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Immigration rules, citizenship, investment and the legal decisions changing Latin America.
English-language reporting and legal analysis from RULATAM.
Uruguay is taking a sweeping step to resolve the citizenship problem facing naturalized immigrants. Their passports will now list Uruguayan nationality, and their children will receive citizenship upon their parents’ application.
All three countries grant citizenship at birth in most cases. The real difference is what the birth changes for the parents and how soon it changes it.
The government has prepared a bill intended to end the contradiction between the citizenship of naturalized Uruguayans and the nationality shown in their passports.
Argentina has no private citizenship-by-investment operator. This guide explains who runs the programme, who makes the decision and where applicants should go.
Most major polls put Lula first. Flávio Bolsonaro finished ahead by roughly 2.3 million votes. The polling miss, turnout and runoff arithmetic explain what happens next.
Argentina has priced its citizenship-by-investment plan at $350,000 — but the missing rules and a court decision matter as much as the headline figure.
Lula has made legal immigration slower. Bolsonaro’s allies want tougher citizenship rules. What Brazil’s 2026 election means for visas, residency and families.
The property threshold survived. The banking route did not. Panama has replaced its Qualified Investor rulebook and split the programme into four distinct investment tracks.
