Argentina Mining Exports Jumped 74% While the Country Dug Up Less Metal Than the Year Before
Export value nearly doubled to US$4.74bn. Physical output grew 8.4%, and the country produced less gold last year than the...
September 14, 2026Section
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The Caixa Strike Is Not About Pay. Brazil’s Bank Workers Already Won That Last Week.
September 2026: two state banks were struck at once — one settled in a day, Caixa is out at day...
September 14, 2026
Vale do Ribeira Floods: the Army Is in Paraná and the Deaths Are in São Paulo
Nearly 12,000 homes lost power and a governor called in army engineers. The eight confirmed deaths happened 200 kilometres away,...
September 14, 2026
Cezinha de Madureira Said His Phone Was Stolen. Three Days Later the Police Searched His Home.
A Brazilian congressman is accused of arranging a secret meeting between a supreme court judge and a banker now in...
September 14, 2026
Colombia’s Universities Protocol Would Send Police Onto Campus, Breaking a Century-Old Line
Latin American campuses have been off limits to police for a century, by custom rather than statute. Colombia is about...
September 14, 2026
Colombia’s US$326 Million Road Package for Chocó Would Be Paid For by Companies, Not the State
Half would be tax that companies build with instead of paying. The other half is hoped-for private investment. Neither half...
September 14, 2026
The IMF Third Review of Argentina Will Test a Target That Was Already Lowered Once
Argentina is expected to meet its budget goal for the year. The goal was cut from 2.2% of output to...
September 14, 2026
YPF LNG Contracts Are Close to Signature, and a US$51 Billion Project Depends on Them
Argentina wants to build the largest export project in its history. First it has to find people willing to buy...
September 14, 2026
The Fitch Oi Rating Falls to the Bottom and Is Withdrawn After a Decade of Selling Itself Off
Two judicial recoveries, a mobile network sold to rivals and a fibre network sold to a partner. The last accounts...
September 14, 2026
The A5X Funding Round Raises US$70 Million to Break B3’s Grip on Brazilian Derivatives
Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and the trading firms that would be its customers put up the money. The opening date...
September 14, 2026
The Dollar Ibovespa Arrives, and Foreign Investors Finally See Both Halves of Their Bet
Brazil's exchange has started publishing its main index in dollars. Monday showed exactly why that number is different from the...
September 14, 2026
José Sarney Became Brazil’s President Because Another Man Died. He Is in Hospital at 96.
He was never elected to the office. He was sworn in when the president-elect fell ill the night before his...
September 14, 2026
The Casa Argentina in Paris Loses Its Director, and a Memorial Plaque Is Still Missing
A student residence in Paris became a proxy fight over how Argentina remembers its dictatorship. A thousand people signed a...
September 14, 2026
Alias Pinocho Gets One Week to Surrender, and No Deal in Return
He asked for a law guaranteeing his terms. The government said there are no negotiations, no delays and no demands,...
September 14, 2026
Evo Morales Calls Bolivia’s Government Agonizing, From Wherever He Is Hiding
He ran Bolivia for almost fourteen years. Now he broadcasts from hiding, with two arrest warrants out, attacking the government...
September 14, 2026
Venezuela Names an EU Ambassador, and Brussels Has Not Said Whether It Will Receive Him
Sending an ambassador and having one accepted are separate acts. The government doing the sending is led by a woman...
September 14, 2026
Panama Canal Transits Fall to 32 a Day on Tuesday Because the Rain Fell Short
Every ship that crosses drains a lake that also supplies drinking water. From Tuesday two fewer ships a day get...
September 14, 2026
Trinidad’s ZOSO Bill Returns as the State of Emergency Ends on Thursday
A nationwide emergency cannot be renewed forever, so the government wants sealed zones instead. Its own senate threw the plan...
September 14, 2026
Uruguay’s US$300 Million World Bank Loan Buys the Right to Draw It Later, Not the Cash Now
South America's highest-rated borrower can raise money whenever markets are calm. This facility exists for the moments when they are...
September 14, 2026
ChileDay Madrid Opens With Four Ministers and a Pitch Spanish Investors Have Heard Before
Spain is Chile's third largest foreign investor, which is why the roadshow now stops here every year. The finance minister...
September 14, 2026