The April 14, 2025 Issue

Table of contents

1. 01.
   Glacier loss in the Andes, told from the furrow

   Elena Vásquez · STORY · Environment · Andean

   Irrigation calendars that once followed snowmelt now follow radio forecasts and shared wells.

2. 02.
   Border economies and the quiet shift

   Elena Vásquez · STORY · The Latin American · Mexico, Central America, Amazon / borderlands

   Trade corridors are redrawn faster than headlines.

3. 03.
   Caribbean cruise ports and the climate bill

   Elena Vásquez · STORY · Environment · Caribbean

   Islands that live on arrivals are rewriting dock contracts for storms that no longer wait for hurricane season.

4. 04.
   São Paulo’s tech ecosystem, after the hype

   João Oliveira · STORY · Business · Brazil

   Venture capital cooled. Payrolls did not. A report from Vila Madalena to Faria Lima.

5. 05.
   Mexico City’s water rationing, explained without panic

   Marina Cruz · STORY · Politics · Mexico

   Tanker trucks, aquifer politics, and the neighborhoods that never make the press conference.

6. 06.
   City fiction: the hour between trains

   João Oliveira · POEM · Books · Brazil, Southern Cone

   A prose fragment from our Books desk.

7. 07.
   The future of lithium mining in Bolivia

   Marina Cruz · STORY · Business · Andean, Southern Cone

   Salt flats, state contracts, and the race to battery supply chains that keep rewriting the Andes.

8. 08.
   Weekly cartoon — The ink referendum

   Elena Vásquez · CARTOON · Culture · Caribbean, Andean

   Panel from our Culture section.

9. 09.
   Argentina’s peso politics after the shock therapy

   João Oliveira · STORY · Politics · Southern Cone

   Stabilization narratives meet supermarket receipts—and a middle class still doing math in dollars.

10. 10.
    The Amazon enforcement gap

    Elena Vásquez · STORY · Environment · Amazon / borderlands, Brazil

    Satellite alerts arrive in minutes. Prosecutors still move in months—when they move at all.

11. 11.
    Chile’s constitutional hangover and the mining code

    Marina Cruz · STORY · Politics · Southern Cone

    After two failed rewrites, copper policy is back in quieter rooms—and louder streets.

12. 12.
    Central America’s migration corridor in 2026

    Elena Vásquez · STORY · Politics · Central America, Mexico

    Buses, visas, and the NGOs that became infrastructure when states looked away.