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Samantha Pearson

ARTICLES BY SAMANTHA PEARSON

Venezuela currently has more than 30 million barrels of backlogged crude supplies in storage that it hasn’t been able to sell. (AFP)

Why taking Venezuela’s oil could actually lift its fortunes

6 min read . 09 Jan 2026

Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president in Caracas.

Venezuela’s new leader rushes to assert control after Maduro’s fall

3 min read . 06 Jan 2026

Trump has made it clear his support was contingent on Milei’s electoral success. (AP)

Milei wins mandate for free-market revolution in Argentina’s election

3 min read . 27 Oct 2025

Brazil's vast rare earth reserves offer US a non-China supply, despite cost challenges and China's market dominance.

Rare-earths plants are popping up outside China

5 min read . 19 May 2025

China aims to replace US crops with South American supply via Santos port, facing infrastructure hurdles despite investments. (Image: Reuters)

China is building megaports in South America to feed its need for crops

4 min read . 13 May 2025

A woman pays respect in front of a portrait of the late Pope Francis in Buenos Aires. Photo: JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images

Why Pope Francis couldn’t rally more fellow Latin Americans to his faith

5 min read . 22 Apr 2025

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

Xi fights Trump’s tariffs with global charm offensive

6 min read . 16 Apr 2025

Soybeans imported from Brazil at a processing company in China last month. Photo: AFP/Getty Images

Brazil looks like a winner in the global trade war

5 min read . 02 Apr 2025

Shoppers at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Rosa Panggabean/Bloomberg News

China’s flood of cheap goods is angering its allies, too

8 min read . 03 Dec 2024

A BYD building under construction at the site of a former Ford factory in Camaçari, Brazil. Photographs by Tommaso Protti for WSJ

China’s EV makers set sights on Latin America in global expansion

6 min read . 02 Nov 2024

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes brought new scrutiny to the country’s judges. Photo: Ton Molina/Bloomberg News

Musk’s latest nemesis: A Brazilian judge risking overreach in hate-speech fight

6 min read . 06 Sept 2024

Passengers arriving at the airport in Rio Branco, Brazil, in June. Brazil is often the first place of arrival for many African and Asian immigrants who then make their way north. Photo: Martin Mejia/Associated Press

Brazil clamps down on migrants heading to the US

3 min read . 23 Aug 2024

Grigorii Mikhailov and his son in front of a restaurant that serves Eastern European cuisine, in Florianópolis, Brazil, earlier this year. (Photo: Anita Pouchard Serra for WSJ)

Russians, fleeing war, find haven in the cafes and beaches of South America

7 min read . 27 Jul 2024

Elon Mus satellite company has connected Brazil’s vast rural and jungle expanses to the internet. (File Photo: Bloomberg)

Brazil sees Elon Musk’s Starlink as a political threat

6 min read . 26 Jul 2024

Geese patrol the perimeter of a Brazilian prison. (Reuters)

Even hardened convicts are no match for these guard geese

4 min read . 05 Jun 2024

Art dealer Brent Sikkema's husband became a suspect in his murder.

A broken marriage, a big inheritance and the murder of an art kingmaker

18 min read . 12 May 2024

Now the court’s order to block a swath of X accounts has sparked fresh debate, with critics on the right, including many legal experts, saying de Moraes has gone too far.

Brazil judge wrangling with Elon Musk has long battled social media

5 min read . 10 Apr 2024

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo (REUTERS)

Elon Musk vows to defy Brazil order to block some X accounts

3 min read . 08 Apr 2024

Councilman Ramiro Rosário, among paper copies of Porto Alegre’s laws.

The City That’s Trying to Replace Politicians With Computers (It’s Working)

5 min read . 22 Dec 2023

Uruguay Reflects Latin American Drift From U.S., Turn to China

Uruguay Reflects Latin American Drift From U.S., Turn to China

8 min read . 08 Nov 2023