Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — August 13, 2026
Merval fell 0.76% to 2,999,524 and country risk rose to 471 points. The peso was steady near 1,492 per dollar...
August 13, 2026Section
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Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — August 13, 2026
Chile stocks fell on Wednesday: the S&P IPSA lost 1.31% to 10,983 and the peso slipped to 914.82 per dollar....
August 13, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — August 13, 2026
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.45% to 65,861 and the peso firmed to 17.06 per dollar as softer US core inflation...
August 13, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — August 13, 2026
Ibovespa: Brazil's stock market slipped on August 12 as heavyweights Vale and Itaú weighed, while the real weakened past 5.17...
August 13, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Thursday, August 13, 2026
Latin America's mood on August 13, 2026: Colombia grieves and rebuilds, Mexico looks inward, and Argentina eyes its reserves. A...
August 13, 2026
Oil Wrap: USO Holds Above US$127 as Hormuz Traffic Stays Curtailed
US crude proxy slips 0.24% while Gulf lease sale and record US stockbuild collide with Hormuz outage. Petrobras, YPF, Ecopetrol...
August 13, 2026
Zinc Wrap: Nexa Up, Buenaventura Slips on Aug 12
Nexa Resources rose 0.83% while Buenaventura fell 0.57% on Wednesday, August 12, as zinc-tracked equities diverged. Read our LatAm market...
August 13, 2026
Lithium Wrap: Chile, Argentina, Bolivia Stocks
LIT ETF rose while Albemarle and SQM fell on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Here is the lithium read across Chile,...
August 13, 2026
Copper Slips as CPER Falls; Chile, Peru Miners Steady
Copper eased Wednesday, August 12, 2026, with the CPER tracker down 0.50% as US rate bets cooled. Southern Copper and...
August 13, 2026
Gold & Silver Wrap: US$4,406 Gold as Fed-Hike Bets Cool
Gold settled at US$4,414/oz and silver at US$65.31/oz on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Tame US inflation cooled Fed hike bets....
August 13, 2026
Bitcoin Steady at US$63,768 After In-Line US Inflation
Bitcoin closed at US$63,402, barely moved by soft US inflation. Ethereum held US$1,878. We read the board for Latin America's...
August 13, 2026
Ecuador’s Biess Steps Up Home Lending as Housing Demand Holds
Ecuador's Biess disbursed over US$53.69 million through Credicasa and US$263.4 million in housing loans in early 2026, as mortgage demand...
August 12, 2026
A ‘Grotesque’ Failure: Fraga’s Verdict as the Banco Master Case Widens
Armínio Fraga called the Banco Master case a 'grotesque failure' of enforcement as Federal Police searched a Maceió pension fund...
August 12, 2026
Brazil’s Top Court Begins Judging Its Environmental Licensing Law
Brazil's Supreme Court began judging the environmental licensing law, Law 15.190/2025, on August 12, in a case that could reshape...
August 12, 2026
García Márquez’s Mexico City Home Closes for Lack of Money
Gabriel García Márquez's Mexico City home, where he lived 39 years until 2014, has closed to the public for lack...
August 12, 2026
Medellín Throws a Benefit Concert for Colombia’s Earthquake Victims
Medellín hosts a benefit concert on August 15 for Colombia's earthquake victims, plus a companion Miami show featuring Marc Anthony...
August 12, 2026
Venezuela’s Oil Output Inches Up, but India Turns Away
Venezuela's oil output rose to about 1.12 million barrels a day in July, but crude exports to India fell sharply...
August 12, 2026
US Puts US$2 Million Into Guyana’s Skies as It Watches Venezuela
The US announced US$2 million to boost Guyana's air surveillance and drones after a Landau-Ali meeting, as tensions with Venezuela...
August 12, 2026
Records Show the MV Barima’s Faults Were Flagged Months Before It Sank
Maintenance records show the Guyanese ferry MV Barima had serious, urgent defects flagged from late 2025 to early 2026, months...
August 12, 2026
The EU Steps In to Back Honduras’s Power Sector Overhaul
The EU offered Honduras an €8 million grant and up to €500 million in EIB loans to back its power...
August 12, 2026