Sir Garfield Sobers State Funeral Set for July 29
Sir Garfield Sobers lies in state at Parliament and Kensington Oval before a state funeral on July 29. For Barbados,...
July 29, 2026Section
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Uruguay Global Bonds Reopen, Raising US$1.7 Billion
Uruguay reopened its global bonds for US$1.697 billion, cutting its peso yield to 7.75% and pricing a USD tranche at...
July 29, 2026
Brazil Mining to Draw US$77 Billion Through 2030
Brazil's mining sector will attract US$77 billion in investments through 2030, led by critical minerals and iron ore, as H1...
July 29, 2026
State Street Brazil Custody Deal Adds US$470 Billion in Assets
State Street will acquire Santander CACEIS Latam Securities Services, a custody and asset-servicing platform in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. What...
July 29, 2026 Brazilian Homebuilder MRV Resia Sells Texas Assets for US$139M
Brazilian homebuilder MRV sold two Texas multifamily properties through its Resia unit for US$139 million, taking a book loss to...
July 29, 2026
Mercosur Singapore FTA: Brazil Opens Zero-Tariff Asia Trade
Brazil ratifies the Mercosur-Singapore free trade deal, effective August 2026. It is the bloc's first FTA with an Asian economy,...
July 29, 2026
Lula Alckmin 2026 Ticket Locked by Brazil’s PSB Party
Brazil's PSB formally confirmed Geraldo Alckmin as Lula's vice-presidential candidate for 2026, sealing the center-left alliance that first won power.
July 29, 2026
Milei-Fujimori Cooperation Vows Trade, Security Push
Argentina's Milei and Peru's President-elect Fujimori met in Lima to upgrade economic and security cooperation, reinforcing a Pacific coast realignment.
July 29, 2026
Kast Opens Agenda with Fujimori Before Xi Visit at APEC
Chile's Kast aligns with Peru's Fujimori on a deregulation and mining investment agenda, balancing a right-leaning Pacific bloc against China's...
July 29, 2026 Nubank Targets Brazil’s Middle Class With New Croma Tier
Nubank Croma is a new mid-income tier costing US$7 a month, sitting between the classic card and Ultravioleta, with cashback...
July 29, 2026 Shell LNG Deal Overhaul Lifts Enel Chile Profit 11%
Enel Chile’s first-half net profit rose about 11% after a gas contract optimization with Shell lowered fuel costs and generated...
July 29, 2026
Colombia Battery Storage Auction Grows Capacity Tenfold
Colombia’s clean-energy auction awarded roughly 100 MW of battery storage, multiplying grid-scale capacity tenfold and reshaping a hydro-dependent.
July 29, 2026 Brazilians Spend Record US$12.6 Billion Abroad in H1 2026
Brazilian travelers spent a record US$12.6 billion overseas in the first half of 2026, widening the travel deficit as a...
July 29, 2026 Argentina Pushes for HDS-1500 Sub After 2017 Loss
South Korea’s HD HHI is proposing its HDS-1500 submarine to Argentina, which has lacked an operational sub since the ARA...
July 29, 2026 Brazilian Radar Maker Omnisys Expands with US$23.4 Million Hub
Omnisys in São Bernardo do Campo becomes the Thales group's worldwide manufacturing and export center for air-traffic-control radars, multiplying.
July 29, 2026 Brazil Navy Budget Freeze Threatens Nuclear Sub Program
A R$1.43 billion budget block threatens Brazil's nuclear submarine and frigate programs, risking delays, cost overruns, and reduced naval presence...
July 29, 2026 Mover Sells Motiva Stake to Bradesco BBI to Clear Debt
Grupo Mover sold its entire 14.86% stake in toll-road group Motiva to Bradesco BBI for more than R$5 billion, using...
July 29, 2026
Guyana-Suriname LNG Could Supply 12M Tonnes at US$6 Cost
Wood Mackenzie sees up to 12 mmtpa of competitive LNG from Guyana and Suriname in the 2030s, while SLB’s Latin...
July 29, 2026 Brazil’s Arteris Loses Half Its Traffic After Auction Defeat
The end of the Fernão Dias and Régis Bittencourt concessions strips Arteris of roughly half its traffic and EBITDA, reshaping...
July 29, 2026 Brazil’s Digital Receivables Open a US$2 Trillion Market
Brazil is digitizing trade invoices into a single electronic system. The reform opens a multi-trillion-dollar pool of assets for credit...
July 29, 2026