Mexico’s CNA Fines Liverpool and Chedraui Over Mall-Rent Collusion
Mexico's CNA fined Liverpool, Chedraui, and developers over 500M pesos for fixing rent discounts and denying tenant reductions during the...
August 3, 2026Section
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Brazil’s BTG Pactual Targets Colombia ETF and In-App Crypto
BTG Pactual plans its first ETF in Colombia for the second half of August 2026, pending regulator approval, and is...
August 3, 2026
TGS Approves US$3 Billion Vaca Muerta Gas Liquids Export Project
In June 2026 TGS approved a US$3 billion project to export Vaca Muerta gas liquids, targeting US$1.2 billion in annual...
August 3, 2026
Brazil’s BNDES Bank Finances Embraer Jet Export to Canada
Brazil's BNDES has committed to finance up to 19 Embraer E195-E2 jets for Canada's Porter Airlines, with deliveries running through...
August 3, 2026
Petrobras and Ecopetrol Strike Gas Off Colombia’s Coast
Petrobras and Ecopetrol confirmed a natural gas discovery at the Sandia-1 well off Colombia's Caribbean coast on 3 August 2026.
August 3, 2026
Brazil Nominal Deficit Nears 10% of GDP in 2026
Brazil's nominal fiscal deficit approached 10% of GDP in the year to June 2026 as a 14.25% Selic rate swelled...
August 3, 2026
Ex-Chile President Bachelet 4th in UN Straw Poll
Michelle Bachelet placed fourth in the UN Security Council's first straw poll for secretary-general, behind Grynspan, Rodrigues-Birkett and Grossi.
August 3, 2026
Brazil Pushes India Trade Mission as US Tariffs Hit
Brazil's industry minister Marcio Elias Rosa visits India to expand trade in defence, technology and industry as US tariffs push...
August 3, 2026
Chile Water Utility Stakes Sale Could Raise US$150 Million
Chile's government is studying a sale of the state's minority stakes in water utilities Aguas Andinas, Esval and Essbio for...
August 3, 2026
ExxonMobil AI Guyana Exploration Finds 4 New Oil Prospects
ExxonMobil says AI trained on Stabroek Block data has flagged four new exploration opportunities offshore Guyana, disclosed on its Q2...
August 3, 2026
Colombia’s Ecopetrol Plans Board Overhaul Before September Vote
Ecopetrol board overhaul triggers extraordinary vote in early September 2026 to fill three open seats after Ricardo Roa's exit and...
August 3, 2026
Argentina Debt Survey: 62% Borrowed for Basic Costs
A Zentrix survey finds about 62% of Argentines took on debt in the past six months to cover basics, as...
August 3, 2026
Milei-Lula Feud: Milei Calls Brazil’s Lula ‘Thief’ Again
Argentina's Javier Milei again called Brazil's Lula a thief and corrupt in a TV interview, deepening a diplomatic rift that...
August 3, 2026
Oldelval Cyberattack Hits Argentina’s Top Oil Pipeline
A cyberattack struck Oldelval, operator of the pipeline that carries about 75% of Vaca Muerta's crude, but the company says...
August 3, 2026
Carlos Slim’s Grupo Carso Wins US$1.67 Billion Rail Deal
Carlos Slim's Grupo Carso will build the 111-km Saltillo-Santa Catarina leg of Mexico's new northern passenger railway for about US$1.67...
August 3, 2026
Brazil Shelves Big Tech Antitrust Bill Under US Pressure
Brazil's government has paused a bill expanding Cade's power over big tech, bowing to US tariff threats, opposition manoeuvres and...
August 3, 2026
Italian State to Control TIM Brasil, Dubbed a ‘Jewel’
Poste Italiane's takeover of Telecom Italia hands the Italian state indirect control of TIM Brasil, which executives now call a...
August 3, 2026
Aegea Launches US$413 Million Share Issue as Itausa Buys In
Brazil's Aegea Saneamento has approved a follow-on share issue of up to R$2.1 billion (US$413 million) to cut debt, with...
August 3, 2026
Bogotá Faces Blackout Risk Without Two Power Lines
Bogotá could lose 30–40% of its power supply from 2028 if two 500 kV transmission lines aren’t completed within 12–15...
August 3, 2026
Colombia, Venezuela to Resume Direct Bank Transfers
Colombia and Venezuela will restore direct SWIFT transfers before 2026 ends, ending costly third-country triangulation for trade and remittances after...
August 3, 2026