Argentina Tax Revenue Rose 33.5%, Flat in Real Terms
Argentina's August tax take rose 33.5% to 20,508,537 million pesos, about US$13.56 billion. Export duties jumped 155%, while VAT fell...
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Cuba Tourism Falls 62.8% to 419,863 Visitors in Seven Months
Cuba drew 419,863 international visitors from January to July 2026, down 62.8% year on year. Canada alone sent 350,737 fewer...
September 2, 2026
Gold Slips Below $4,400, Silver Tumbles on Rate-Hike Bets
Gold and silver fell hard on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, as a firmer dollar and rising Treasury yields, after Fed...
September 2, 2026
Bolivia’s Exchange Rate Has Risen 76% Since June
Bolivia's official exchange rate hit 12.26 bolivianos per dollar on 2 September, 76% above the peg dropped in June. Reserves...
September 2, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — September 2, 2026
Colombia's COLCAP stock index jumped 1.86% to 2,470.26 on September 1, while the peso eased to 3,209 per US dollar....
September 2, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — September 2, 2026
Argentina's Merval stock index rose 0.51% to 3,049,455 points on September 1, while the peso slipped 0.27% to 1,513 per...
September 2, 2026
Brazil’s Senate Clears Data Centre Tax Breaks
Brazil's Senate approved Redata on 1 September: five-year tax suspension for data centres, with a 10% domestic capacity rule and...
September 2, 2026
DHL Global Forwarding Buys Its Uruguayan Agent Aero Cargas
DHL Global Forwarding acquired Aero Cargas of Montevideo on 1 September, its agent of 33 years. No price disclosed. DHL...
September 2, 2026
Peru-Thailand Free Trade Deal Set for Signature This Year
Peru and Thailand finished their free trade text; Lima expects to sign in October or November 2026. Two-way trade ran...
September 2, 2026
Panama Canal Budget Sends US$3.6 Billion to the Treasury
Panama's Cabinet approved the Canal's 2027 budget on 1 September: revenue of 5,555.3 million balboas and a treasury transfer of...
September 2, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — September 2, 2026
Chile's IPSA index fell 1.14% to 11,315.26 on Tuesday as retailers slipped and the peso weakened past 937 per dollar....
September 2, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — September 2, 2026
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC slipped 0.18% to 65,315 while the peso held firm just under 17 per dollar as global risk...
September 2, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — September 2, 2026
Brazil's Ibovespa rose 1.30% to 179,722 on Monday, September 1, as Petrobras led gains on firmer oil. The real strengthened...
September 2, 2026
LatAm Pre-Open — Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Latin American markets: Overnight risk-off from Tokyo to Seoul collides with a firmer dollar and $90 oil. Brazil, Mexico and...
September 2, 2026
Report Says JBS Owner Lobbied Trump on Brazilian Beef Duty
The Wall Street Journal reports JBS co-owner Joesley Batista met Trump on 20 August, days before a beef quota order....
September 2, 2026
Brazil’s Senate Holds 109 Impeachment Requests Against Supreme Court Justices
Senate President Davi Alcolumbre says 109 impeachment requests are pending against Brazil's ten Supreme Court justices. None has ever been...
September 2, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Latin American Pulse: Brazil's top court is at war with itself while Argentina bets on low inflation. Cancún's mayor loses...
September 2, 2026
Peru Cuts Ties with Iran, but Consular Links Remain
Peru severed diplomatic relations with Iran on 1 September 2026 over Hormuz shipping restrictions and democratic backsliding, but kept consular...
September 2, 2026
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Ibovespa: Brazil pre-market setup for B3 on September 2: Copom Selic wagers, today's industrial production and IPC-Fipe data, and the...
September 2, 2026
Brazil GDP Grew 0.5% as Farms Carried a Weaker Quarter
Brazil's GDP grew 0.5% in the second quarter, beating the 0.4% Reuters poll median, but household consumption fell 0.4% and...
September 2, 2026