Patricia Laya

The US is deporting thousands of Cubans, many with criminal records, to southern Mexico, where they are forced to turn to odd jobs, are living in the streets or are recruited by cartels to survive in a nation where they can't legally work / With @jimwyss bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Venezuela's Cayena Hotel has become a hub for investors rushing into the country to profit from an expected economic revival in the post-Maduro era bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A raft of Venezuelan companies are looking to sell shares on the local stock exchange as the market wakes up after more than a decade of near paralysis bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Venezuela’s government said Alex Saab was deported from the country on Saturday over his alleged involvement in several crimes in the US bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Colombia’s central bank still has work to do to tame inflation, though may now be able to slow the pace of interest rate increases, according to co-director Bibiana Taboada bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Crypto Billionaire Ehrsam Bets on Venezuela Revival Fred Ehrsam, an American crypto billionaire, has become one of the most visible, high-profile foreign investors courting Venezuela, betting that the sanctions-hit nation could offer outsized returns. The 38-year-old Coinbase Global Inc. co-founder — worth $2.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — has made repeated trips to Caracas in recent months, people familiar with the visits said. Ehrsam has met with senior Venezuelan and US officials, including interim president Delcy Rodríguez and US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, as well as business executives and people close to the government to explore investments ranging from oil and gas to fintech and digital payments, the people said. Great reporting here by @PattyLaya, @zerpius and @peterbmillard bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

American crypto billionaire Fred Ehrsam is among the highest-profile foreign investors betting Venezuela’s sanctions-hit economy will deliver outsized returns as it reopens bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Venezuela’s government is stepping up dollar sales and allowing the bolivar to weaken, narrowing the gap with the parallel market and easing pressure on inflation bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The US authorized Venezuela to hire advisers for potential debt talks, a key step in the long-awaited path to restructure the country’s $60-billion pile of defaulted bonds. The notes soared after the announcement bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The US is using sanctions relief, access to global finance and control over oil revenues as leverage to steer policy and shape what comes next. Here's what to know bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

“We are going to hunt them down.” Paloma Valencia pitches a return to Uribe-style security and closer US ties as Colombia heads to a pivotal election. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

A tiny brooch worn by Venezuela’s new US-supported leader Delcy Rodríguez has become a diplomatic lightning rod bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A private-credit firm founded by former Credit Suisse bankers is seeking to finance Venezuela’s oil services sector, as one of the country’s largest energy conferences in decades draws investors back to Caracas. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Venezuela is ramping up dollar sales to the private sector as authorities try to contain a slide in the bolivar that risks reigniting hyperinflation, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Colombia’s largest oil workers union dropped a strike threat after Ecopetrol's chief executive officer was removed following a board decision bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Wild story: President appoints someone to the central bank recommended by his own finance minister. The appointee resists the president's demands to approve bigger rate cuts, and now the president says he "stupidly" followed the minister's advice, leading to "the worst mistake of my government." Economists say the appointee is maintaining an important source of confidence that inflation won't be a bigger problem.

Colombia Finance Minister German Avila abruptly left Tuesday’s central bank board meeting, where officials were widely expected to increase interest rates, a ministry official said bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Gustavo Petro says that naming Olga Lucía Acosta to Colombia’s central bank was his biggest blunder. Others credit her with saving the monetary authority’s independence and the nation’s inflation-targeting model, @omedinacruz reports bloomberg.com/news/articles/…