Top Copper Miner Chile Posts Its Weakest Seven Months Since 2003
Chile, the world's largest copper miner, dug 7.1% less from January to July. Lost tonnes tighten world supply and test...
September 18, 2026Section
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Colombia’s New Right-Wing Government Quits a Global LGBTI Rights Group
Colombia's new right-wing government left a global LGBTI rights coalition it co-chaired. Rights in law stay intact, but critics see...
September 18, 2026
Why a Rare Amoeba Death in Merida Matters for Mexico’s Yucatan
A rare brain amoeba killed an instructor at a lake in Merida, a first for Yucatan. The tourist state says...
September 18, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Friday, September 18, 2026
Latin America: Three central banks moved this week and only Brazil cut. Argentina's economy shrank as its market rose, and...
September 18, 2026
Global Economy Briefing for Friday, September 18, 2026
Global economy: The Bank of Japan raised rates to 1.25%, a 31-year high, two days after the Fed. Wall Street...
September 18, 2026
Bitcoin Holds Above US$76,000 as Brazil’s Crypto Deadlines Approach
Bitcoin held above US$76,000 after the Fed's rate rise. Brazil bans crypto settlement of cross-border payments from 1 October and...
September 18, 2026
Gold and Silver Rebound the Day After the Federal Reserve Raised Rates
Gold recovered to about US$4,346 an ounce and silver rose 3.44% to US$65.43, a day after the Fed's increase knocked...
September 18, 2026
Latin American Steel Shares Rebound With the Broader Market
Gerdau rose 2.20% and Ternium 1.95% on a broad risk-on session. No trade measure broke on the day, and Brazilian...
September 18, 2026
Soybeans Hold Steady as China Buys Ahead of the Trump-Xi Meeting
The soybean fund was unchanged at US$27.97 while corn fell 0.70% and wheat 1.17%. Chinese buyers took about a million...
September 18, 2026
Oil Eases as Saudi Arabia Routes Crude Around Its Damaged Pipeline
Crude fell for a second session as Saudi Arabia moved exports through Oman. Petrobras signed eight offshore blocks in Côte...
September 18, 2026
Lithium Shares Jump as Albemarle Gains 5.10% and SQM Adds 4.54%
Albemarle rose 5.10% and SQM 4.54% as lithium prices steadied after a long slide. SQM also led Chile's IPSA higher...
September 18, 2026
Why Machu Picchu Looked Sold Out as Eight Firms Held 209,051 Bookings
An audit found eight firms placed 209,051 Machu Picchu bookings and cancelled most, making Peru's top site look sold out...
September 18, 2026
Zinc Rebounds on Tight Concentrate as Nexa Jumps Almost Seven Percent
London zinc rose 2.04% to US$3,888.70 a tonne after two losing sessions. Nexa Resources gained 6.95% and Buenaventura 4.96% on...
September 18, 2026
Trinidad Ends 199 Days of Emergency Rule With Murders Barely Down
Trinidad and Tobago's 199-day emergency ended with 5,802 arrests and murders barely down, a test of a common Caribbean tool...
September 18, 2026
Vale Climbs 2.41% as Chinese Mills Restock Before the October Break
Vale's New York shares rose 2.41% to US$14.47 as Chinese seaborne transaction volumes jumped 43%. Steel futures in China also...
September 18, 2026
Bolivia’s Congress Backs an IMF Rescue That Will End Its Cheap Fuel
Bolivia's Congress approved a US$1.9 billion IMF loan to ease its worst crisis in decades. The price is an end...
September 18, 2026
Mexico’s Trade Talks With the US Slip a Week, Leaving Tariffs in Place
Mexico sends over 80% of its exports to the US. Its next round of trade talks has slipped a week,...
September 18, 2026
Copper Rises on Chinese Buying as Southern Copper and Freeport Gain
Copper rose for a third session on signs of Chinese physical buying. Southern Copper gained 3.28% and Freeport 2.33% while...
September 18, 2026
Venezuela Opens Transition Talks With Its Leader’s Legal Basis Unclear
Venezuela's second round of US-backed talks opened this week, but no published legal text explains how Delcy Rodríguez took power,...
September 18, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP and the Peso, September 18, 2026
The COLCAP rose 0.40% to 2,521.85 but the peso was the region's weakest currency. The central bank's survey lifted December...
September 18, 2026