Workers handled beef in Avellaneda in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. People cooled off in Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro.

AQ tracks political and economic trends to watch and key indicators in 12 of the region’s largest economies.

Many people in Latin America and the Caribbean live in poverty. Wealth often stays with a few powerful families. Big companies take natural resources but

In many parts of the region, big companies take over lands for mining or farming. This forces farmers and indigenous people to leave their homes. These

Mexico has agreed to expand support to other Latin American and Caribbean nations as part of a regional migratory response

Marriott International is expanding into the Caribbean and Latin America with eight new hotels in Argentina, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Peru.