#América Latina

The entrance to the ECLAC building, the commission's headquarters in the Vitacura district of Santiago, Chile, in 2020.

Regional economy

UN commission cuts Latin America's 2026 growth forecast to 2%, leaving Chile and Bolivia at 0.2%

The container terminal at the port of Valparaíso, Chile, seen from the Paseo 21 de Mayo in 2017.

ECLAC expects Latin American goods exports to rise 20% in 2026, with Peru in the lead

The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.

IMF cuts Latin America's 2026 growth forecast to 2.3% and leaves Bolivia as the region's only shrinking economy

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, in 2024.

Grynspan widens her lead in the Security Council's fourth straw poll and moves closer to leading the UN

The headquarters of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, in 2018. The IDB co-authored the report with the OECD and the World Bank.

Latin America spends $1,518 per person on health, a quarter of what the OECD spends

Abelardo de la Espriella, now Colombia's president, in an image released during the 2026 presidential campaign.

Colombia opens talks with the IMF as its president says the state's balance is "in the red"