Oil Slumps: Latin America Producers Hit as Iran Risk Premium Drains
Latin America oil stocks fell as USO dropped 5.46% to US$122.12 after Trump called off an Iran strike, draining crude's...
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Brazil Grain Exports Jump as Dryness Hits Mato Grosso Crops
Grain funds rose on Monday: WEAT climbed 1.89% to US$24.26, CORN added 1.59% to US$17.93 and SOYB gained 0.32% to...
August 4, 2026
Southern Copper Jumps 1.75% as Miners Gain in Risk-On Session
Copper barely moved on Monday 3 August 2026: CPER rose 0.20% while Southern Copper gained 1.75% and Freeport-McMoRan 1.61% in...
August 4, 2026
Lithium Equity Moves Flat on Chile Policy Fear; Albemarle Gains
The Global X Lithium ETF (LIT) rose 0.27% to US$69.41 on Monday. Albemarle gained 0.91% to US$118.71 while Chile's SQM...
August 4, 2026
Iron Ore Drops on China Steel Fears as Brazil’s Vale Sinks 3%
Vale’s ADR fell 3.19% to US$14.58 on Monday as iron ore hit a one-year low. Rio Tinto slipped 0.98%; CSN...
August 4, 2026
Latin American Zinc Stocks Split as Nexa, Buenaventura Diverge
Latin American zinc proxies diverged on Monday: Nexa Resources closed flat at US$12.85 while Buenaventura rose 0.63% to US$30.47, as...
August 4, 2026
Bitcoin Steady at $63,461 as LatAm Leans on Stablecoins
Bitcoin held near $63,461 as Ethereum slipped 1.29%. For Latin America, stablecoin demand in Argentina and Brazil's cautious ETF framework...
August 4, 2026
Gold Falls to US$4,033, Silver to US$56.90 as War Premium Drains
Spot gold fell 0.23% to US$4,032.89 and silver 1.20% to US$56.90 on Monday as Trump paused the Iran strike and...
August 4, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Monday, August 3, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief, August 3, 2026: a 25% US tariff on Brazil, Amazon lifts Wall Street, an Iran-linked...
August 3, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief — Monday, August 3, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief, August 3, 2026: China's factory PMI falls to 49.2, the BOJ turns hawkish, SK Hynix surges 30%...
August 3, 2026
Americanas Gutierrez Investigation Traces US$461 Million
Brazil's Federal Police is tracing US$461 million that moved through accounts tied to Americanas ex-CEO Miguel Gutierrez in a decade-long...
August 3, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief — Monday, August 3, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief, August 3, 2026: Spain grows 0.7%, AstraZeneca slides on merger reports, and deadly strikes hit Zaporizhzhia and...
August 3, 2026
Colombia Tax-for-Works Program Eyes US$1.2B at 2026 Fair
Colombia's Obras por Impuestos channel has surged and Medellín's EXPOCAMACOL eyes over US$1.2 billion in deals amid a construction upswing.
August 3, 2026
AI Rules Ban Deepfakes in Brazil’s 2026 Elections
Brazil's TSE and the AGU are issuing a guide to curb deepfakes and mislabeled AI content ahead of the October...
August 3, 2026
Mexico’s Cártel De Los Reyes Leader Captured; US$5M US Bounty
Cartel de Los Reyes leader 'Poncho La Quiringua' was captured by Mexico's army in Michoacan, carrying a US$5 million bounty...
August 3, 2026
Milei 2027 Running Mate Villarruel Sidelined in Rift
President Javier Milei says he has chosen a 2027 running mate, signaling a break with VP Victoria Villarruel as their...
August 3, 2026
Brazil Joins China-Led AI Body WAICO as US Stays Out
Brazil is a founding member of WAICO, China’s new world AI body launched in Shanghai—a hedge in the US-China AI...
August 3, 2026
Peru US Tariff Exports Hit US$5.3 Billion in Fruit, Apparel
A new US forced-labor tariff hits nearly half of Peru’s exports to America—about US$5.3bn—covering blueberries, grapes and apparel.
August 3, 2026
Brazilian Materials Firm Dexco Sells Urussanga Plant for US$33.5M
Dexco is selling its Urussanga ceramic-tile plant in Santa Catarina to Cerâmica Carmelo Fior for about US$33.5 million to concentrate...
August 3, 2026
Oncoclínicas Sheds Saudi Stake and Books US$18M Unimed Deal
Debt-heavy cancer group Oncoclínicas exits its Saudi joint venture for US$6.5M and settles an US$18M Unimed debt the same day...
August 3, 2026