Argentina’s 2027 Budget Sets Growth, Inflation and Peso Targets
Argentina filed its 2027 budget on deadline, projecting 4% growth, average inflation of 21.1% and a peso path that economists...
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Argentina’s Bid to Scrap PASO Primaries Stalls in the Senate
A Senate committee broke up without a vote on scrapping Argentina's PASO primaries. The ruling bloc holds 21 of 72...
September 16, 2026
AySA Privatization Narrows to Two Bidders Amid Lawsuit
Argentina opened the technical bids for AySA and only two consortiums qualified out of 17 offers, with the state's 90%...
September 16, 2026
Transener Buyers Recover Millions Paid in Privatization
Transener approved a dividend worth about US$165.7 million weeks after new owners bought in, handing them back much of what...
September 16, 2026
Britain Defies Argentina With New Falklands Business Guide
Britain published guidance for firms trading with the Falkland Islands, stating that Argentina has no jurisdiction there and cannot apply...
September 16, 2026
Patricio Guzmán, Chilean Filmmaker Who Chronicled Coup, Dies at 85
Patricio Guzman, who chronicled Chile's 1973 coup in The Battle of Chile and Nostalgia for the Light, has died in...
September 16, 2026
Griselda Gambaro, Argentine Playwright Who Confronted Violence, Dies at 98
Griselda Gambaro, the founding voice of Argentina's theatre of the grotesque and author of El Campo, has died in Buenos...
September 16, 2026
WEG Approves Another Interest-on-Equity Payout
WEG's board approved R$449.84 million, about US$87.3 million, in interest on equity. Record date 18 September, with the per-share figures...
September 16, 2026
Petrobras Stock Hits Record Value as Oil Prices Surge
Petrobras closed Tuesday at a record R$692.35 billion, about US$134.4 billion, after Brent jumped 2.9% to US$108.75 on a Saudi...
September 16, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Latin America's mood today: Brazil's Supreme Court infighting, Argentina's budget anxiety, and Mexico's narco-cultural glare. Read the full psychogram.
September 16, 2026
Brazil’s Supreme Court Stalls Moraes Case After Dino Seeks Delay
Brazil's Supreme Court broke up without ruling on Justice Moraes after Flavio Dino asked for more time, a pause that...
September 16, 2026
Carlos Slim Reignites Mexico’s Labor Debate With 12-Hour Shift Plan
Mexico's richest man renewed his call for three 12-hour days and retirement at 75, just as the country begins cutting...
September 16, 2026
33 Companies Have Left Brazil’s B3 Exchange Since 2024
Brazil's exchange now lists about 358 companies, down from 416 two years ago and the fewest since 2021. Most exits...
September 16, 2026
Venezuela Oil Deal Faces Backlash Over 100-Year Term
The deal grants century-long concessions on 17 fields holding about 65 billion barrels, and no signed text has ever been...
September 16, 2026
Venezuela: UK to Elevate Diplomatic Relations, Name Envoy
Britain will raise relations with Venezuela to ambassador level, seven years after downgrading them. London says it is not endorsing...
September 16, 2026
Copel Fight Pulls Brazil’s Paraná Electoral Court Into Governor’s Race
Parana's electoral court ordered a candidate to pull an attack video aimed at Sergio Moro, with a daily fine attached....
September 16, 2026
Venezuela’s Earthquake Recovery Bill Nears US$20 Billion
The United Nations handed Venezuela a final earthquake recovery plan. Damage was put at US$6.7 billion in June, and the...
September 16, 2026
Banco Inter Co-Founder Donated US$38,850 to Brazil’s PT Chief
A Banco Inter co-founder gave R$200,000, about US$38,850, to the PT president's campaign, and twice as much to a rival...
September 16, 2026
Colombia’s Petro and President De la Espriella Clash Over Deficit
Colombia's president and his predecessor traded public accusations over the fiscal deficit, with the 2027 budget and who created the...
September 16, 2026
Colombia Grants Revolut a Banking License as 200,000 Await
Colombia's regulator cleared Revolut to operate as a bank. The company plans to invest about US$128.7 million, and 200,000 Colombians...
September 16, 2026