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The Andean capital at 2,640 m: Latin America's cargo king, the world's biggest BRT, a metro on the rise — and tourism out-earning coffee and coal.
The Paris of South America in a macro stress test: a strong peso that cut inbound tourism by a fifth, a record cruise season, a profitable flag carrier, the world’s longest flight — and a Belle Époque hotel wave priced in dollars.
South America's food capital: a new $2.4B airport, a record-breaking port, four of the world's 50 best restaurants — and the gateway to Machu Picchu.
The crossroads, counted: a 21-million-passenger hub with the world’s best punctuality, 195 cruise transits a season through the Canal, Central America’s only metro — and a stopover machine turning transit into tourism.
The comeback, quantified: an airport up 23.5% in a year, a record 9.3-million arrival wave for Brazil, back-to-back record cruise seasons at Pier Mauá — and a luxury hotel ledger that just rewrote itself.
The Andes city that runs on reliability: South America’s only air bridge to Oceania, a 50-year-old metro building three lines at once, and a six-million-visitor tourism record riding the Argentine wave.
The engine of a record-breaking Brazil: the continent’s busiest airport again, the region’s largest rail PPP, the first R$1,000 hotel month — and Latin America’s biggest port down the hill at Santos.
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