Motiva Hands 20 Airports to Mexico’s Asur in a Closed Deal
Motiva completes sale of 20 airports to Mexico's Asur for 12.21 billion reais. Learn about the deal value, airports involved,...
September 2, 2026Section
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Argentine Deputies Go to Brasilia to Thaw Ties With Lula
Argentine deputies travelled to Brasilia to unfreeze relations with Lula's government, saying Milei's line on Brazil is a minority view...
September 2, 2026
Mulino Goes to Guayaquil to Talk Trade and Security
Mulino goes to Guayaquil to talk trade and security with Ecuador's president. The visit highlights a lopsided trade balance and...
September 2, 2026
Mercosur and Chile Study a Regional Fertiliser Market
Mercosur and Chile study a regional fertiliser market to cut imports, which cost US$6.5 billion in 2025. Learn about the...
September 2, 2026
Colombian Firms Send Credit, Not Cash, to the Quake Zone
Colombian companies put billions into earthquake relief after the 10 August 2026 quake, with Bancolombia and Postobón leading private efforts.
September 2, 2026
Kigali Is Hosting Africa’s Biggest Farm Investment Meeting This Week
The 20th Africa Food Systems Forum runs in Kigali to 4 September. Last year's Dakar edition drew US$6.14 billion in...
September 2, 2026
Egypt Is About to Import More Corn Than Wheat, and Brazil Is Selling It
Egypt will import more corn than wheat for the first time in 2026/27, on USDA figures. Brazil shipped 5.54 million...
September 2, 2026
Ivory Coast Holds Its Cocoa Price at a 57% Discount, and 1.1 Million Farmers Feel It
Ivory Coast held its cocoa farmgate price at 1,200 CFA francs (US$2.12) a kilo for 2026/27, 57% below the 2025/26...
September 2, 2026
Soybeans Lead Grains Rally; Brazil Watches China
The soybean-tracking fund rose 1.98% as China kept buying and Black Sea risk lifted wheat. Corn and wheat trackers also...
September 2, 2026
Oil Surges on Hormuz Attack; Petrobras, YPF Rally
WTI proxies jumped after two tankers were struck near the Strait of Hormuz. Petrobras and YPF shares climbed as the...
September 2, 2026
Latin America Steel Wrap: CSN ADR Surges 8.65%
CSN's New York line jumped 8.65% while Gerdau and Ternium advanced. Tariffs shield Brazilian and Mexican mills, but cheap Chinese...
September 2, 2026
Iron Ore Wrap: Vale Edges up as China Restocks
Iron ore proxies were mixed on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Vale rose while Rio Tinto slipped, as China's steelmakers restocked...
September 2, 2026
Zinc Wrap: Nexa Falls 3.6%, Buenaventura Slides
Zinc futures rose 1.3% to US$3,907.80 a tonne on Tuesday, but the main Latin American zinc proxies fell sharply. Nexa...
September 2, 2026
Lithium Wrap: LIT Slips as Albemarle, SQM Diverge
LIT fell 2.17% to US$74.71 while Albemarle rose 0.42% and SQM gained 1.90%. Physical lithium benchmarks in Asia climbed, but...
September 2, 2026
Copper Slumps on Fed Hike Bets: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Copper proxies slid Tuesday as a stronger dollar and rising Fed rate-hike bets hit the industrial metal. Chile and Peru...
September 2, 2026
Lula Says He Personally Would End Betting, but Stops Short of a Decision
Lula said he personally would end betting at a Planalto meeting on 1 September, but announced no measure. Neither the...
September 2, 2026
Mexico Remittances Rise in Dollars and Fall in Pesos
Mexico's remittances hit US$5.571 billion in July, up 3%, but fell about 3.9% in pesos as the currency firmed to...
September 2, 2026
Court Orders Milei’s Government to Apply the University Funding Law
An Argentine federal judge ordered the government to apply the university funding law on 1 September. The Supreme Court had...
September 2, 2026
Bitcoin Slips Below $78,000 on Fed Fears; LatAm Stablecoins
Bitcoin eased to US$77,404 on Tuesday as Treasury yields climbed. LatAm adoption stays anchored in dollar stablecoins, with Brazil and...
September 2, 2026
Colombia’s Pension Funds Offer Savings to the State as Foreign Cap Is Challenged
Colombia's pension funds offered the state 570 trillion pesos (US$179bn). Decreto 0369's 30% foreign-investment cap faces a court challenge, not...
September 2, 2026