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payment screen with options for credit, debit and Pix

Brazil’s innovative Pix banking system is replacing cash and credit cards

Arts, Culture & Media

PIX is a three-year-old system developed by the Brazilian Central Bank that has revolutionized how Brazilians pay for things. It’s like sending an instant wire transfer through the banking app on your phone with the click of a button, and no fees. Michael Fox reports from Florianópolis, Brazil, on how the banking app has changed Brazilian society in just three years.

Workers move a box of freshly caught squid in Pucusana, Peru, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021.

A state-owned company from China is building a massive commercial port in Peru

Business, Economics and Jobs
A group of women raise their arms and wave green flags

Bill legalizing abortion passed in pope’s native Argentina

Reproductive rights
Three women on stage gesticulating, one with blackface pounding her chest

A Miami theater group has a change of heart over blackface

Arts, Culture & Media
Valdez protest

Mourning a journalist in Mexico who said ‘no to silence’

Media
A priest holds up a banner reading "Brazil alive! Without abortion" while standing near an altar where Pope Francis later celebrated mass.

Thanks to Zika, now we know Latin America has the toughest abortion policies in the world

Health

There are only six countries in the world that ban abortion under any circumstances. Four of them are in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain listens to a journalist's question as he attends a media conference ahead of the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 12, 2015.

How do you say ‘Bro’ in Latin America?

Culture

Language is pretty fun, bro.

Santiago Ramírez at the Real Sound Studio in Bogota, where they compose jingles for political candidates. He says they once had a conservative client, a Colombian Mitt Romney-type, who asked for a raunchy reggaeton tune so he could connect with young vote

In Colombia, if you want to stand out in a political race, you have to hire a jingle writer

Global Politics

It’s a standard issue in elections: how do you make your candidacy stand out? But what if you are in a field of thousands of candidates, and, instead of your name, you have to plug your number?

Peruvian-born, American-bred author tells stories through the lens of his native land

Arts, Culture & Media

Daniel Alarcón was born in Peru, but raised in Alabama. In a way, through his books, he’s never really left.

Joyce Cândido

Joyce Cândido is the young voice of samba in Rio de Janeiro

Arts, Culture & Media

Joyce Cândido is one of the few emerging samba singers in Brazil. It’s a style considered old fashioned by a younger generation, but it’s coming back. And here’s one reason why.

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Rebuilding Brazil’s economy requires more than BRICS and China