Lithium Wrap: Chile, Argentina, Bolivia Stocks
LIT ETF rose while Albemarle and SQM fell on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Here is the lithium read across Chile,...
August 13, 2026Section
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Copper Slips as CPER Falls; Chile, Peru Miners Steady
Copper eased Wednesday, August 12, 2026, with the CPER tracker down 0.50% as US rate bets cooled. Southern Copper and...
August 13, 2026
Gold & Silver Wrap: US$4,406 Gold as Fed-Hike Bets Cool
Gold settled at US$4,414/oz and silver at US$65.31/oz on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Tame US inflation cooled Fed hike bets....
August 13, 2026
Bitcoin Steady at US$63,768 After In-Line US Inflation
Bitcoin closed at US$63,402, barely moved by soft US inflation. Ethereum held US$1,878. We read the board for Latin America's...
August 13, 2026
France Freezes Franco-Cameroonian Activist Franklin Nyamsi’s Assets in a Legal First
France's six-month Franklin Nyamsi asset freeze is the first use of its 2024 foreign interference law's financial provisions against an...
August 13, 2026
Ecuador’s Biess Steps Up Home Lending as Housing Demand Holds
Ecuador's Biess disbursed over US$53.69 million through Credicasa and US$263.4 million in housing loans in early 2026, as mortgage demand...
August 12, 2026
A ‘Grotesque’ Failure: Fraga’s Verdict as the Banco Master Case Widens
Armínio Fraga called the Banco Master case a 'grotesque failure' of enforcement as Federal Police searched a Maceió pension fund...
August 12, 2026
Brazil’s Top Court Begins Judging Its Environmental Licensing Law
Brazil's Supreme Court began judging the environmental licensing law, Law 15.190/2025, on August 12, in a case that could reshape...
August 12, 2026
García Márquez’s Mexico City Home Closes for Lack of Money
Gabriel García Márquez's Mexico City home, where he lived 39 years until 2014, has closed to the public for lack...
August 12, 2026
Medellín Throws a Benefit Concert for Colombia’s Earthquake Victims
Medellín hosts a benefit concert on August 15 for Colombia's earthquake victims, plus a companion Miami show featuring Marc Anthony...
August 12, 2026
Venezuela’s Oil Output Inches Up, but India Turns Away
Venezuela's oil output rose to about 1.12 million barrels a day in July, but crude exports to India fell sharply...
August 12, 2026
US Puts US$2 Million Into Guyana’s Skies as It Watches Venezuela
The US announced US$2 million to boost Guyana's air surveillance and drones after a Landau-Ali meeting, as tensions with Venezuela...
August 12, 2026
Records Show the MV Barima’s Faults Were Flagged Months Before It Sank
Maintenance records show the Guyanese ferry MV Barima had serious, urgent defects flagged from late 2025 to early 2026, months...
August 12, 2026
The EU Steps In to Back Honduras’s Power Sector Overhaul
The EU offered Honduras an €8 million grant and up to €500 million in EIB loans to back its power...
August 12, 2026
Mexico’s Industrial Production Grew 1.7% in June, but the Half Was Flat
Mexico's industrial production rose 1.7% year on year in June, but activity was flat across the first half of 2026,...
August 12, 2026
Mexico’s Foreign Direct Investment Climbs 10.4% as Nearshoring Holds Up
Mexico's foreign direct investment rose 10.4% to US$23.591 billion in Q1 2026 as nearshoring held up, while inflation eased to...
August 12, 2026
Bolivia’s Currency Experiment: The Dollar Rate Slides Again
Bolivia's currency reform ended a 15-year fixed rate; weeks in, the managed official dollar rate has slid to Bs 11.77,...
August 12, 2026
Noboa Takes Ecuador’s Shopping List to China
Ecuador's President Noboa took a state visit to China with an agenda spanning trade, mining investment and financing, plus a...
August 12, 2026
Bolivia Pitches a New Investment Agency, With a Bet on AI
Bolivia's new Investment Law proposes a National Investment Agency to court capital, with officials pledging to prioritize artificial intelligence.
August 12, 2026
The ILO Warns El Niño Could Squeeze Jobs Across Latin America
The ILO warns El Niño in 2026-2027 could squeeze jobs and incomes across Latin America, hitting informal, rural and outdoor...
August 12, 2026