JBS Offers to Buy Out Pilgrim’s Pride, With No Premium Attached
JBS offered 2.086 of its shares for each Pilgrim's Pride share it does not own, valuing the minority stake near...
August 19, 2026Section
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Brazil’s Bill to End the Six-Day Week Has Been Stuck for 82 Days — and Still Has Not Reached Committee
The Brazil 6x1 work schedule bill cleared the Chamber in May, then sat on the Senate president's desk for months....
August 19, 2026
Guyana’s Take From Its Own Oil Jumps to 39.8% Now That Exxon Has Paid Itself Back
The Guyana oil share of Stabroek production has risen from 12.5% to 39.8% now that the ExxonMobil-led group has recovered...
August 19, 2026
Colombia’s New Government Hands Prosecutors a File on Petro
President De la Espriella delivered a 135-page dossier on the Petro years to Colombia's prosecutors. The chief prosecutor says delivery...
August 19, 2026
Chile Declares a Disaster Zone After Rain Hits the Driest Desert
Tocopilla is under a state of catastrophe after about 30 millimetres of rain fell in hours, leaving one dead, three...
August 19, 2026
Dangote Refinery IPO in Nigeria Gets US$1 Billion Backing
Advisers say the Dangote Refinery IPO in Nigeria has a US$1 billion underwriting programme: US$600 million funded, US$400 million for...
August 19, 2026
Prosecutors Give Brazil’s Environment Agency Five Days on Amazon Oil
Federal prosecutors gave Ibama five days to justify three more Petrobras wells in the Foz do Amazonas basin, days after...
August 19, 2026
Mali Industrial Gold Output Jumps 30 Percent in First Half of 2026
Mali gold output rose 30 percent to 23.5 tonnes of industrial gold in the first half of 2026, beating the...
August 19, 2026
Latin America Sports Daily for Wednesday, August 19, 2026
World Cup: Copa Libertadores last-16 second legs continue Wednesday. Palmeiras visit Cerro Porteño, Flamengo host Cruzeiro. Live details and stakes.
August 19, 2026
São Paulo Daily Brief — Wednesday, August 19, 2026
São Paulo Daily Brief for Wednesday, August 19: weather, cultural picks from open venues, transport updates, and the day's market...
August 19, 2026
Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief — Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Rio de Janeiro: Rio Daily Brief for Wednesday 19 August 2026. Weather, open venues, transport, food and the business mood...
August 19, 2026
LatAm Pre-Open — Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Latin American markets: LatAm pre-open: dollar steady, oil up, chips down. Read the region's five exchanges, currencies and the Brazil...
August 19, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — August 19, 2026
Colombia's COLCAP index gained 0.36% to 2,461.23 on August 18, while the peso was flat. Here's what drove the session.
August 19, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — August 19, 2026
Argentina's Merval stock index fell 1.89% on August 18 as country risk rose near two-month highs, while the peso held...
August 19, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — August 19, 2026
Chile's stock market rose on August 18, with the S&P IPSA gaining 0.34% to 11,187 as lithium and retail names...
August 19, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — August 19, 2026
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC closed +0.07% at 64,301 as Cemex fell 3.5% and the peso weakened to 17.07 per dollar on...
August 19, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — August 19, 2026
Brazil's Ibovespa fell for an 11th straight session on August 18, 2026, as Casas Bahia's bankruptcy filing and a stronger...
August 19, 2026
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Brazil pre-market setup for Aug 19: Copom Selic bets, B3 radar and the levels to watch before the bell. See...
August 19, 2026
Global Economy Briefing — August 19, 2026
Global economy: Global stocks slip as semiconductor sell-off deepens; focus turns to Fed path and Brazil’s high-yield real amid Selic...
August 19, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Latin America's mood today is caught between structural opening and political exposure.
August 19, 2026