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Lucinda Elliott

Former Southern Cone correspondent

Lucinda Elliott wrote about Latin America for the FT from Argentina. She was previously a foreign correspondent based in Brazil and Venezuela writing for The Times of London. Early in her journalism career she reported from the London office for the FT Confidential Emerging Markets service.

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  • Monday, 20 March, 2023
    OutlookUruguay
    Uruguay’s difficult history is still being largely ignored

    The country has yet to grapple fully with the dictatorship and state terrorism it experienced in the 1970s and 80s

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    Argentina
    Argentina’s inflation rate tops 100% for the first time in three decades

    Measures by ruling coalition have failed to tame surging prices that have damaged the South American country’s economy

  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
    Argentina
    Argentina to launch ‘Malbec dollar’ exchange rate to spur wine exports

    Measure follows ‘soy dollar’ policy as producers struggle and government seeks to boost foreign currency reserves

  • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
    Uruguay
    Indian tycoon wins right to press ahead with $4bn fight over Uruguay mine

    Ruling allows Pramod Agarwal to seek recovery of investment following 2016 collapse of iron ore project

  • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    ‘We are for peace’: Latin America rejects pleas to send weapons to Ukraine

    Tradition of non-interventionism prompts region’s leftwing leaders to snub pleas from US and Europe

  • Friday, 10 February, 2023
    News in-depthRussia
    In search of an Orthodox priest in southern Brazil

    Young Russian families are turning to Latin America as they seek opportunities for their children

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Latin America
    Uruguay tries to steal the show as a South American film hub

    Tax breaks are among the perks the country hopes will attract a growing number of shoots

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Americas economy
    Brazil and Argentina’s joint currency plan raises economic concerns

    Leftwing leaders Lula and Alberto Fernández push ahead despite questions over unequal benefits of proposal

  • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
    Argentina
    Gas and mining boom to transform Argentina’s economy, minister says

    Sergio Massa highlights Vaca Muerta shale development set to turn Buenos Aires into exporter

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    Americas economy
    Brazil and Argentina to start preparations for a common currency

    Other Latin American nations will be invited to join plan which could create world’s second-largest currency union

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    Uruguay
    Uruguay’s passport scandal forces reckoning on corruption

    Latin American country’s reputation for solid governance at risk as its leaders grapple with multiple allegations

  • Monday, 26 December, 2022
    Uruguay
    Uruguay’s global ambitions shake up Latin America’s Mercosur trade bloc

    As political alliances in the region shift, Montevideo’s decision to ‘open up to the world’ exacerbates tensions

  • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
    OutlookArgentina
    Messi and his squad’s victory cannot dispel Argentina’s travails

    World Cup euphoria will fade but the country’s economic problems and political divisions will remain

  • Monday, 12 December, 2022
    FIFA World Cup
    Messi mania diverts Argentina from its economic and political problems

    Team’s success offers ‘illusion of greatness’ to South American nation

  • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
    Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
    Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner convicted of corruption

    Powerful vice-president rails against verdict as she faces six-year sentence

  • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
    ObituaryHebe de Bonafini
    Hebe de Bonafini, activist, 1928-2022

    After two of her children were abducted, she defied Argentina’s military junta in her pursuit for justice

  • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
    Argentina
    Macri’s possible comeback threatens to divide Argentina opposition

    A split could open up an avenue for ruling Peronists to keep hold of power in next year’s election

  • Friday, 18 November, 2022
    News in-depthInter-American Development Bank
    Latin Americans fight it out to lead scandal-hit development bank

    Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Trinidad all nominate candidates to succeed fired Cuban-American

  • Monday, 17 October, 2022
    Chile
    Simmering indigenous conflict tests Chile’s government

    President Gabriel Boric struggles to find solutions for deep-seated problems in Mapuche region

  • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
    Argentina
    Argentines move abroad as economy deteriorates

    Some residents seek opportunities in Europe and elsewhere in Latin America

  • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
    Chile
    Chile’s leftist government surprises with spending squeeze

    Gabriel Boric’s administration keen to avoid spendthrift mistakes of region’s radical leaders

  • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
    Paraguay
    US move deepens worries over organised crime in Paraguay

    Sanctions on top politicians seen as message that Asunción must clean up public life

  • Monday, 5 September, 2022
    Chile
    Chile’s Boric seeks ‘new path forward’ after voters reject constitutional changes

    Markets buoyed by public’s dismissal of new charter as president attempts to salvage plans

  • Friday, 2 September, 2022
    Argentina
    Fears of further Argentina turmoil following Fernández de Kirchner assassination attempt

    Vice-president unharmed but police investigating whether gunman acted alone

  • Friday, 2 September, 2022
    News in-depthChile
    Push for new constitution exposes Chile’s divisions

    Hopes for unity dashed as polls suggest new social contract will be rejected in referendum

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