The Soybean Arithmetic: Why Brazil’s 73.6% and China’s US Pledge Can’t Both Hold
The Soybean Arithmetic: Brazil's 73.6% share of China's imports faces a test from a U.S. pledge, with a 10-point tariff...
August 12, 2026Section
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Panama Ends the Shell-Company Era With a New Substance Law
Panama · Tax & Business Key FactsSubstance test Panama’s Law 526 of 2026 requires certain entities in multinational groups to...
August 12, 2026
Panama Wants Its Free Zone to Conquer the Caribbean
Panama · Trade Key FactsTrade mission 55 Panamanian companies are heading to Caribbean markets including Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, and Sint...
August 12, 2026
Peru Has 2,241 Public Works Stuck in Limbo
Peru · Infrastructure Key FactsStalled total Peru had 2,241 stalled public works at the close of Q1 2026, per Comptroller...
August 12, 2026
Peru Races to Prepare for El Niño With a New Risk Commission
Peru · Disaster Preparedness Key FactsNew commission Peru’s government created a National Commission for El Niño Risk Management to coordinate...
August 12, 2026
Argentina Ends Free Scheduled Hospital Care for Non-Residents
Argentina · Health Policy Key FactsNational rule Regulated in mid-August 2026 (Resolution 1066/2026) for nationally administered public hospitals.Who pays Foreigners...
August 12, 2026
The US Is Muscling Deeper Into Guyana’s Oil Boom
Guyana · Energy Key Facts Trade volume Bilateral trade between the US and Guyana has exceeded US$25 billion over the...
August 12, 2026
A US Helicopter Disabled a Panama-Flagged Ship Off Pakistan
Panama · Maritime Key Facts Ship disabled A US military helicopter strike knocked out the steering gear of the Panama-flagged...
August 12, 2026
India Turns to Latin America for Lithium to Escape China’s Grip
The real prize isn’t just digging ore out of the ground. It’s who controls the refining and processing that turns...
August 12, 2026
South Korea’s Shipyards Are Courting South America’s Navies
Latin America · Defense Key Facts Peru deal HD Hyundai Heavy Industries signed a 2024 contract with state-run SIMA to...
August 12, 2026
Hidalgo Is Mexico’s Fastest-Growing State — and It’s Not Close
Hidalgo led Mexico’s states with 8.2% growth in early 2026, powered by industry and energy, far ahead of Chiapas at...
August 12, 2026
Ecuador Wants Its Tax Breaks to Actually Deliver
Ecuador is redesigning its tax incentives to reward measurable results — jobs, investment, production — rather than handing out blanket...
August 12, 2026
Colombia’s Congress Sends Petro’s 2027 Budget Back to the Drawing Board
Colombia’s Congress returned President Petro’s COP 575.6 trillion (about US$144 billion) 2027 budget over a US$7.5 billion financing gap; the...
August 12, 2026
Argentines Are Buying Half as Much Fruit and Veg
Fruit and vegetable sales have fallen around 50% in Salta and Rosario and 30-40% in Chaco, a stark sign of...
August 12, 2026
Chile’s Casino Auction Flops as Two Cities Draw Zero Bidders
Chile’s casino-license tenders fell flat: Viña del Mar and Iquique drew no bidders and Coquimbo and Pucón just one each,...
August 12, 2026
Penco Residents Go to Court to Stop a Rare-Earths Plant
Community groups in Penco, Chile, are suing to overturn the environmental permit for Aclara’s rare-earths project, arguing regulators ignored pollution
August 12, 2026
A Chilean Court Hands Interchile a Win Over the Environmental Regulator
Chile’s environmental tribunal annulled two regulator decisions against Interchile’s Cardones-Polpaico power line, ordering the SMA to reconsider the
August 12, 2026
Chile’s Marathon SQM Case Ends in a 4,356-Page Acquittal
The written judgment in Chile’s decade-long SQM campaign-finance case runs 4,356 pages and confirms the acquittal of all eight defendants...
August 12, 2026
Chile Moves to Extend Its Mortgage-Rate Lifeline to 2028
Chile’s government wants to extend its mortgage-rate subsidy for new homes to May 2028, raise the caps, and cut the...
August 12, 2026
Brava Energia Q2 Profit Falls 17%, but Revenue Hits Record
Brava Energia Q2 net income fell 16.9% to R$871 million (US$170 million), with record revenue and EBITDA, as Ecopetrol secures...
August 12, 2026