Domingo Brief — Apple's Big Green Investment

Each Sunday, take two minutes to catch key stories and opportunities shaping Latin America.

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Welcome back to the Domingo Brief! This week, we’re following Brazil’s meat exports, Uruguay’s credit rating upgrade, and Apple’s big rainforest investment.

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Trivia of the Week

Just over 6 out of 10 of you got it right last week: Gabriel Boric was once a student activist prior to becoming President of Chile. Boric rode his successes as an activist into Chile’s congress before eventually becoming Chile’s youngest-ever president in 2022.

Each week, tune back in for the answer to the previous week’s trivia question. No cheating!

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🇦🇷🇧🇷🇵🇾 Yerba mate producers from Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay have teamed up to promote their product worldwide. Growers from the three countries have launched the South American Federation of Yerba Mate Producers, headquartered in Paraguay, in the interest of boosting their various products internationally: Argentinean mate, Brazilian chimarrão, and Paraguayan tereré.

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🇧🇴 Bolivia has seized $450M worth of cocaine in the country’s second-largest drug bust in history. The Andean country, which is one of the world’s largest producers of coca, managed to seize over 7.2 tons of cocaine destined for Belgium.