https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOd3HPvM5LY/shannon-k-oneil RSS for Node Fri, 08 May 2026 16:19:50 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-26/trump-s-donroe-doctrine-won-t-win-latin-america-without-more-carrots https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-26/trump-s-donroe-doctrine-won-t-win-latin-america-without-more-carrots Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:30:04 GMT US President Donald Trump hands a pen after signing a proclamation at the "Shield of the Americas" Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026. President Trump is hosting a dozen right-wing leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss issues facing the region, from organized crime to illegal immigration. The summit also aims to serve Washington by boosting US interests in the region and curbing those from foreign powers like China. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-02-16/latin-america-s-munich-no-show-was-a-big-mistake https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-02-16/latin-america-s-munich-no-show-was-a-big-mistake Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:00:02 GMT MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 14: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers a key note speech at the 62nd Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2026 in Munich, Germany. The conference, which brings together government leaders, security experts and defence ministers, is taking place at a time when the traditional western political and military alliance is facing rupture due to the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-01-28/ai-bubble-could-pop-with-higher-tariffs-and-fewer-workers https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-01-28/ai-bubble-could-pop-with-higher-tariffs-and-fewer-workers Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:00:30 GMT Fewer workers=fewer, and more expensive, data centers. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-17/mexico-s-economy-faces-a-second-china-shock https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-17/mexico-s-economy-faces-a-second-china-shock Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:30:12 GMT A Chinese-made Haval H6 SUV is seen on Reforma Avenue in Mexico City on December 23, 2024. Sales of luxury vehicles in Mexico registered a significant drop in 2024, in the face of a stronger presence of Chinese-made vehicles preferred by consumers. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-09/trump-tariffs-us-exporters-won-t-thrive-in-a-plus-one-world https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-09/trump-tariffs-us-exporters-won-t-thrive-in-a-plus-one-world Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:00:02 GMT A Camry vehicle moves down an assembly line at the Toyota Motor Corp. manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Retrofitting a Camry sedan assembly line for the RAV4 SUV is part of a company mandate to update Toyota's oldest North American plant with newer technology, more efficient processes, and fresher products. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-28/trump-s-tariffs-will-destroy-the-best-cure-for-the-us-trade-deficit https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-28/trump-s-tariffs-will-destroy-the-best-cure-for-the-us-trade-deficit Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:00:01 GMT A tractor trailer enters Canada from the United States at the Canada-US border near the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. The Trump administration may announce a pathway for tariff relief on Mexican and Canadian goods covered by North America's free trade agreement as soon as Wednesday. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-27/destabilizing-mexico-won-t-make-the-us-safer-or-richer https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-27/destabilizing-mexico-won-t-make-the-us-safer-or-richer Mon, 27 Jan 2025 11:00:11 GMT Tijuana is going to run out of tents. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-12/south-america-can-still-save-its-mercosur-trading-bloc https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-12/south-america-can-still-save-its-mercosur-trading-bloc Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:00:10 GMT RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - DECEMBER 07: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R), President of Brazil walks during the 63rd Summit of Heads of State of Mercosur and Associated States at Museum of Tomorrow on December 07, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-15/the-americas-can-t-handle-immigration-a-la-carte https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-15/the-americas-can-t-handle-immigration-a-la-carte Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:30:38 GMT Bolivian migrants wait in line to be registered inside a church in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Bolivia's lockdown extension is set to expire on April 30, this as it strikes a deal with Chile to return hundreds of migrants back home. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-06-15/us-should-look-south-not-far-east-on-trade-pacts https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-06-15/us-should-look-south-not-far-east-on-trade-pacts Thu, 15 Jun 2023 11:00:22 GMT Containers at the Port of Houston in Seabrook, Texas, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Texas Governor Greg Abbott in a newly released campaign video claims 'Texas ports are open & ready to help fix America's supply chain backlog.' https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-04-13/mexico-s-carnage-has-no-military-solution https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-04-13/mexico-s-carnage-has-no-military-solution Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:30:35 GMT Members of the special forces of the Mexican Army take a part in a military parade to commemorate Mexico's 212st anniversary of independence, at the Zocalo square in Mexico City, on September 16, 2022. (Photo by RODRIGO ARANGUA / AFP) (Photo by RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-10-27/us-nearshoring-should-follow-china-s-asian-example https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-10-27/us-nearshoring-should-follow-china-s-asian-example Thu, 27 Oct 2022 09:30:10 GMT 03 April 2019, Mexico, Otay: Trucks are queuing at the Otay Mesa border crossing. Lorry drivers currently have to wait for hours before they are checked and allowed to enter the United States. In view of the increasing number of migrants from Central America, the US government last week withdrew 750 border guards from their posts at border crossings and entrusted them with new tasks. These are now missing in the handling of the vehicles, which leads to delays. Photo: Omar Martínez/dpa (Photo by Omar Martínez/picture alliance via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-08-31/more-soldiers-won-t-stop-mexico-s-rampant-violence https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-08-31/more-soldiers-won-t-stop-mexico-s-rampant-violence Wed, 31 Aug 2022 10:30:27 GMT Mexican soldier stands guard next to a burnt house in the village of Palmas Altas, which had been taken over by criminal gangs and its residents had to move for safety, in Zacatecas state, Mexico, on March 14, 2022. - In the last three years, homicides, kidnappings and disappearances have increased in the state of Zacatecas, amid a reorganization of the criminal drug map of Mexico. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-07-28/chile-s-failed-pensions-are-neoliberalism-s-badge-of-shame https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-07-28/chile-s-failed-pensions-are-neoliberalism-s-badge-of-shame Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:00:08 GMT SANTIAGO, CHILE - OCTOBER 18: Demonstrators wave Wenufoye and Chilean flags during clashes with riot police near to La Moneda Presidential Palace on October 18, 2021 in Santiago, Chile. On October 18, 2019, an increase in the subway fare triggered demonstrations claiming for measures to reduce social and economic inequality. The protests turned out into a nationwide social unrest that paralyzed the country for nearly six months. Protestors held massive rallies with up to 1.2 million people requesting President Sebastian Piñera's resignation and a wide range of issues including health care, pension system, public education, social mobility, privatization of water services and corruption. After holding a referendum in October 2020, a national assembly is now working to rewrite the Pinochet-era constitution as a response to social demands. (Photo by Claudio Santana/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-05-02/amlo-s-lithium-grab-and-war-on-green-energy-will-hurt-north-america https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-05-02/amlo-s-lithium-grab-and-war-on-green-energy-will-hurt-north-america Mon, 02 May 2022 09:00:18 GMT A demostrator holds up a sign reading No to the energy counter-reform during the Fridays for Future global protest in Mexico City, on March 25, 2022. - Activists took to squares around the world for a global climate strike on March 25, 2022, as part of the Fridays For Future movement, led by Swedish Greta Thunberg. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-09/mexico-s-democracy-is-crumbling-under-amlo https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-09/mexico-s-democracy-is-crumbling-under-amlo Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:30:19 GMT Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico's president, speaks during a press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City, Mexico, on Tuesday Jan. 25, 2021. Mexico's Tren Maya, a train through southern Mexico that is one of the flagship infrastructure projects of the government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, will be inaugurated in December 2023, the president said at a press briefing on Tuesday. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-02-17/in-latin-america-s-elections-think-governance-not-ideology https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-02-17/in-latin-america-s-elections-think-governance-not-ideology Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:00:22 GMT LIMA, PERU - DECEMBER 05: Peruvian President Pedro Castillo (C) wears a firefighter jacket and salutes during an event to deliver firetrucks to Volunteer firefighters of Peru on December 5, 2021 in Lima, Peru. After only four months in power, National Congress will vote this week on whether to start the formal impeachment process to Castillo. The Left-wing President will also be questioned by prosecutors on December 14th over promotions for military officers. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-06/chile-s-gabriel-boric-could-create-latin-america-s-new-economic-model https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-06/chile-s-gabriel-boric-could-create-latin-america-s-new-economic-model Thu, 06 Jan 2022 12:00:11 GMT SANTIAGO, CHILE - DECEMBER 21: Newly elected President Gabriel Boric arrives for a visit to the President of the Constituent Assembly Elisa Loncon on December 21, 2021 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Jonnathan Oyarzun/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-03/populism-has-killed-latin-america-s-once-powerful-finance-ministers https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-03/populism-has-killed-latin-america-s-once-powerful-finance-ministers Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:00:10 GMT Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes arrives the auction of 5G mobile telephony bands infrastructure at the National Telecommunications Agency in Brasilia, on November 4, 2021. - Brazil launched the 5G network tender on Thursday, the largest in its history in the telecommunications sector, with 15 companies participating and expected to attract investments of around USD 9 billion. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP) (Photo by EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-12/under-lopez-obrador-mexico-s-energy-grid-risks-fading-to-black https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-12/under-lopez-obrador-mexico-s-energy-grid-risks-fading-to-black Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:00:07 GMT Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) Thermoelectric Power Plant in Villa de Reyes, San Luis Potosi state, Mexico, on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has sought to clamp down on private competition to state-owned companies, saying in October he intends to protect the interests of state oil producer Petroleos Mexicanos and electricity firm Comision Federal de Electricidad. At the time, he accused foreign companies of ransacking the country.