Latin America Brief – Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com the Global Magazine of News and Ideas Thu, 14 May 2026 21:57:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-favicon-512_2017.png?w=32 Latin America Brief – Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com 32 32 162972146 https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/themes/foreign-policy-2017/static/images/logo_header.png Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com 134 109 Argentina Has Milei Malaise https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/15/argentina-milei-economy-austerity-wages-approval-rating/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/15/argentina-milei-economy-austerity-wages-approval-rating/#respond Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:18 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1229297 https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/15/argentina-milei-economy-austerity-wages-approval-rating/feed/ 0 1229297 China Is Transforming Brazil’s Car Market 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