Peru Exports Hit Record US$90 Billion in 2025, Leading the Andean Community
Peru exports reached a record US$90.1 billion in 2025, nearly half of the Andean Community's total, as the trade surplus...
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Medellín Starts Water Rationing as El Niño Drains Reservoirs
Medellín water rationing starts as El Niño drains reservoirs; utility EPM warns the cuts could last into 2027, and a...
September 1, 2026
Gold & Silver Daily Wrap — Monday, August 31, 2026
Gold fell Monday as higher US rate expectations and a stronger dollar bit, while silver edged up. Mexico and Peru...
September 1, 2026
Ecopetrol Leadership Changes Reach Two More Vice Presidencies Before Board Vote
Ecopetrol leadership changes continued on 31 August with new acting heads at two vice presidencies, days before the 15 September...
September 1, 2026
IMF Chief Hails ‘Impressive’ Argentina Economic Turnaround at G20
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva praised the Argentina economic turnaround as impressive after meeting Economy Minister Luis Caputo at the G20...
September 1, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — September 1, 2026
Colombia's COLCAP index fell 1.33% to 2,425 while the peso weakened 1.81% to 3,219 per dollar as oil and global...
September 1, 2026
Peru El Niño Emergency: Cabinet Weighs Decree for 22 Regions as Fiscal Savings Hit 25-Year Low
Peru's El Niño emergency plan would put districts in 22 regions under a state of emergency as the Fiscal Council...
September 1, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — September 1, 2026
Merval climbs 1.83% to 3,033,848 as bank stocks lead a steadier peso and bond session. Argentina's country risk holds at...
September 1, 2026
Colombia Country Risk Jumps to 142 Points After 2027 Budget Lands
Colombia country risk jumped to 142 basis points after the 2027 budget, as gas reserves shrink below six years and...
September 1, 2026
White House Publishes Venezuela Oil Deal Terms as Trump Says Exxon Is Going In
White House terms of the Venezuela oil deal: a 100-year lease on 17 fields for Blue Energy Partners, a 35%...
September 1, 2026
Colombia Creates Anti-Corruption Search Bloc as Complaint Names 74 Officials
Colombia’s new anti-corruption search bloc answers to the presidency as a criminal complaint says 74 disqualified officials signed 147 state...
September 1, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — September 1, 2026
Chile's stock market fell Monday as the S&P IPSA dropped 1.14% to 11,315. Retailers led losses while the peso weakened...
September 1, 2026
Argentina Minimum Wage: CGT Refuses to Rule Out a General Strike
Argentina minimum wage fight escalates: the CGT rejects the employers' offer as derisory and refuses to rule out a general...
September 1, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — September 1, 2026
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC slipped 0.08% to 65,430.32 points on Monday, while the peso strengthened to around 17 per dollar. Here...
September 1, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — September 1, 2026
Brazil's Ibovespa rose 1% to 177,419 on August 31, 2026, led by Petrobras and banks while the real firmed to...
September 1, 2026
Colombia Airstrike Kills 20 Guerrillas in Deadliest Raid of the New Government
Colombia airstrike kills 20 guerrillas in the deadliest raid of the new government, the third bombing in three weeks as...
September 1, 2026
Coca-Cola Colombia Investment Plan to Be Unveiled in December in Barranquilla
The Coca-Cola Colombia investment plan for the next four years will be presented in Barranquilla in December, President De La...
September 1, 2026
Brent Closes Above US$90 as US-Iran Strikes Resume and Wall Street Slips
Brent settled at US$90.49 after the first US-Iran strikes in a month. Stocks fell, gold hit a two-week low, and...
September 1, 2026
Volkswagen Puebla Layoffs Still Unnumbered as State Lines Up 4,000 Jobs
Volkswagen Puebla layoffs still have no official number, but the state has readied about 4,000 vacancies and may review the...
September 1, 2026
Argentina Economy: Two-Speed Recovery Closes a Positive First Half
Argentina economy data show activity up 2.7% year on year in June and a positive first half of 2026, but...
September 1, 2026