If you drew a diagonal across South America from Quito to Buenos Aires, you’d slice through roughly 4,000 kilometres of Andean vertigo, pampas melancholy, and the sort of political pendulum swings that would make Newton reach for stronger coffee. Ecuador versus Argentina, then, is not merely a fixture on the Copa América group-stage bingo card;…
Brazil vs Bolivia: A Quiet Derby for the Soul of South America By: Our Man in a Hammock with Wi-Fi RIO DE JANEIRO—While the rest of the planet was busy measuring the global recession in crypto-converted lattés and wondering whether World War III will be fought on TikTok, Brazil and Bolivia spent last week conducting…
South America: A Continent That Forgot to Read the Global Memo Dave’s Locker International Desk – Friday, 07:14 UTC RIO DE JANEIRO—While the rest of the planet was busy optimizing supply chains, South America appears to have been stuck in the longest cigarette break in recorded history. Somewhere between the Andes and the Atlantic, an…
