Issue Sep 16-22 2026: Selling coffee, cocoa, and palm oil in the European market no longer requires simply having high-quality products to offer discriminating consumers; according to the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), producers must also have verifiable data validating their crops’ origin and that ensures that they were not harvested in deforested areas.

Issue Sep 16-22 2026: Although analysts and experts agree that Latin America must diversify its markets in order to counter increasing international protectionist measures, including tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, doing so will not be easy.

Issue Sep 16-22 2026: Chilean Ex-President Michelle Bachelet was on the road to potentially be the United Nations Secretary General, but her home country of Chile failed to back her.