IMF sees Latin America steady at 2.4 percent growth for 2026
4 percent growth for 2026 — steady, heterogeneous, and set against a turbulent trade month.
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How working hours change during Ramadan in the Gulf
Fasting employees work two hours less per day under UAE and Saudi labour law during Ramadan. Schedules, Eid leave and business-visitor etiquette.
The Andes to the Atlantic: Latin America's green hydrogen bet
Chile's 2020 strategy, Haru Oni's first e-fuel cargoes and Brazil's port hubs: where the region's green hydrogen bet stands today.
Can you live in Dubai without a car
7 million riders in 2025. Car-free living works along the Red and Green Lines; where it holds, where it fails.
How the Gulf feeds itself
The GCC imports 80-90 percent of its food. Stockpiles, overseas farms and desert greenhouses form the three-pillar strategy that keeps shelves full.
From fifteen billion to a fraction: Latin America's VC hangover
LatAm venture funding peaked in the mid-teens of billions in 2021, then fell ~75%. What the boom mispriced and the reset built.
How big is Saudi Arabia's entertainment sector
From a 35-year cinema ban to 89 million visitors across 1,690 events in 2025: the size, jobs and economics of Saudi Arabia's new entertainment industry.
Six groups, one region: how Latin American airlines consolidated
LATAM, Abra's Avianca-GOL combination, Azul, Copa, Volaris and JetSMART carry most of the region's traffic. How bankruptcies and holdings redrew the map.
What the 2023 drought taught the world about the Panama Canal
Drought cut Panama Canal transits from 36 to 22 a day, with slot auctions in the millions. How it recovered — and what's next.
One-third of the world's copper: the Andes own the energy transition
Chile and Peru mine about a third of the world's copper; records above $11,000 a tonne made the Andes the transition's supply core.
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