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Colombia's trade ministry has announced it will raise tariffs on neighbouring Ecuador to 100 percent from 30 percent, matching the rate Ecuador set a day earlier amid escalating trade and diplomatic spat.

Naturalization is often the best, most logical path forward for those without the necessary family ties or funds. It involves living legally in the country for a set number of years, demonstrating familiarity with the language, and sometimes passing a test on history, culture, and the political system.

"I think it surprised me how easily people are swayed by headlines," says Suderman, noting that wartime information flows are often strategic and conflicting. "You have to learn in a wartime to take everything with a grain of salt in the context of what you observe."

The Borderless Benchmark Q1 2026 report indicates that the Brazilian real recorded a 0 bps quoted execution cost from multiple providers across two consecutive months, showcasing the stability of the LATAM corridor.

Nu's Q3 2025 results were difficult to criticize. Revenue reached $4.17 billion, exceeding consensus expectations of roughly $4.04 billion by about $134 million. Revenue grew 46% year-over-year, underscoring continued momentum across its core markets. Net income totaled $783 million, up 39% year-over-year on an FX-neutral basis.

The European Union will on Saturday sign a deal 25 years in the making with the South American trade bloc Mercosur, creating one of the world's largest free trade areas at a time of growing protectionism and volatility. The long-awaited agreement comes amid the sweeping use of tariffs and trade threats by US President Donald Trump's administration, which has sent countries scrambling for new partnerships.

Fandango, the leading digital network for moviegoers, is expanding its focus in Latin America, a fast-growing market for theatrical films. The company announced today (March 27) at CinemaCon, the annual convention for theater owners, that it is rolling out a new global brand strategy that includes the launch of new ticketing destinations at its subsidiaries Ingresso.com in Brazil and Fandango Latin America (formerly Cinepapaya), as well as seven key countries in Spanish-speaking Latin America: Peru; Colombia; Argentina; Mexico; Chile; Ecuador and Bolivia.

The 1980s bring revolutionary wars, CIA-backed conflict and the violent birth of a new democratic era. Episode 2: Wars begins with Nicaragua's Sandinista revolution, which promised egalitarian transformation through literacy crusades. But civil war erupted as United States President Ronald Reagan's administration covertly backed the Contra rebels, plunging the nation into turmoil and suffering. Panama transitioned from Omar Torrijos's diplomatic triumphs over the Panama Canal to Manuel Noriega's sinister collaboration with both the CIA and drug cartels.

China has been flooding Latin American markets with low-priced exports, especially autos and e-commerce goods, as its exporters adjust to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and geopolitical moves. The world's second-largest economy has become a major trading partner for many Latin American nations, seeking access to their abundant natural resources and growing markets while expanding its influence in a region Trump views as America's Backyard.

Jim O'Neill, the economist who coined the term BRIC' 25 years ago, argues that the group is losing its relevance. At its peak, the BRICS coalition of economies Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa was seen as a serious attempt to move away from the United States dollar and the domination of Western economic institutions like the World Bank, Group of Seven (G7), and International Monetary Fund (IMF).

But what is legally possible could pose a serious political problem. Because, as the European Commission pointed out when remarking on the Parliament's negative vote, the legal formula used to process the ratification of this agreement is the same one used for an agreement reached with Chile that did not raise any questions inside the European Parliament. In other words, the outcome of this vote suggests that the opposition for legal concerns is motivated less by legal reasons than by political ones.