☀ Domingo Brief — El Salvador’s Election Day

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 exploring Brazil’s great year for employment, the ongoing political drama surrounding Javier Milei’s omnibus bill in Argentina, three lucky Panamanians, and more.

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Trivia of the Week

Okay, so just over 6 out of 10 of you (61%) were right: Bacardi comes from Cuba. The brand of white rum was founded by Catalan immigrant Facundo Bacardí Masó in Santiago de Cuba in 1862. Bacardi helped transform rum from a lower-quality drink to a world-renowned drink, and is today the largest privately-held spirits company in existence.

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

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🇦🇷 Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies has approved President Javier Milei’s sweeping omnibus bill, which includes reforms for economic and administrative to electoral and criminal matters, following three days of heated debate. The country’s lower house of congress will now debate the over 300 individual articles of the bill, before sending it to the Senate for their approval.

Latinometrics: It’s been a turbulent time for Argentina as people protest against Milei’s massive reform proposals. The final vote in the Chamber was 144-109, reflecting a big divide between the president’s conservative allies and the opposition.

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🇧🇷 Brazil’s unemployment rate of 7.8% is the country’s lowest since 2014. The country has over 101M people in its labor force, of which roughly a third hold a formal contract. A 5.8% jump in formal labor — which tends to imply better working conditions, better income growth, and increased tax revenues — means that the country not only has more people working than in years past, but those people have higher-quality jobs too.