Brazil’s Airlines Have Just Had Their Busiest Seven Months Ever
A Brazil air passengers record: 59 million domestic trips from January to July 2026, plus 17.7 million international, according to...
August 20, 2026Section
Economy
Peru Business Confidence Hits 15-Year High, Gestión Reports
Peru business confidence is at its highest in about 15 years, Gestión reports, citing Apoyo Consultoría's survey of more than...
August 20, 2026
Argentina’s Deputy Economy Minister Says Inflation Is No Longer the Problem
Argentina's deputy economy minister says inflation will keep falling and a new central bank law would be a confidence shock....
August 20, 2026
Vale Says Fixing Brazil’s Permit System Is Worth US$251 Billion. It Also Wants a Mineral Washington Is Chasing
Vale mining permitting changes could yield up to R$1.3 trillion in tax revenue over ten years, the company says, as...
August 20, 2026
Brazil’s Meal Voucher Market Is Worth US$29 Billion a Year, and Two More Banks Just Walked In
The BTG Pactual benefits card combines food and meal vouchers in one product, entering a R$150 billion market as C6...
August 20, 2026
Casas Bahia Has Filed for Court Protection Owing US$3.3 Billion. Banco do Brasil Is In for US$560 Million of It
Banco do Brasil Casas Bahia exposure is about R$2.9 billion as the retailer enters judicial recovery with R$17.3 billion of...
August 20, 2026
Foreigners Pulled US$2.4 Billion Out of Brazil’s Stock Market in a Single Week, the Most on Record
B3 foreign outflows reached R$12.6 billion in the week to 14 August, about US$2.4 billion — the heaviest week in...
August 20, 2026
Mexico’s State Power Company Wants to Borrow Up to US$1.2 Billion at Home, Some of It for Forty Years
The CFE peso bond plan would raise up to 20 billion pesos, about US$1.2 billion, in three tranches — one...
August 20, 2026
Chile Stopped Two Highway Awards Just Before Signing, and Spain’s Builders Are Getting Nervous
Two Chile road concessions in Biobío were halted at the last procedural step on budget grounds, unsettling the Spanish groups...
August 20, 2026