Bolivia Diesel Shortage Paralyses Freight as Parallel Dollar Nears Bs12
Bolivia's diesel shortage has idled around 60 percent of foreign-trade trucks and feeds a black market, while the parallel dollar...
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Peru’s Chancay Megaport Fight Reaches the Constitutional Court as Washington Watches
Cosco Shipping has taken the Chancay megaport dispute to Peru's Constitutional Court after an appeals ruling restored Ositrán's oversight, with...
August 28, 2026
Guyana Police Chase Down a Vessel Carrying Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed
Guyana police intercepted a go-fast boat carrying opposition leader Azruddin Mohamed on the Demerara River on 25 August 2026. Police...
August 28, 2026
Colombia’s 2027 Budget Draws an Eight-Year Warning from Anif
Colombia filed its largest budget ever on 27 August. Anif warns the country could need up to eight years to...
August 28, 2026
Bolivia Finds US$75.1 Million in Damage at State Biodiesel Plant
Bolivia's government reported US$75.1 million of damage at the state biodiesel plant in Santa Cruz and filed criminal complaints against...
August 28, 2026
OECD Tells Peru to Limit Tax Exemptions as Revenue Fails to Take Off
The OECD proposes that Peru limit tax exemptions costing 2.2% of GDP, scrap reduced rates for agro, tourism and the...
August 28, 2026
Guyana Puts a Refinery at the Heart of Its National Oil Company Plans
Guyana refinery: What happened: President Irfaan Ali says a domestic refinery would anchor Guyana s planned national oil company.
August 28, 2026
Peru’s Water Deficit Puts 8.1 Million Hectares of Farmland at Risk
Peru's disaster agency Cenepred raised its drought warning to 8.1 million hectares of farmland, with the water deficit expected from...
August 28, 2026
Uruguay Senate Unanimously Approves Competitiveness Law Aimed at Cost of Living
Uruguay s Senate approved a 240-article Competitiveness Law without a single dissenting vote on 26 August. Supporters promise a lower...
August 28, 2026
Guatemala’s Tax Agency Will Pre-Fill Returns for 305,000 Businesses
Guatemala's tax agency will start proposing pre-filled declarations to more than 305,000 businesses on 1 September. The data comes straight...
August 28, 2026
Paraguay’s Sustainable Industry Demands Urgent Central Bank Action Over the Dollar Fall
What happened: Paraguay s sustainable-industry chamber Cispy demanded urgent central-bank action over the dollar fall on 27 August 2026.
August 28, 2026
Peru Declares School Infrastructure Emergency With 31,000 Schools at Risk of Collapse
Peru has declared its public school infrastructure in a state of emergency, with 31,000 schools estimated at risk of collapse.
August 28, 2026
Peru F-16 Deal: Lockheed Martin Unveils US$1.8 Billion Industrial Package
Lockheed Martin unveiled a US$1.8 billion industrial collaboration package in Lima on 26 August, built around drone assembly and training...
August 28, 2026
Honduras Sovereign Bonds Trade at Home for the First Time
Honduras's new sovereign bonds have started changing hands at home. The first trade in Tegucigalpa marks a small but real...
August 28, 2026
Argentina Sets Oil Record as Its Export Ranking Shifts
Argentina oil production hit a record 916,200 barrels a day in July 2026, and crude now leads the single-product export...
August 28, 2026
Colombia’s Puracé Volcano Stays on Orange Alert as Ash Column Reaches 3,250 Metres
Colombia's Puracé volcano emitted ash three times in 24 hours, topping out at 3,250 metres, while the geological service keeps...
August 28, 2026
El Salvador Growth Forecast of 4.5 Percent Tops Official Estimates
El Salvador's industrialists say the economy could grow 4.5 percent this year, a rate not seen in decades. The El...
August 28, 2026
Argentina’s Navy Pulls Its Planes Out of the 101-Year-Old Punta Indio Air Base
Punta Indio naval base: Argentina's navy has decided to strip the aircraft out of its Punta Indio air base, a...
August 28, 2026
Colombia’s Governors Close Ranks Behind Rodríguez Yee as the Ecopetrol Board Fight Escalates
Six oil-producing governors ratified Ricardo Rodríguez Yee for the Ecopetrol board as the new government prepares an assembly to remove...
August 28, 2026
OFAC Widens Venezuela General Licences for Oil, Mining, Telecoms
Washington amended eight Venezuela general licences on August 27, easing contract rules for oil, gas, mining and telecoms work. Sanctions...
August 28, 2026