Chile’s Falabella Founders Keep Selling Down Their Stake
Falabella share sales: the founding families have sold 2.49% in 2026, LarrainVial paused a fund, and Mallplaza revived its Concon...
August 17, 2026Section
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A Substation Fire Blacks Out an Argentine City
A fire at Edelap's Tolosa substation cut power to thousands in La Plata on August 17. Cause under investigation, political...
August 17, 2026
Argentina Gets Its First Big Soy Plant in Twelve Years
Timbues soybean crushing plant: Molinos Agro and ACA are spending over US$500 million, betting on Argentina's export-tax cut from January...
August 17, 2026
Colombia’s State Broadcaster Reviews US$32 Million of Contracts
Inravision contracts review: Colombia's public broadcaster is checking 1,051 contracts worth over COP 100,000 million, about US$32 million.
August 17, 2026
Peru Finance Minister Calls Teacher Pension Law Illegal
Peru teacher pension law: the finance minister says Congress broke the Constitution, while Congress quietly raised its own staff pay...
August 17, 2026
Peru’s Mining Boom: Investment Up 42.7%, Not 74%
Peru's mining investment rose 42.7% to US$3.3 billion in H1 2026, not the 74% often cited. That figure belongs to...
August 17, 2026
Argentina Loses Formal Jobs as Labour Lawsuits Hit a Record
Argentina's formal job market is shrinking: record labour lawsuits, rising informality, and a decade-low job retention rate. What it means...
August 17, 2026
Mexico’s Military Service Draw: Who the 2026 Lottery Covers
Mexico military service lottery: no new rule was announced in August. Here is what the November 2026 draw actually covers,...
August 17, 2026
A Week On, Colombia’s Quake Toll Is Still Moving
Colombia earthquake toll a week on: 287 dead, 194 missing, a US$32 million Nubank donation and a censure motion over...
August 17, 2026
Mexico’s Biggest Convenience Chain Shelves Its Plan to Be a Bank
FEMSA OXXO bank plan is on hold: Spin stays an e-money licence, not a bank, while it averages 119.1 million...
August 17, 2026
India’s State Miner Pushes Argentine Lithium Back to 2030
KABIL Argentina lithium: India's state miner now sees first production in December 2030, not September 2029, with Catamarca still at...
August 17, 2026
Bolivia Doubles Diesel Price for Big Users, Keeps Subsidy for Drivers
Bolivia diesel price doubles to Bs 18 a litre for large consumers under Decree 5676, while drivers and families keep...
August 17, 2026
Ecuador’s President Goes to China for Energy, Shrimp and Debt
Noboa China visit: Ecuador's president is in Beijing 16-23 August chasing energy and mining money, shrimp access and debt relief....
August 17, 2026
Buenos Aires Salaries Rank Low as Rents Outpace Wages
Deutsche Bank's 2026 price report puts Buenos Aires 59th of 69 cities on net salary, with disposable income after rent...
August 17, 2026
Panama Extends Cuban Transit Visa to 2029
Panama has extended the transit visa requirement for Cuban citizens to 30 June 2029 by executive decree, and papers are...
August 17, 2026
X Changes Brazil Election Algorithm, and the US Calls It Censorship
X changed its Brazil election algorithm to comply with an electoral-court rule, and a US State Department official called the...
August 17, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief August 17, 2026: Too Late To Cancel
Asia Intelligence Brief August 17: Trump ordered joint drills with South Korea cut hours before they began — and they...
August 17, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief August 17, 2026: The Spread That Will Not Widen
Europe Intelligence Brief August 17: euro area yield dispersion sits at historic lows despite war, heat and divergent inflation, before...
August 17, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 17, 2026: Two Days And A Phone Call
USA Canada Intelligence Brief August 17: a constructive Sunday call, two days before a 50% tariff on $20bn of Canadian...
August 17, 2026
Brazil’s Eurofarma Teams With Japan’s Eisai to Bring the Insomnia Drug Dayvigo to Market
Brazil's Eurofarma partnered with Japan's Eisai to bring the insomnia drug lemborexant, sold as Dayvigo, to a market worth about...
August 17, 2026