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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.orgBased on the ASEAN Investment Report 2024 and data from the Singapore Economic Development Board, this article analyzes the five core trends behind Southeast Asia's record-breaking foreign direct investment and offers strategic considerations for regional development from a Latin American perspective.
Referencing the geographic and historical concept of the "Americas," this analysis examines the logic behind Latin America's emergence as an independent economic bloc, as well as its new role in global trade, investment, and resource cycles.
The rightward shift in Latin American politics is merely a surface phenomenon; the deeper issue is the failure of governance models. This article analyzes the challenges of security, institutions, and productivity from a regional development perspective, and looks ahead to the path of Latin America's economic transformation.
This article, building on Vanguard's forecast of 1.5% GDP growth for Mexico in 2026, analyzes the growth drivers, structural challenges, and regional divergence in Mexico and Latin American economies, and explores the prospects for trade, investment, and long-term reforms.
Based on the latest analysis from the Elcano Royal Institute, this article explores the rise of Latin America's tech entrepreneurship ecosystem, interpreting its driving factors, industry distribution, and long-term impact from the perspective of regional economic transformation.
Based on Aon's Global Risk Management Survey Latin America regional report, this analysis examines the primary risks facing Latin American companies and the underlying structural economic changes, exploring how risk evolves from a defensive tool into a source of strategic value.
The BIS annual report summarizes five key lessons on 21st-century monetary policy, with Latin American emerging markets demonstrating remarkable resilience through independent action. This article interprets from a regional perspective how global interest rate cycles, capital flows, and inflation governance are reshaping Latin America's economic landscape, while also exploring long-term investment logic.
Examining the real structure of Latin America's digital economy from the perspective of global tech oligarchs: the prosperity of Technolatinas is built on external technological dependence.
Use Euromonitor's global market analysis methodology to interpret growth opportunities in Latin America from dimensions such as consumers, channels, and competition.
Visa's Economic Insights Report shows that in 2026, the Latin American economy will return to normal growth, with declining inflation and minimum wage increases restoring household purchasing power, the World Cup driving upgrades in cross-border payments, and AI becoming the key to a productivity leap. From a regional analysis perspective, this article interprets the structural opportunities in growth divergence, trade restructuring, and digital payments.
This 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.