Latin America

In 2026, Latin America became more than a raw-materials region. It is now a place where oil, sun, wind and critical minerals converge. Who is building, who is selling, and who is buying? Let's break it down by country and by player.

The Big Picture

For Russians, a vacation in Latin America comes down to route, season and area of stay, not visas. Where is the weather right now suitable for travel, which countries admit Russians without a visa, and what real threats does a traveler face? We begin with the journey and documents, because they determine the budget.

Visas and Getting There

Safety in Latin America depends not on the country as a whole, but on the specific neighborhood and the tourist's habits. Where is it really dangerous, and where is it perfectly calm? What do the figures on homicides and official warnings say? And how should you behave to come home with good memories?

What the Numbers Say

Visa rules for Russians in Brazil and Argentina stayed the same in 2026. They changed for Americans and for foreigners in Argentina who want to stay. What rules apply now? What changed in practice? And why have visas become part of big-power politics? Let's take it step by step.

Brazil: Visa-Free Entry for Russians and a Visa Dispute with the US

Lithium in Latin America is controlled not by corporations but by the rules of the game in three countries. Chile is steering toward the state, Argentina is courting investors, and Bolivia has still not started production. Who is actually pumping the brine? Whose money is behind the projects? And where does Russia fit in?

Three Countries, Three Models

It is hard to find a more contradictory and painful image for Venezuela than this one: a country whose president was bombed, captured, kidnapped and taken out of its own territory by the United States is now celebrating oil agreements with the very same power that, only yesterday, was exercising a relationship of force over it.

The phrase "black diamond – Brazil" in gemology almost always refers to one and the same phenomenon: a unique variety of diamond called carbonado, found in only two places on the planet, one of which is located precisely in the Brazilian state of Bahia.

What Carbonado Is and Why It's Been Found Only Twice in Earth's History

If you are interested in Russian schools and universities in Latin America that train Russian-speaking specialists, in education abroad, in scholarships for admission to Russian universities, or in career prospects within the Russian-speaking environment—the Latin American direction is today one of the fastest-growing segments in Russia's system of international education, covering roughly 5,000 students and dozens of active schools and university programs.

Russian From the School Desk: Open Education Centers

If you're tracking where global supply chains for food, metals, and rare earth resources are heading, the next few months in Brazil concern you directly: Latin America's largest economy is waging simultaneous diplomatic battles with two key continental neighbors, and this is not a coincidence but a logical consequence of its own weight.

A conflict that has been building for years

While Washington continues to believe that the world still revolves around the dollar and the Pentagon, Moscow is methodically building an alternative architecture of influence — and Latin America has become one of the key points of this realignment.

Formal Neutrality, Real Alternative