Chile’s Main Stock Index Changes Hands, and Gains a Member on 1 September
The Chile IPSA index moves to MSCI methodology on 1 September 2026, adding Pampa Investments and dropping its fixed 30-stock...
August 20, 2026Section
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A Spanish Builder Walked Off Chile’s Bridges and Left 50 Small Firms Unpaid
Biobío contractors unpaid by Spanish builder Tapusa blocked central Concepción on 20 August. About 50 firms are owed some US$3.3...
August 20, 2026
Bolivia Sold Almost Twice as Much Mining Abroad — With Less Metal
Bolivia mining exports hit US$4.45 billion in the first half of 2026, up 91% on a year earlier, even though...
August 20, 2026
One Mexican State Has Attracted US$8.7 Billion. Here Is What Is In It
Sheinbaum Hidalgo investment now totals 147 billion pesos (about US$8.7 billion) across 130 projects, alongside the launch of the Olinia...
August 20, 2026
Mexico’s Economy Is Tracking 2.7% in a Year, Not 0.1%
Mexico economy growth reached 2.7% year on year in July 2026, INEGI's early estimate shows. The quoted 0.1% is the...
August 20, 2026
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
US Military Staff Can Now Enter Ecuador Without a Visa or Permit
Ecuador will let US personnel enter without a visa, for up to 180 days a year. It covers the military,...
August 20, 2026
Tarcísio Defends Brazil’s Voting Machines and Backs Court Impeachments
Tarcísio de Freitas says he trusts Brazil's electronic voting machines absolutely, and that impeaching Supreme Court justices is a legitimate...
August 20, 2026
Bladex Lends US$125 Million to Argentina’s First LNG Export Project
Bladex has closed a US$125 million syndicated loan for Southern Energy, the company behind Argentina's first LNG export project. The...
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
Ecuador Wants Guayaquil Wired Straight Into the Port of Shanghai
President Noboa proposed linking the ports of Guayaquil and Shanghai to move six Ecuadorian export categories into China. Nothing has...
August 20, 2026
A Peruvian Judge Just Dropped 14 Ex-Officials From a Pipeline Case
A Peruvian judge has excluded 14 former ministers and ProInversion officials from the aggravated collusion indictment in the southern gas...
August 20, 2026
Peru Wants Its Army to Fight Gangs. It Does Not Have the Law Yet
Peru wants criminal gangs reclassified as hostile groups so the army can fight them. It is a request to Congress,...
August 20, 2026
Colombia Formally Charges the Man Who Ran Its State Oil Company Until Last Month
Ricardo Roa indicted in two separate cases: a luxury flat linked to an Ecopetrol subsidiary contract, and campaign finance limits...
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
Brazil Bank Strike Shuts Branches as the Six-Day Week Bill Advances
Brazil bank strike: a 24-hour walkout shut branches in Minas Gerais, the Federal District and Parana as the 6x1 six-day...
August 20, 2026
Mexico City Is Rebuilding Buenavista for Trains That Do Not Run Yet
The Buenavista terminal expansion in Mexico City is due in June 2027, with the Queretaro platform in September 2027, for...
August 20, 2026
Brazil Blocks Health Insurer Hapvida From Repricing 947,000 Plans
Brazil's regulator ANS froze Hapvida price rises and cancellations for 947,000 plans. The insurer says it was never formally notified.
August 20, 2026