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Amazon Fund 2.0: Brazil attracts $2.4 billion in new pledges for rainforest protection
Latin America

Amazon Fund 2.0: Brazil attracts $2.4 billion in new pledges for rainforest protection

Norway, Germany, and a coalition of private foundations expand financing for indigenous land stewardship and enforcement.

Lucia Mendoza · August 28, 2026

Mexico nearshoring boom reshapes the industrial north as firms exit Asian supply chains
Latin America
Mexico nearshoring boom reshapes the industrial north as firms exit Asian supply chains

Monterrey and Saltillo report record factory openings as US manufacturers diversify away from China.

Lucia Mendoza · August 27, 2026
Colombia peace process: rural councils gain budget autonomy in historic decentralization law
Latin America
Colombia peace process: rural councils gain budget autonomy in historic decentralization law

Former conflict zones will control 30 percent of national rural development spending under legislation passed in Bogotá.

Lucia Mendoza · August 27, 2026
Argentina and Brazil launch joint study on a common trade currency for Mercosur
Latin America
Argentina and Brazil launch joint study on a common trade currency for Mercosur

Leaders frame the initiative as a complement—not a replacement—for existing monetary systems.

Ama Kouassi · August 27, 2026
Nollywood on Netflix: Nigerian studios negotiate landmark revenue-sharing deal
Culture
Nollywood on Netflix: Nigerian studios negotiate landmark revenue-sharing deal

Studios secure improved royalties and regional premiere windows for original series aimed at diaspora audiences.

Lucia Mendoza · August 25, 2026
East African trade bloc agrees unified digital payments framework
News
East African trade bloc agrees unified digital payments framework

Member states will interoperate mobile wallets and bank rails to cut cross-border transaction costs.

Lucia Mendoza · August 24, 2026
Brazil announces Amazon conservation fund with Global South partners
News
Brazil announces Amazon conservation fund with Global South partners

A $1.2B fund will finance forest monitoring, indigenous land rights, and sustainable livelihoods.

Lucia Mendoza · August 24, 2026
Latin America's lithium boom: opportunity or resource curse?
Commentary
Latin America's lithium boom: opportunity or resource curse?

Battery-metal wealth could fund development — or repeat extractive patterns of the past.

Lucia Mendoza · August 23, 2026