Coca-Cola FEMSA Raises Mexican Soda Prices by up to US$0.29 a Bottle
Coca-Cola FEMSA raised Mexican soda prices by 1 to 5 pesos (US$0.06-US$0.29) on August 4, 2026, after Mexico's IEPS sugary-drinks...
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Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — August 6, 2026
Colombia's COLCAP fell 1.26% to 2,344.80 on Wednesday while the peso strengthened 1.07% to 3,207 per dollar, near its strongest...
August 6, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — August 6, 2026
Argentina’s S&P Merval fell 1.02% Wednesday as profit-taking hit Milei-reform stocks YPF and Grupo Galicia. The peso held steady near...
August 6, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — August 6, 2026
Chile's S&P IPSA rose 1.47% on 5 August 2026, outpacing regional peers. LATAM Airlines and Mallplaza led the gains as...
August 6, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — August 6, 2026
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC slipped 0.46% on Wednesday as heavyweights Walmex and América Móvil dragged, while the peso firmed slightly against...
August 6, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — August 6, 2026
Brazil's Ibovespa slipped 0.09% to 177,726 as the real firmed 0.15% to 5.1206 per US dollar, with Copom cutting the...
August 6, 2026
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Thursday, August 6, 2026
Ibovespa: Brazil's Financial Morning Call: Copom August-meeting wagers and a light domestic-data calendar set the tone for the B3 open...
August 6, 2026
Global Economy Briefing — August 6, 2026
Global economy: Wall Street cools from records, gold jumps 5.03% to US$4,277.69, and Brazil’s Copom delivers a fourth straight Selic...
August 6, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Thursday, August 6, 2026
Latin America's mood on August 6, 2026: a continent grappling with institutional strain, diplomatic ruptures, and bursts of defiant pride,...
August 6, 2026
LatAm Pre-Open — Thursday, August 6, 2026
Latin American markets: Gold's surge to $4,278/oz lifts Colombian assets ahead of a heavy CPI morning in Mexico and Chile....
August 6, 2026
Grains Wrap: Soybeans Steady as Real Firms; Corn Slips
Soybean funds held flat while corn dipped and wheat firmed on Wednesday. A stronger Brazilian real and a weak peso...
August 6, 2026
Ecopetrol Rises as Petrobras, YPF Fall with USO at US$114.88
WTI proxy USO settled at US$114.88, down 0.78%. Petrobras lost 1.92% and YPF fell 1.95%, while Ecopetrol edged up 0.49%....
August 6, 2026
LatAm Steel Rallies as Tariff Shield Meets Auto Hopes
Latin American steel stocks surged on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, as Ternium jumped 6.69% and CSN's ADR climbed 4.44%, driven...
August 6, 2026
Zinc Equities Rally on Construction Demand Hopes
Nexa Resources and Buenaventura shares jumped on Wednesday, lifting LatAm zinc proxies, as galvanised-steel demand optimism and China stimulus signals
August 6, 2026
Iron Ore Wrap: Vale Rises as Rio Tinto Jumps 2.52%
Vale's New York shares advanced 0.74% and Rio Tinto surged 2.52% as mining proxies rallied on Wednesday. We unpack the...
August 6, 2026
Chile Lithium Talks Lift SQM 2.14% as Albemarle Drops 1.64%
The LIT ETF rose 1.34% while SQM gained 2.14% and Albemarle fell 1.64% on Wednesday. Divergent Chile policy sentiment and...
August 6, 2026
Copper Jumps 1.77% as Freeport-McMoRan Surges 3.11%
Copper proxies rose on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, led by Freeport-McMoRan at US$69.39. Chilean and Peruvian supply dynamics and energy...
August 6, 2026
Gold Jumps 5% to US$4,278 as Silver Climbs to US$62
Gold rose 5.03% to US$4,277.69 an ounce on Wednesday and silver 4.65% to US$62.22, one of the biggest metals days...
August 6, 2026
Bitcoin at US$64,597: Crypto Wrap August 5, 2026 – the Rio Times
Bitcoin settled at US$64,597 on Wednesday, with Ethereum jumping 2.04%. We unpack the drivers and what it means for crypto...
August 6, 2026
US$270M Cancún Medical Hub Aims to Pull US Patients to Mexico
Governor Mara Lezama signed a US$270 million medical nearshoring deal to build a Premier Medical Destination Center in Cancún's tech...
August 5, 2026