Southern Copper to Spend US$8.2 Billion in Peru
Southern Copper Peru investment of about US$8.2 billion to 2033 sits alongside a road closure that has isolated Arequipa for...
August 21, 2026Section
Economy
Peru’s Galarreta Sets Out Security and Tax Plan
The Galarreta government programme puts policing, prisons and the armed forces first. Under the new two-chamber Congress, no confidence vote...
August 21, 2026
Peru Asks Mexico to Drop Its Visa Requirement
The Peru Mexico visa requirement is under review after relations were restored on 7 August. A Hong Kong trade deal...
August 21, 2026
Colombia’s Gas Terminal Opens Before Its Ship Arrives
Colombia gas import capacity at Puerto Bahía is targeted for December, but the chartered floating terminal only arrives in early...
August 21, 2026
Colombia Loses Nearly 10,000 Cattle to Drought
Colombia cattle deaths from drought have reached 9,865 across 15 departments, with losses of COP47 billion (US$15.4m) and El Niño...
August 21, 2026
BP Takes a Venezuelan Gas Field Under New US Rules
The Lorán gas licence gives bp, XRG and UCC equal shares in four trillion cubic feet of Venezuelan gas, under...
August 21, 2026
Ecuador’s Mining Exports Overtake Its Bananas
Ecuador mining exports reached US$2.63 billion in the first half, up 40.6%, overtaking bananas for second place among non-oil exports...
August 21, 2026
US Court Restores the Delta-Aeroméxico Alliance
The Delta Aeroméxico joint venture keeps its antitrust immunity after an appeals court vacated the US order to unwind it...
August 21, 2026
Chile Wants Six Million Tonnes of Copper. Right Now It Is Producing Less Each Year
Chile's copper production target of six million tonnes runs against Cochilco's own forecast of 5.27 million this year, a fall...
August 20, 2026