Port of Montevideo Crisis ‘Admits No Delay,’ Uruguay’s Industrialists Warn
Uruguay's industrialists call the Port of Montevideo situation 'critical' as CARP awards Martín García Canal dredging to Belgium's Jan de...
August 15, 2026Section
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Guatemala Property Tax Reform: 45 Towns Collected Nothing in 2025
Guatemala property tax reform: 45 of 340 municipalities collected zero IUSI in 2025, and a new stamp-tax rule aims to...
August 15, 2026
Costa Rica and the US Move to Deepen Security Cooperation as Immigration Goes Digital
Costa Rica and the US agreed to deepen security cooperation in a Rubio-Fernandez call, as San Jose digitalizes immigration and...
August 15, 2026
Mexico’s 50 Doctors Pitches US$200 Million El Salvador Hospital Plan to Bukele
Mexico's 50 Doctors pitched a more than US$200 million El Salvador hospital plan to President Bukele, its first expansion outside...
August 15, 2026
Panama Fiscal Room Shrinks as Canal Slot Costs Hit US$4 Million
Moody's warns Panama fiscal room is shrinking under 'special laws' as it keeps Baa3, while Panama Canal auction slots hit...
August 15, 2026
Ecuador Illegal Mining Raid Destroys 9 Excavators in the Amazon
Ecuador illegal mining crackdown: the Army destroyed nine excavators in Napo and Morona Santiago, a blow worth over US$1 million...
August 15, 2026
Venezuela Gold: Old Rivals Unite to Reclaim US$4 Billion in London
Venezuela gold worth about US$4 billion sits frozen at the Bank of England. Now Caracas's warring rivals are uniting to...
August 15, 2026
Bolivia Constitutional Reform: Everyone Wants It, Except President Paz
A Bolivia constitutional reform debate is heating up, but it is Paz's rivals driving it while he chases an energy...
August 15, 2026
Mexico Deportations Pass 271,000 as Returns From the US Climb Under Trump
Mexico deportations and returns from the US have passed 271,000 since January 2025, official figures show, almost all of them...
August 15, 2026
Argentina’s Top Court Curbs Milei’s Power to Rule by Decree
Argentina's Supreme Court has limited how President Javier Milei can use emergency decrees, a ruling that could slow his sweeping...
August 15, 2026
Dominican Republic Expels Nine Cuban Diplomats, and Havana Blames US Pressure
The Dominican Republic expelled nine Cuban diplomats on August 13, 2026, giving no reason, while Havana blamed US pressure led...
August 15, 2026
From Buenos Aires to Seoul and Back: Tango BA Expands Its Global Reach
The 2026 Tango BA Festival y Mundial, unveiled at Teatro Colón, is positioning Buenos Aires as the centre of an...
August 15, 2026
Colombia’s Economy Grew an Estimated 2.7% in Q2 2026, but the Lift Looks Set to Fade
Colombia's economy likely grew about 2.7% in Q2 2026, early estimates show. Here's why analysts expect the second half to...
August 15, 2026
Six Miners Killed in Methane Blast at a Suspended Colombia Coal Mine
A methane explosion killed six miners at the El Porvenir 1 coal mine in Cucunuba, Colombia - a mine the...
August 15, 2026
World Rushes Aid to Colombia as Quake Toll Hits 281 and Plan Milagro Begins
A magnitude 7.4 quake killed 281 in Colombia. See the US, UAE, South Korea and World Bank aid pouring in,...
August 15, 2026
Mexican Peso Breaks Below 17 to the US Dollar, Strongest Since 2024
The Mexican peso broke below 17 to the US dollar on August 14, 2026, its strongest since 2024, as Sheinbaum...
August 15, 2026
Peru Pays US$462 Million for 12 F-16 Jets, Then Freezes the Deal
Peru signed a US$1.54 billion contract for 12 F-16 Block 70 jets and paid US$462 million, then an interim president...
August 15, 2026
Peru Rolls Out Fuel Subsidy of Up to 20% to Calm Transport Strikes
Peru's fuel subsidy of 15% to 20% takes effect for three months as President Keiko Fujimori moves to calm transport...
August 15, 2026
PDVSA Refining Runs at a Third of Capacity Even as Venezuela’s Crude Output Recovers
PDVSA now refines only about a third of its capacity, near 399,000 bpd, even as Venezuela's crude output recovers toward...
August 15, 2026
Plan México Tops US$3.5 Billion in Newly Authorized Investment
Plan México has authorized over US$3.5 billion in investment since May 2026 through a new fast-track channel, business leaders said...
August 15, 2026