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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.orgThis article analyzes how Tanzania can leverage its participation in the 9th SADC Industrialization Week (SIW 2026) agenda to transform its resource advantages into opportunities for upgrading manufacturing and regional value chains, and explores the challenges it faces along with its long-term development path.
Under President Milei's market reforms, Argentina received credit rating upgrades from the three major rating agencies, inflation dropped from 25% to 1.9%, and the fiscal balance turned to a surplus. This change goes beyond short-term cycles and may become a new paradigm for Latin American economic governance.
Pakistan's second busiest port, Port Qasim, has launched a $2 billion upgrade project, including dredging, railway connections, and a logistics park, aimed at increasing port throughput capacity, easing traffic pressure in Karachi, and paving the way for mineral exports from Reko Diq.
Brazil's delay in canceling gasoline subsidies and launching rural debt restructuring reflects the balancing act of Latin America's largest economy amid commodity cycles and geopolitical risks. This not only affects Brazil's domestic energy and agricultural policies, but also has ripple effects on regional trade, investment flows, and global supply chains.
Analyze the development opportunities for fintech in Guyana against the backdrop of explosive growth in the oil economy, and explore its profound impact on the regional economy, industrial structure, and investment landscape of Latin America.
Nigeria has discovered a large polymetallic deposit in Kaduna State, containing key minerals such as lithium, rare earths, nickel, and copper, with lithium reserves in the Abuja area reaching 3.3 million tons. This discovery, combined with the completion of a rare earth processing plant, marks the country's rising status in the energy transition supply chain. This article analyzes its economic diversification strategy, investment challenges, and impact on the global mineral landscape.
U.S. policy toward Latin America is shifting from promoting democracy to pragmatic interests, with Guatemala becoming a testing ground for this shift. This article analyzes the potential impact of this turn on regional investment, trade, and resource patterns.
Explore how Moldova can leverage financial technology to drive economic modernization, European integration, and the upgrading of financial infrastructure.
Malaysia's net FDI grew by 41% in 2025, but manufacturing inflows plummeted to RM2.6 billion, while services inflows reached nearly RM60 billion. This divergence reflects a global shift in investment from traditional manufacturing to digital infrastructure, but also raises concerns about premature deindustrialization.
Latin American mining is shifting from resource export to a strategic supply chain hub, with a wave of M&A, copper projects, and deep-sea mining plans jointly reshaping the regional landscape. Brazil, Chile, and Peru are the key beneficiaries.
Argentina's inflation fell to an 8-month low, and its sovereign credit rating was upgraded. Milei's shock therapy is showing initial results, but the social costs are becoming apparent. This provides both experience and warnings for Latin American regional economic governance.
In April 2026, UK infrastructure project starts plummeted 72% year-on-year, planning permits plunged 87%, but contract awards remained flat. What does this divergence signal mean for the ongoing infrastructure wave in Latin American countries? From a regional comparative perspective, this article analyzes how the UK's experience can help Latin America avoid investment traps and identify new directions for capital flows.
When infrastructure investment shifts from core cities to regional markets, what truly determines project efficiency is no longer just “what to build,” but “how to get materials to the site.” Drawing on the logic of regional construction and logistics restructuring in the UK, this analysis extends it to Latin America and examines how port, rail, inland waterway, and supply chain layouts affect infrastructure efficiency, manufacturing expansion, and balanced regional development in Latin America.
Latin America is at a critical stage as external powers re-enter competition. China continues to expand its presence through trade, ports, minerals, and security cooperation, while the United States counters with tariffs, friend-shoring, and security cooperation. The core shift in the regional economy has moved from simple export dependence to the redistribution of supply chains, critical infrastructure, and strategic assets.