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Latin America Desk
Gold in Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Colombia and beyond
The Latin America Desk covers gold across Mexico, Central and South America: local prices, central bank buying, mining and informal mining, and gold as a hedge against inflation. Our desks use AI tools to research and draft; every article is checked against named sources and edited before it is published.
Articles by Latin America Desk
- Illegal gold mining in Colombia spreads, UN survey shows
Three departments hold most of the illicit river workings, armed groups sit in almost every mining town, and record prices keep the dredges coming.
Oct 12, 2026
- Brazil gold reserves: why the central bank doubled gold
The central bank says rising economic and geopolitical risk pushed it into gold, the euro and the renminbi, and away from the dollar.
Oct 11, 2026