Petro Says Cartagena’s Tourism Collapsed. The Numbers Say Otherwise.
Petro blamed De la Espriella for destroying Cartagena’s tourism. Official figures show 3.3 million visitors in the first half of...
September 12, 2026Section
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Colombia’s Shortest-Serving Minister Explains Why She Left
Viviane Morales left the education ministry after a month. She says her daughter’s diagnosis decided it, and used the interview...
September 12, 2026
GeoPark Has the Contract. It Does Not Have the Licence.
GeoPark signed its Bare Block contract with PDVSA on 4 September, with Gilinski taking control. No OFAC licence naming GeoPark...
September 12, 2026
Chevron Commits US$7 Billion to Venezuelan Heavy Oil
Chevron announced a US$7 billion, five-year Venezuelan expansion targeting 600,000 barrels a day, under OFAC General Licence 50A.
September 12, 2026
Chile’s President Kast at Six Months: 34 Percent Approval and a Stalled Security Reform
Kast reached six months on 11 September with 34 percent approval, a halved growth forecast and the security reform that...
September 12, 2026
Iraq Admits the Saudi Pipeline Attacks Came From Its Own Territory
Iraq confirmed drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline were launched from Maysan province and dismissed the provincial police commander.
September 12, 2026
Mercado Livre Couriers in Brazil Set a 25 September Strike Deadline in Goiás
Mercado Livre delivery drivers threaten a 25 September stoppage in Goiás and the Federal District over rates frozen for three...
September 12, 2026
Peru Asked Rubio About Its Tariffs and Was Told It Was Not His Department
Keiko Fujimori raised a 12.5 percent US tariff with Marco Rubio in Lima. He said it was outside his remit...
September 12, 2026
Venezuela Takes Back the Valencia and Puerto Cabello Airports for Its State Operator
Venezuela reasserted control of the Valencia and Puerto Cabello airports through state operator BAER, under decrees published in late August.
September 12, 2026
Bolivia Will Cut Its State Wage Bill by 30 Percent
Bolivia confirmed a 30 percent cut to the state wage bill under its IMF programme as the official dollar rate...
September 12, 2026
Colombia’s Statistics Agency Was Told Not to Present Its Own Numbers
DANE’s inflation press conference was cancelled on a presidency order 30 minutes before it began, drawing objections from three former...
September 12, 2026
Colombia Cuts 10,000 Agriculture Ministry Contracts
Colombia’s agriculture ministry will cancel 10,000 service contracts from 2027 under a 32 percent budget cut, saving around 540 billion...
September 12, 2026
Brazil’s Deflation Reading Hands the Central Bank an Easy Week
August IPCA fell 0.32 percent and the market prices a fifth consecutive cut to 13.75 percent, with the September oil...
September 12, 2026
The Election Trade Is Back on Brazilian Trading Desks
Analysts link the Ibovespa rally to election positioning for Flávio Bolsonaro and Augusto Cury, reading gains off polling that has...
September 12, 2026
Lula Is Running Level With 2022 in Brazil, and Behind in the Northeast
Cross-tabs put Lula level with 2022 in São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio, ahead 47-27 among the poorest, and down...
September 12, 2026
Trump Calls a Falklands Conflict a Potential Disaster
Trump said in Dublin a Falklands conflict would be a potential disaster and offered to settle it, a day after...
September 12, 2026
Brazil: The Ambipar Thread Running Through the Banco Master Case
The CVM is examining Master-linked funds over R$754 million of Ambipar purchases during an 883 percent run-up, while the company...
September 12, 2026
Brazil’s Justices Are Fighting Over What They May Read Before Tuesday
Zanin and Gilmar Mendes want full access to Vorcaro’s phone data before the 15 September session. Mendonça says no.
September 12, 2026
Fachin Splits Brazil’s Court Crisis Into Two Trials, a Week Apart
Fachin refused to merge the proceedings. The Moraes and Vorcaro messages go to the plenary on 15 September, Mendonça’s conduct...
September 12, 2026
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Has Cut Its Economic Outlook for St Kitts and Nevis
The regional central bank revised its projection amid fiscal pressures. St Kitts runs a currency it does not control and...
September 12, 2026