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Stephen Wicary

@wicary.bsky.social
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Bloomberg News regional editor for Latin America, plus occasional Canada stuff. Opinions my own. Get in touch: swicary@bloomberg.net

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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration has allowed US cargo ships to make over 200 trips past the blockade to Cuba, helping stave off a humanitarian and immigration crisis even as it pushes to topple the government. 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Interesting short Bloomberg documentary, featuring @wicary.bsky.social!
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Can Cuba’s Economy Survive Trump?
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“There isn’t enough money for the three of us to go.” Cubans have fewer and fewer ways to leave their communist-run island amid Donald Trump’s push to starve it of fuel and isolate it politically 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
As Donald Trump tries to force Cuba into a grand bargain, nearly 6,000 US property claims are emerging as a thorny obstacle to any hope of reviving the island’s crushed economy 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Trump’s Cuba Squeeze Renews Fight Over $9 Billion Property Claims
Nearly 6,000 cases tied to revolutionary expropriations will be key to the island’s future as the US pushes its 67-year-old regime to the brink.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
With Venezuela primed for an oil boom, the workers who fled decades of repression and economic collapse are now the ideal candidates to help revive the industry. But many won't go. 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Oil Expats Desperately Needed in Venezuela Don't Want to Go Home
A global diaspora of oil workers holds the key to the country’s recovery, but many still don’t trust the government.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The Trump administration’s move to ease fuel shipments to Cuba’s nascent private sector is part of a plan to make the island more reliant on the US, increasing Washington’s leverage to bring about political and economic change 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Aims to Steer Cuba Toward Greater Dependence on the US
The Trump administration’s move to ease fuel shipments to Cuba’s nascent private sector is part of a plan to make the island more reliant on the US for supplies, increasing Washington’s leverage to br...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Just weeks into a US pressure campaign to halt oil shipments to Cuba, a Bloomberg News analysis of satellite imagery finds the level of light at night has dropped as much as 50% across the island, @krishnakarra.bsky.social and I report 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
As Donald Trump tightens his grip on Venezuela, a turnaround in Cuba also seems within reach. But Miami exiles fear the island’s needs are now so staggering that it won't be able to attract the investment required to recover. 🎁🔗: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Miami Elites Who Dream of Rebuilding Cuba Fear It’s Too Far Gone
The regime is so entrenched that the playbook the US used in Venezuela isn't likely to work on the island.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
With Nicolás Maduro removed from power in Venezuela, Cuba is now without its principal global ally as its economy careens deeper into the abyss www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Maduro Ouster Leaves Cuban Regime Without a Benefactor
Hours after the US military whisked Nicolás Maduro away from Caracas, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said his people should be prepared to “give their blood, even their lives” to defend Venezuela a...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
As the US threatened Nicolás Maduro’s grip on power in recent months, a cadre of oil industry insiders made their case to anyone who would listen: Delcy Rodríguez should fill his shoes www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (Gift link, free for a week)
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Venezuela’s New Leader Is the Oil Industry’s Long-Time Ally
As the US threatened Nicolás Maduro’s grip on power in recent months, a cadre of executives, lawyers and investors tied to the oil industry made their case to anyone who would listen — the Trump admin...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Obama and Raul Castro announced US-Cuba detente 11 year ago today. Here's a story I wrote from the island at the time: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/4e6c084... Coincidence I'm sure, but it's a bit ominous for Trump to be addressing the nation tonight with warships amassed in the Caribbean.
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Shift in U.S.-Cuba relations a ‘huge triumph’ for Castro
Former president Fidel Castro always maintained that eventually U.S. policy of isolation would be defeated, University of Havana economist says
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
US forces have intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a move that marks a serious escalation of tensions between the two countries www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 🎁🔗
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US Seizes Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Venezuela
US forces have intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that marks a serious escalation of tensions between the t...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Banks in Argentina saw their worst results since the pandemic amid Javier Milei’s fierce push to tame the currency before midterm elections www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 🎁🔗👆
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Milei’s Election Battle Leaves Argentina’s Banks at Five-Year Low
Banks in Argentina saw their worst results since the pandemic amid President Javier Milei’s fierce push to tame the currency before midterm elections.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
A resounding win for Javier Milei’s party in midterm elections — with a lifeline from the US — gives new momentum to his quest to overhaul Argentina and break its cycle of debt, default and crisis www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (Gift link)
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Milei Wins New Chance, and Tough Challenge, to Remake Argentina
A resounding win for Javier Milei’s party in midterm elections late Sunday — with a lifeline from the US — gave the libertarian president new momentum for his quest to overhaul Argentina and break the...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Polls have closed in Argentina’s midterm congressional election, which is a “temperature check” of society’s willingness to continue with the policies Javier Milei has pursued since taking office. Follow our live coverage of it all here: www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...
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Updates on Argentina's Midterm Election Results
Argentina Midterm Election 2025: Live Results & News on Milei Presidency
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Javier Milei has hidden his chainsaw from angry Argentines ahead of a crucial election that could sink his presidency and the peso www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... (Gift link)
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Milei’s Chainsaw Infuriates Voters He Needs to Salvage His Presidency
Spending cuts hit the middle class hard, leaving the libertarian at risk of becoming a lame duck after this weekend’s crucial midterm election.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Donald Trump suggests the $20 billion lifeline the US is planning for Argentina could be contingent on libertarian leader Javier Milei’s success in the midterm elections, sending fresh jitters through financial markets www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Says ‘We’re Gone’ If Milei Doesn’t Prevail in Midterms
President Donald Trump suggested the $20 billion lifeline the US is planning for Argentina could be contingent on libertarian leader Javier Milei’s success in the midterm elections, sending fresh jitt...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Donald Trump is set to formalize a $20 billion lifeline designed to help his Argentine ally win midterm elections. But unforced political errors and a rejuvenated opposition put Javier Milei in a bind before the vote www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (Gift link)
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Trump Bets on Argentina Again After First-Term Bailout Blew Up
Back in 2018, Donald Trump wanted to help an old friend. He knew Mauricio Macri from way back in their real estate days, when they’d played golf — likely with little idea they’d end up as presidents o...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Migrants fearing Donald Trump’s deportations are rushing to send money home, sparking a remittance boom in places like Honduras www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... (Gift link)
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Trump’s Deportations Are Driving a Remittance Boom in Latin America
Honduras sees transfers jump 25% as migrants, fearing their time in the US will be cut short by the president’s crackdown, bet their money is safer back home.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Credit card companies won a new and powerful ally in their fight against a competing payment system in Brazil when Donald Trump went on the offensive against the South American country www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (Gift link)
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Trump’s Brazil Threats Aid Effort to Hobble Beloved Payment Platform
Trump's trade offensive against Brazil stirs up a global rivalry over payment systems.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Donald Trump’s treasury secretary pledges to provide “all options for stabilization” to Javier Milei as he works to keep Argentina from falling back into crisis, prompting a rally in the South American country’s assets www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (Gift link)
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Bessent Says All Options on Table to Help Milei’s Argentina
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pledged to provide “all options for stabilization” to President Javier Milei as he works to keep Argentina from falling back into crisis, prompting a rally in the S...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Newly imposed liquidity measures aimed at containing a nascent peso selloff have put Javier Milei on a collision course with Argentina’s banks www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Milei Clashes With Top Banks Amid Argentina’s Liquidity Squeeze
Newly imposed liquidity measures aimed at containing a nascent peso selloff have stoked tensions between Argentine President Javier Milei and the country’s banks, a sector that was largely aligned wit...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Gustavo Petro’s overhaul of Colombian health care is leaving patients untreated as ERs and maternity wards shut down www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Health Crisis Spirals in Colombia as ERs and Maternity Wards Close
Desperate patients struggle to afford basic care and medicines as Petro pushes for a bigger state role in the Andean nation’s once-robust medical system.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Mexico's security minister survived a cartel hit. Now he's trying to pacify one of the world's most violent nations — and the Trump administration www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Battle-Tested Cop Is Mexico's Hope to Tame Cartels and Placate Trump
Omar García Harfuch survived a harrowing cartel hit. Now he's trying to pacify one of the world's most violent nations — and the Trump administration.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Voters send two pro-business candidates to Bolivia’s presidential runoff, ending two decades of almost-uninterrupted socialist rule and likely transforming both the nation’s economic model and its relations with the US www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Socialist Era Ends in Bolivia as Pro-Business Candidates Triumph
Voters sent two pro-business candidates to Bolivia’s presidential election runoff, ending two decades of almost-uninterrupted socialist rule and likely transforming both the nation’s economic model an...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Argentina’s local debt sale falls short of market expectations as Javier Milei’s administration rolls over just 61% of maturities in a key auction that analysts say may prompt a drop in the peso www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Argentina Faces Massive Debt Rollover Amid Currency Pressures
Argentina’s local debt auction Wednesday fell short of market expectations as President Javier Milei’s administration rolled over just 61% of maturities in a key auction that analysts said may prompt ...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Colombia’s conservative opposition has been rocked by two major blows, and is failing to capitalize on Gustavo Petro’s missteps in the runup to next year’s presidential election www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Colombia’s Opposition Is Hobbled by Senator’s Murder, Leader’s Scandal
After losing its most popular presidential candidate to a shock shooting, Colombia’s conservative opposition is reeling.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Javier Milei’s reforms have brought stability to Argentina’s chaotic foreign exchange market and praise from investors. But the overhaul is also fueling the worst streak of corporate defaults since the pandemic www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Milei’s FX Reforms Spur Worst Corporate Default Wave Since 2020
Javier Milei’s reforms have brought stability to Argentina’s chaotic foreign exchange market and praise from investors. But the overhaul is also fueling the worst streak of corporate defaults since th...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The leader of Canada’s main oil-producing province visited Mexico in a bid to help reset relations with Latin America’s second-largest economy, with a particular eye to promoting energy projects www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Alberta Bolsters Canada-Mexico Energy Ties as Trump Upends Trade
The leader of Canada’s main oil-producing province visited Mexico in a bid to help reset relations with Latin America’s second-largest economy, with a particular eye to promoting energy projects.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The assassination of Miguel Uribe makes it harder for Gustavo Petro to advance his “total peace” initiative, under which Colombia is negotiating with several guerrilla factions and narco gangs simultaneously www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Colombian Senator’s Murder Threatens Petro’s Radical Peace Plan
Miguel Uribe Turbay’s death complicates Colombia’s peace efforts.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Thanks to a stronger peso under Javier Milei and a love for Lionel Messi, Argentines are flocking to Disney World and Miami even as visitors from Europe and Canada shun the US under Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Messi, Milei and Mickey Mouse Are Driving Argentine Tourists to US
Francisco González Galé didn’t expect to feel so at home when he fulfilled his kids’ wishes earlier this year by traveling to Walt Disney World in Orlando from Buenos Aires. The 46-year-old Argentine ...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Canada is working to reset its ties with Mexico as Donald Trump threatens his neighbors with punishing US tariffs ahead of a planned review of the North American free-trade pact www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Carney Is Patching Up Ties With Mexico in Face of Trump Threats
Canada is working to reset its ties with Mexico as Donald Trump threatens his neighbors with punishing US tariffs ahead of a planned review of the North American free-trade pact.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders is threatening to attack the prime minister’s office as the troubled Caribbean nation prepares for a leadership transition www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Warlord ‘Barbecue’ Threatens Haiti PM Office as Violence Flares
One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders is threatening to attack the prime minister’s office and other branches of government, as the troubled Caribbean nation prepares for a leadership transition.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Brazil is drilling for more oil near the Amazon while preparing to host COP30. Lula says it’s needed to fund the energy transition — but environmentalists aren’t buying it www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Climate Leader Brazil Is Frantically Drilling for More Oil
Even as the country prepares for COP30, President Lula says the proceeds from a discovery are needed to fund the energy transition — but environmentalists aren’t buying it.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The Mexican government expects state oil giant Pemex to reach financial self sufficiency by 2027 while increasing output and slashing debt by roughly $13 billion by the end of this year www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Mexico Sets 2027 Goal for Pemex to Reach Financial Self Reliance
The Mexican government expects Petroleos Mexicanos to reach financial self sufficiency by 2027 while increasing oil output and slashing debt by roughly $13 billion by the end of this year.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Ranching powerhouse Argentina is importing beef as Javier Milei’s currency and trade policies make it more affordable to source supplies abroad while local prices remain high www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Milei’s Strong Peso Drives Argentina Meatpackers to Import Beef
Renowned ranching nation Argentina is importing beef as President Javier Milei’s currency and trade policies make it more affordable to source supplies abroad while local prices remain high.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Colombia’s labor reform is stoking fears of job cuts as costs surge across sectors from health care to security www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Colombia Firms Warn of Layoffs and Rising Costs From Petro’s Labor Overhaul
Colombia’s security firms and hospitals are warning of job cuts and surging costs as a knock-on effect of President Gustavo Petro’s push to boost worker benefits.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
A key lieutenant to Javier Milei says the relationship between the Argentine leader and his vice president has reached a breaking point www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Milei’s Rift With His Vice President Now ‘Undoubtedly a Crisis’
The relationship between Argentine leader Javier Milei and his No. 2 reached a breaking point after Vice President Victoria Villarruel imperiled the most important tenet of his economic program, a key...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Cuba’s labor minister resigns after claiming the island’s beggars and garbage scavengers weren’t truly poor, but rather trying to bilk the communist regime www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Cuban Minister Quits After Scoffing at Communist Island’s Poor
Cuba’s labor minister resigned days after she went viral for claiming the island’s beggars and garbage scavengers weren’t truly poor, but rather trying to bilk the communist regime.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Javier Milei’s economic team sends a signal to the market that it still has an iron grip on Argentina’s money supply, a key ingredient to thwarting inflation, stabilizing the peso and to his high approval ratings www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Milei Tightens Grip on Argentina Currency Market Left Awash in Pesos
Investors in Argentina began to anticipate a subtle policy change as President Javier Milei seemed to ease his control of how many pesos circulate in the economy, a trade-off between inflation and eco...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Most Brazilians see Donald Trump’s threat of a 50% tariff as unjustified meddling in internal affairs and believe Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration is responding appropriately, @danielcarvalhobr.bsky.social reports www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Brazilians Back Lula Against Trump, Calling Tariffs Unjustified
Most Brazilians see Donald Trump’s threat of a 50% tariff as unjustified meddling in internal affairs and believe President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration is responding appropriately, acco...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Cuba’s crucial and struggling tourism industry gets hit with more US sanctions, as Donald Trump’s administration ratchets up pressure on the communist-run island and its top officials www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Piles Fresh Sanctions on Cuba’s Flailing Tourism Industry
Cuba’s crucial and struggling tourism industry was hit with more US sanctions, as President Donald Trump’s administration ratchets up pressure on the communist-run island and its top officials.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The Colombian senator and presidential hopeful who was shot in the head last month has started neurological rehabilitation as his condition improves www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Colombian Senator Shot in Head Last Month Shows Some Improvement
The Colombian senator and presidential hopeful who was shot in the head last month has started neurological rehabilitation at a Bogotá hospital as his condition improves.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Argentina asks a US appeals court for an emergency delay of an order requiring it to hand over its controlling stake in energy company YPF to help satisfy a $16 billion judgment www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Argentina Moves to Appeal US Judge’s Order to Give Up YPF Stake
Argentina asked a US appeals court for an emergency delay of an order requiring it to hand over by a Monday deadline its controlling stake in energy company YPF SA to help satisfy a $16 billion judgme...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Argentina’s Senate passes three bills that significantly hike spending on social security and other programs, threatening to derail Javier Milei’s austerity drive ahead of midterm elections www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Argentina’s Congress Defies Milei’s Cuts Before Midterms
Argentina’s Senate passed three bills Thursday that significantly hike spending on social security and other programs, measures that threaten to derail the austerity drive championed by President Javi...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The Argentine peso is weakening despite $1.6 billion in dollar sales from agricultural exporters. With midterm elections looming, traders are bracing for a continued slide www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Javier Milei’s approval rating is holding steady even as Argentines become increasingly worried about the job market amid rising unemployment www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Milei Approval Rating Holds as Argentines Worry More About Jobs
President Javier Milei’s approval rating and positive image remained well above domestic peers in June even as Argentines became increasingly worried about the job market after unemployment rose earli...
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The tattooed millennial architect of Javier Milei’s electoral success is the hottest ticket for investors in Argentina. He is also rumored to be butting heads with the president’s sister www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Milei’s Secret Weapon Is an Anti-Woke Devotee of ‘The West Wing’
Santiago Caputo is upending Argentine politics amid rumored tension with the libertarian president’s sister ahead of a crucial midterm vote.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Colombia’s outgoing foreign minister, a key lieutenant who was seen as a moderating influence on Gustavo Petro, says her time in government is now over www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Petro Confidant Says She’s Out of Colombia’s Government for Good
Colombia’s outgoing foreign minister, a key lieutenant who was seen as a moderating influence on President Gustavo Petro, says her time in government is now over.
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Stephen Wicary @wicary.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Suriname officially elected its first female president as the small, Dutch-speaking nation on the Caribbean coast of South America prepares to navigate an oil boom www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Suriname’s President Vows to Make Oil Wealth ‘Available to All’
Suriname officially elected its first female president as the small, Dutch-speaking nation on the Caribbean coast of South America prepares to navigate an oil boom.
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