Isabella Cota

While the cost of feeding a family has risen everywhere, the UNDP says prices in Latin America and the Caribbean have surged the most

The deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund talks to EL PAÍS about how high inflation is limiting economic growth, government spending and the organization’s new agreement with Argentina

A transcript of a recent hearing held in a court in Texas shows Guillermo Turrent and Javier Gutiérrez failed to convince a judge to dismiss CFE International’s case against them

Technology companies in the region will find it harder to get financial services and raise capital after the demise of the niche bank

More than $5 billion flowed into Mexico as foreign direct investment in 2022 in the film and video industry alone

From positions in government, autonomous institutions or academia, female economists in the region are leaving their mark on public policy and resource management

Presidents Lula da Silva and Alberto Fernández sign an integration agreement that includes joint energy and financing initiatives

After the world’s most popular cryptocurrency fell 21% this week, the Central American country lost an estimated $70 million of its public finances

The case between Mexico’s state-owned energy utility and an obscure American natural gas company continues to advance in US courts, while it remains paralyzed in the Mexican justice system

Mexico’s state-owned utility, in the midst of a dispute with the Texas-based firm WhiteWater Midstream, is working behind the scenes to uncover wrongdoing that may have taken place during Enrique Peña Nieto’s administration

The state electricity company has requested two US federal courts to order JG Energy and Arbor Glen to present information about their contractual negotiations with CFE International

Market analysts and strategists differ in their forecasts for the currency, which has performed surprisingly well in the last two years

Investors who felt invincible are now falling into red territory. ‘Many of these young entrepreneurs have spent their careers in a bull market, and have never heard of a down round. That’s about to change,’ says Professor Scott Galloway

The Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor of the Attorney General’s Office is investigating former officials Guillermo Turrent and Javier Gutiérrez, while a US federal court is reviewing a related case opened by the state-owned firm

The Mexican municipality registered the highest increase in poverty in the country, according to the most recent data. Thousands live in illegal settlements amidst hotels and luxury condominiums

The Central American country made the cryptocurrency legal tender last year, but since then, it has continued to fall, raising concerns about whether it will be able to meet its next debt payment

The CFE has hired a private investigation company to build a case against two former Mexican officials with ties to the Texas energy company

The decision to halt imports of the fruit is a huge blow to Mexico, which exports more than half of its production, with 81% of this figure going to the United States

Some Latin American countries have stepped up efforts to control extraction of the mineral that powers electric cars and there is talk of creating an OPEC-style cartel

The average gross debt of governments is 77.7% of regional GDP, making it the most-indebted emerging region in the world

Centers affiliated with the ultraconservative US organization Heartbeat International use misleading advertising, shelters and false promises of adoption to prevent vulnerable women from having an abortion in Latin America, an investigation by EL PAÍS reveals

Political change across the Americas is encouraging the elites to take their money out of their countries and invest it in areas that are considered safer

What began with treats lugged back and forth in suitcases from trips home has evolved into an industry driven by the taste of the soft drinks, candy, pastries and cheesy bites of childhood. Latino expatriates will do anything to get their fix. We delve into a transnational food industry driven by homesickness

An investigation by EL PAÍS reveals how an obscure US company, just months after being created, began winning multimillion-dollar contracts from a subsidiary of Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) soon after the opening of the country’s electricity sector. The ties between Guillermo Turrent, a key executive during the Enrique Peña Nieto administration, and the founders of Whitewater Midstream, tell the story of a pursuit of profits in recently liberalized energy markets

An ad at a Miami congress and fast-track legal approval for the cryptocurrency have turned the leader into a geek hero. But experts are concerned about volatility and cybercrime

With the inoculation drive in Mexico hampered by delays, desperate residents of San Pedro Garza García – the wealthiest city in Latin America – are traveling to Texas and Florida to receive the jab