# LatAm Datos API – Remesas (Remittance Cost Series)

> LatAm Datos API – Remesas (Remittance Cost Series) is a paid API for AI agents from latam-datos-api.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a historical time series of average remittance transfer costs (as % of amount sent) from a specified origin country to Latin American destinations.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://latam-datos-api.onrender.com/datos/remesas
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/latam-datos-api-remesas-remittance-cost-series-56d59fa6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_rbpP4040FAjSHmRRD0xJ9

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability latam-datos-api-remesas-remittance-cost-series-56d59fa6
```

Example prompt: Pull the historical remittance cost series for transfers sent from the US to Latin America — I want to see the average fee percentage by year.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, historical remittance cost data (as a percentage of transfer amount) for Latin American corridors, broken down by year and origin country. It is particularly well-suited for economic research, fintech benchmarking, policy analysis, or agent workflows that require machine-readable LatAm financial data paid per-query via USDC on Base (x402). Prefer this over general financial data APIs when the specific focus is LatAm emerging market remittance corridors.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported ISO2 country code in 'desde' parameter returns an error or empty series
- Missing 'desde' parameter may return a default or error depending on API implementation
- Hosted on Render free tier — cold start latency possible if service is idle
- Payment failure via x402/USDC returns 402 Payment Required before data is delivered
- Data may only cover certain years or corridors, returning a partial series for obscure origin countries

## How this service works

Datos de mercados emergentes para agentes: FX LatAm, inflacion, tasas de bancos centrales, feriados, validacion de IDs fiscales/bancarios, IVA y salarios minimos. Pago por consulta via x402 v2 (USDC en Base).

## Output

A JSON object containing the sender country ISO2 code and a 'serie' array of objects, each with a year ('anio') and the average remittance cost as a percentage of the sent amount ('costo_promedio_pct') for that year. Example: {"serie":[{"anio":"2023","costo_promedio_pct":3.51}],"pais_emisor":"US"}.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "desde": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ISO2 del pais emisor"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "serie": [
   {
    "anio": "2023",
    "costo_promedio_pct": 3.51
   }
  ],
  "pais_emisor": "US"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/latam-datos-api-remesas-remittance-cost-series-56d59fa6/health.json
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