Cosan Puts Its São Luís Port Terminal Up for Sale to Cut Debt
Cosan is moving to sell its TUP São Luís port terminal in Maranhão for about R$300 million, another step in...
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Chile’s Competition Court Fines Metrogas About US$3.6 Million
Chile's competition court, the TDLC, fined Metrogas about US$3.6 million for an excessive gas tariff and ordered it reset. The...
August 14, 2026
Mexico’s Investment-Grade Rating at Risk, IMEF Warns
IMEF warns Mexico's investment-grade rating is at risk as public debt nears the danger line. What it means for the...
August 14, 2026
CSN Weighs Selling a Minority Stake in Its Logistics Business
CSN is weighing the sale of a minority stake in its Brazilian ports, railway and trucking platform to cut a...
August 14, 2026
Bitcoin Steady at US$63,402; Crypto Flat Thursday
Bitcoin settled at US$63,402 on Thursday, August 13, 2026 as major coins traded flat. What the session means for Latin...
August 14, 2026
Gold & Silver Drop: Dollar, Yields Hit Metals
Gold fell 1.29% to US$4,357 and silver 1.14% to US$64.55 on Thursday as a firmer dollar and real yields pressured...
August 14, 2026
Copper Falls: Freeport, Southern Copper Drop Thursday
Copper tracked by CPER slipped 0.42% Thursday. Southern Copper and Freeport-McMoRan fell harder as investors weighed a softer US inflation...
August 14, 2026
Lithium Wrap: LIT Slips, Albemarle and SQM Climb
The lithium-proxy board split on Thursday: the LIT ETF slipped 0.73%, while Albemarle gained 1.67% and SQM rose 1.28% amid...
August 14, 2026
Iron Ore Falls: Vale Drops 4.3% on China Demand Worry
Vale's New York shares fell 4.30% to US$13.80 and CSN Mineração sank 5.18% as China steel demand fears hit iron...
August 14, 2026
Zinc Slips as Nexa, Buenaventura Fall on August 13
Zinc proxies fell on Thursday, August 13, 2026, as Nexa Resources lost 1.65% and Buenaventura dropped 2.69%, tracking a broader...
August 14, 2026
Latin America Steel Wrap: CSN Jumps, SLX Slips
A mixed Thursday for Latin American steel equities as CSN's ADR rose 3.41%, while Ternium and Gerdau fell. Cheap Chinese...
August 14, 2026
Oil Falls: USO, Petrobras, Pemex, YPF — the Rio Times
Oil prices fell Thursday as refining outages and Hormuz stalemate pulled traders two ways. Read the Latin America view on...
August 14, 2026
Grains Pull Back as Corn Profit-Taking Sets the Tone
Corn tracker CORN fell 1.59% on profit-taking after a USDA data rally, while soybean and wheat trackers dipped only 0.16%....
August 14, 2026
Global Economy Briefing — August 14, 2026
Global economy: Global markets overnight: Fed, dollar, Brazil. Wall Street edges up, gold slides and the real watches Washington. A...
August 14, 2026
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Friday, August 14, 2026
Ibovespa: Brazil's B3 pre-market setup for August 14, 2026: Copom wagers, the USD/BRL open, today's data calendar and the stocks...
August 14, 2026
Ecopetrol Moves to Keep Colombia’s Lights On as El Niño Squeezes the Grid
Ecopetrol moved to keep gas flowing to Colombia's power plants as a strengthening El Niño and an August earthquake strain...
August 14, 2026
Chile’s Constitutional Court Trims the Kast Tax Reform, Striking an Environmental Compensation Clause
Chile's Constitutional Court trimmed the Kast tax reform, striking an environmental-compensation clause while most of the overhaul survives.
August 14, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — August 14, 2026
Ibovespa closed down 0.23% at 167,101 and USD/BRL rose 0.20% to 5.1887. Domestic fiscal concerns hit big banks and Sabesp.
August 14, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — August 14, 2026
Mexico stocks fall as peso gains to 17.03 per dollar. The S&P/BMV IPC closed at 65,336, down 0.64%, while US...
August 14, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — August 14, 2026
Chile's S&P IPSA closed at 11,000, up 0.16%, while the peso held near 914.67 per dollar. Falabella slid 2.1% but...
August 14, 2026