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Senior Editor, Economic Outlook
Carlos Mendoza analyzes macroeconomic trends and regional economic outlooks across Latin America. He specializes in identifying structural shifts in the business and consumer environment.
carlos.mendoza@latamreport.orgAnalyze the impact of the disruption to the Mediterranean shipping lanes on the global energy landscape, and explore the significant implications of the surge in production from major Latin American oil-producing nations (such as Brazil, Peru, and Colombia) on global trade and regional economies.
In-depth analysis of how the Latin American economy is shifting from traditional commodity-driven growth to low-carbon transition and nearshoring. This article reveals the structural changes Latin America may undergo in the next decade from four dimensions: resources, manufacturing, digitalization, and investment flows.
Analyze the rise of "Technolatinas" in Latin America and its complex relationship with Chinese and US tech giants. Discuss how data control reshapes the regional economic structure, the direction of capital flows, and Latin America's new positioning in the global digital value chain.
Analyze the structural transformation of the Latin American economy in 2026, explore how growth can return to a sustainable track, and the driving role of minimum wage growth and digital payments on regional consumption recovery.
In-depth analysis of the Latin American economic prospects for 2026. This article goes beyond simple GDP forecasts to focus on key trends such as inflation, purchasing power recovery, AI empowerment, and cross-border payments, revealing the region's economic structural transformation from reliance on commodity cycles to endogenous growth and digital-driven growth.
In-depth analysis of how the US-China competition is reshaping the Latin American economic landscape. This article interprets China's rise in Latin American manufacturing and its profound impact on the US and regional economies from dimensions such as trade diversion, industrial competition, and investment flows.
In-depth analysis of the paradox between long-standing resource abundance and low productivity in Latin America. This paper explores the structural opportunities brought about by the global energy transition and supply chain restructuring, analyzes how political uncertainty and inequality constrain development, and forecasts the path for Latin America to achieve optional growth in the next five years.
In-depth analysis of the far-reaching impact of Newmont's restart of operations at the Cerro Negro mine in Argentina on the regional resource economy, capital flows, and Argentina's macroeconomic strategy. Explore how the recovery of the resource cycle is reshaping the Latin American economic landscape.
In-depth analysis of the long-term prospects of the Latin American economy. This article will reshape the growth logic of the Latin American economy from multiple dimensions, including the resource cycle, the restructuring of global supply chains, FDI inflows, infrastructure modernization, and the digital economy, revealing the opportunities and challenges of its structural transformation.
Tanzania’s top ten infrastructure projects are not a project list, but a system interlocked in order of dependency: power first, railways and ports lowering logistics costs, and energy exports reshaping the foreign exchange structure. LNG projects whose scale exceeds annual GDP are the biggest variable of the next decade.
Based on the ASEAN Investment Report 2024 and data from the Singapore Economic Development Board, this article analyzes the five core trends behind Southeast Asia's record-breaking foreign direct investment and offers strategic considerations for regional development from a Latin American perspective.
Referencing the geographic and historical concept of the "Americas," this analysis examines the logic behind Latin America's emergence as an independent economic bloc, as well as its new role in global trade, investment, and resource cycles.
The rightward shift in Latin American politics is merely a surface phenomenon; the deeper issue is the failure of governance models. This article analyzes the challenges of security, institutions, and productivity from a regional development perspective, and looks ahead to the path of Latin America's economic transformation.
This article, building on Vanguard's forecast of 1.5% GDP growth for Mexico in 2026, analyzes the growth drivers, structural challenges, and regional divergence in Mexico and Latin American economies, and explores the prospects for trade, investment, and long-term reforms.
Based on the latest analysis from the Elcano Royal Institute, this article explores the rise of Latin America's tech entrepreneurship ecosystem, interpreting its driving factors, industry distribution, and long-term impact from the perspective of regional economic transformation.
Based on Aon's Global Risk Management Survey Latin America regional report, this analysis examines the primary risks facing Latin American companies and the underlying structural economic changes, exploring how risk evolves from a defensive tool into a source of strategic value.
The BIS annual report summarizes five key lessons on 21st-century monetary policy, with Latin American emerging markets demonstrating remarkable resilience through independent action. This article interprets from a regional perspective how global interest rate cycles, capital flows, and inflation governance are reshaping Latin America's economic landscape, while also exploring long-term investment logic.
Examining the real structure of Latin America's digital economy from the perspective of global tech oligarchs: the prosperity of Technolatinas is built on external technological dependence.
Use Euromonitor's global market analysis methodology to interpret growth opportunities in Latin America from dimensions such as consumers, channels, and competition.
Visa's Economic Insights Report shows that in 2026, the Latin American economy will return to normal growth, with declining inflation and minimum wage increases restoring household purchasing power, the World Cup driving upgrades in cross-border payments, and AI becoming the key to a productivity leap. From a regional analysis perspective, this article interprets the structural opportunities in growth divergence, trade restructuring, and digital payments.