ptyry9b

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, @PattyLaya & Andreina Itriago report https://t.co/vnQPuEjYuB

The Argentine government’s anti-corruption office rules that Javier Milei didn’t act improperly when he promoted a crypto token called Libra in February, @jongilbert9 reports https://t.co/02NdQVFqn1

RT @ioliveradoll: Muy Feliz Día para mis colegas en este día, especialmente, en este momento tan desafiante para la profesión. Tomo estos…

Suriname will swear in its first female president after an usually complicated electoral process, with analysts saying investors have little to fear from a change in government, @chabrold @PattyLaya report https://t.co/L1XpOg6LIE

Venezuela’s state-run oil company has signed at least nine new deals with foreign service providers in an effort to keep dollars flowing into the economy after US sanctions forced Chevron to end production https://t.co/iI7pG0JYT9

Investors are snapping up debt from Argentina’s largest province on bets that Javier Milei’s political party will extend its winning streak in another local election in less than three months, @simauchi_ @manuelatobiasm report https://t.co/Sacm2pK2Es

Nicolas Maduro’s crackdown on an obscure social media account that Venezuelans relied on to navigate the country’s twisted currency market is sowing confusion among traders and residents alike https://t.co/JvTniNSsl5

Javier Milei’s austerity drive has helped steady Argentina’s economy, and yet financial pressure keeps mounting on consumers and businesses, @ioliveradoll reports https://t.co/QztYhVlHzY

Colombian prosecutors are probing an Ecopetrol contract tied to surveillance of the company’s own executives, turning up pressure on its CEO and the nation’s president, Gustavo Petro, @anjaralop reports https://t.co/rULjSNWOCX

I was unaware until today that the leader of Canada's opposition shares a birthday with one of the historical leaders of the Cuban revolution: https://t.co/n5x2LTaEWr https://t.co/aO7hGd9sVk

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez @DiazCanelB

Hoy entra en el año 95 de su vida el GE Raúl Castro Ruz, líder de la #Revolución y guía imprescindible en la desafiante misión de dar continuidad a la obra de #Fidel y su heroica generación, en tiempos de reforzada agresividad imperial. Felicitaciones y gracias, querido #Raúl. https://t.co/cU5lENaPLx

Preliminary election results show Mexico’s new Supreme Court will feature a clear majority of justices with direct ties to the country’s former leftist president or the ruling Morena party he founded, @AlexVasquezS @mayaaverbuch report https://t.co/4dfOPngyTD

Lula denounces US threats to impose sanctions on a top Brazilian judge, saying it’s “unacceptable” for the Trump administration to try to interfere in another country’s legal process, @simoneiglesias @danielcarvalho_ report https://t.co/RaaCdLDmmT

Daniel Noboa’s finance chief says Ecuador plans to return to capital markets next year, @skueffner @song_eleanor report https://t.co/h9B8ZxkyVW