Globant Cuts Its 2026 Guidance as AI Fears Hit IT Demand
Globant cut its full-year 2026 revenue guidance on August 13, sending shares down about 14% as AI fears and soft...
August 14, 2026Section
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Brazil’s Lower House Passes Bill to Turn Airline Miles Into Cash
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that would let consumers turn airline miles into cash and sell points freely,...
August 14, 2026
Chile’s Sports Minister Natalia Duco Resigns Over Official Car Row
Natalia Duco, Chile's Minister of Sport and former Olympic shot putter, has resigned over an official-car row, and President Jose...
August 14, 2026
Brazil Advances Payroll-Deducted Rent, Bill Heads to Senate
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved payroll-deducted rent, letting tenants pay rent straight from wages, capped at 30% of pay. It...
August 14, 2026
Lithium Argentina Generates US$141 Million in Q2 Cash Flow
Lithium Argentina posted US$141 million of Q2 2026 free cash flow at its Jujuy salt flat, yet reported net income...
August 14, 2026
Peru Clears Abra Group’s SKY Airline Takeover, With Conditions
Peru's Indecopi has approved Abra Group's takeover of SKY Airline with conditions, the last regulatory sign-off the airline deal needed...
August 14, 2026
Brazil’s Top Court Gives Congress Two Years to Regulate Indigenous Land Mining
Brazil's Supreme Court set a two-year deadline for Congress to regulate Indigenous land mining, upholding the order on 13 August...
August 14, 2026
Argentina Opens Dollar Lending as Investors Pick Provinces
Argentina now lets banks lend US dollars to any company in a 'chau colchón' push, while investors favor provincial bonds...
August 14, 2026
Bolivia’s Foreign Debt Tops US$14.2 Billion
Bolivia's foreign debt hit US$14,238.5 million in July 2026 as President Paz touts a US$204M Amazon power plan and US$55...
August 14, 2026
Brazil’s Record 62.9M Jobs Meets Budget Gap and Bet Ban
Brazil formal jobs hit a record 62.9 million even as a R$105.5 billion budget gap, a Pixbet suspension, and a...
August 14, 2026
Grupo SURA Posts a Record First Half in Colombia
Grupo SURA record first half: the Colombian group earned COP 1.7 trillion (~US$541M), up 37.7%, as Isagen and Enel Colombia...
August 14, 2026
Copec Profit Hits US$712M as It Ties Up With Cabify
Empresas Copec posted a US$712 million first-half 2026 profit and sealed a mobility alliance with ride-hailing app Cabify. What it...
August 14, 2026
Peru Holds Interest Rate at 4.25% as Crises Mount
Peru's central bank held its interest rate at 4.25% for an 11th meeting, even as a murder spike and a...
August 14, 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro Files 2026 Presidential Run at TSE
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro filed a 2026 presidential run at Brazil's TSE, declaring R$8.1 million in assets, as the court froze...
August 14, 2026
SalfaCorp Profit More Than Halves on Nueva Centinela Charges
SalfaCorp's second-quarter 2026 profit more than halved to about US$6.8 million after surprise charges on Chile's Nueva Centinela copper project.
August 14, 2026
Petrobras Tupi Hits 4 Billion Barrels; Pemex Deal Follows
Petrobras' Tupi field passed 4 billion barrels of oil equivalent in August 2026, as Brazil and Mexico's Pemex build a...
August 14, 2026
Embraer’s Saber M200 Radar Takes On Small Drones in Brazil Test
Brazil put its Saber M200 radar to work against small drones at Exercise Sagitta Primus 2026, a new counter-drone role...
August 14, 2026
BP, XRG Sign Venezuela Loran Gas Deal as Thaw Builds
BP, the UAE's XRG and Qatar's UCC signed a Venezuela Loran gas deal this week, alongside a US-backed power plan...
August 14, 2026
Ecuador Trade Surplus Hits Record as Ratings Improve
Ecuador posted a record US$2,339 million trade surplus in the first half of 2026, and its sovereign credit ratings are...
August 14, 2026
BTG Pactual Raises Its Méliuz Stake to 10.51% in New Filing
BTG Pactual has raised its Méliuz stake to 10.51%, about 10.96 million shares, in the Brazilian cashback and Bitcoin-treasury fintech.
August 14, 2026