Guyana grid expansion accelerates as power demand races toward 2030
Guyana grid expansion is accelerating as power demand soars toward 2030, with US$235 million in upgrade contracts, smart meters and...
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Chile’s First Private CEOL: US$70 Million Lithium-From-Waste Project
Chile's first CEOL lithium contract with a private firm lets Quiborax invest US$70 million to recover lithium from mining waste...
August 26, 2026
De la Espriella Formalises 15-Entity Shake-Up, Removing Petro Appointees
De la Espriella signed 24 decrees covering 15 Colombian state entities, confirmed María Consuelo Araújo as US ambassador and eased...
August 26, 2026
Chile Court Deals Kast 9-1 Defeat Over Free Disaster Reconnections
Chile's Constitutional Court voted 9-1 to keep free reconnection of water, power and gas in disaster zones, a sharp defeat...
August 26, 2026
Banxico Corrects Economy Ministry: Mexican FDI Fell 7.9% in H1 2026
Mexico's central bank put first-half 2026 FDI at US$34.97 billion, down 7.9%, contradicting the Economy Ministry's claim a day earlier...
August 26, 2026
Brazil Posts Deeper IPCA-15 Deflation as Itaipú Bonus Cuts Power Bills
Brazil's IPCA-15 fell 0.40% in August 2026, deeper than the 0.31% forecast, as the Itaipú bonus cut electricity prices 6.25%...
August 26, 2026
Two Workers Killed in YPF Vaca Muerta Accident at Rincón del Mangrullo
Two workers died in a severe decompression at YPF's Rincón del Mangrullo gas plant near Añelo, in Argentina's Vaca Muerta...
August 26, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Wednesday, August 26, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 26: inflation prints hot at 3.7%, Nvidia reports after the bell, and Canada’s...
August 26, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief — Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for August 26: the CIA director spent eight hours in Moscow as Ukraine’s drones pressed deeper into...
August 26, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief — Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for August 26: the Strait of Hormuz stays shut to navies, India and China talk borders, and...
August 26, 2026
Ecuador Approves Law Letting Military Aid Police Without Emergency
Ecuador's National Assembly passed a law letting the military back police without a state of emergency, with time limits and...
August 26, 2026
Codelco and Pucobre Seal US$870 Million Tovaku Copper Alliance
Codelco and Pucobre formed a venture to develop the US$870 million Tovaku copper project, targeting 46,000 tonnes of cathodes a...
August 26, 2026
Peru Export Record Fuels Tech, AI and Automation Supplier Boom
Peru's export record is fuelling demand for technology, AI and automation suppliers, as the Hong Kong FTA starts in September...
August 26, 2026
Chinese car brands squeeze Nissan, GM and Volkswagen in Mexico
Chinese brands took 15% of Mexico's 2025 car sales and keep rising in 2026. Nissan, GM and Volkswagen are losing...
August 26, 2026
Guaraní surge pits Paraguay’s exporters against the central bank
Paraguay's exporters blame a dollar down nearly 20% in a year for vanished margins. Striking doctors demand a 76% pay...
August 26, 2026
Venezuela’s Chavismo Blocks Dollarization Push as Power Cuts Bite
Chavista leaders removed deputy Antonio Ecarri over his dollarization proposal as a new round of electricity rationing slows Venezuela's economy.
August 26, 2026
Mendonça Offers Deepfake Test as Brazil Security PEC Advances
Justice André Mendonça proposed a legal test for deepfakes at Brazil's electoral court, while the Senate rapporteur said he will...
August 26, 2026
Caiado Asks Supreme Court to Lift Secrecy on Master, INSS Probes
Ronaldo Caiado asked Brazil's Supreme Court to lift secrecy on the Banco Master and INSS fraud cases and renewed his...
August 26, 2026
Quaest Polls Show Clear Frontrunners in Five Brazilian States
Quaest state polls put Tarcísio ahead in São Paulo, Paes in Rio, Cleitinho in Minas, Raquel Lyra in Pernambuco and...
August 26, 2026
Brazil Opens US$1.36 Billion Credit for Tariff-Hit Exporters
A provisional measure signed by Lula directs US$1.36 billion in financing to exporters covered by the Brasil Soberano plan, Brazil's...
August 26, 2026