Argentina Opens Dollar Lending as Investors Pick Provinces
Argentina now lets banks lend US dollars to any company in a 'chau colchón' push, while investors favor provincial bonds...
August 14, 2026Section
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Bolivia’s Foreign Debt Tops US$14.2 Billion
Bolivia's foreign debt hit US$14,238.5 million in July 2026 as President Paz touts a US$204M Amazon power plan and US$55...
August 14, 2026
Brazil’s Record 62.9M Jobs Meets Budget Gap and Bet Ban
Brazil formal jobs hit a record 62.9 million even as a R$105.5 billion budget gap, a Pixbet suspension, and a...
August 14, 2026
Grupo SURA Posts a Record First Half in Colombia
Grupo SURA record first half: the Colombian group earned COP 1.7 trillion (~US$541M), up 37.7%, as Isagen and Enel Colombia...
August 14, 2026
Copec Profit Hits US$712M as It Ties Up With Cabify
Empresas Copec posted a US$712 million first-half 2026 profit and sealed a mobility alliance with ride-hailing app Cabify. What it...
August 14, 2026
Peru Holds Interest Rate at 4.25% as Crises Mount
Peru's central bank held its interest rate at 4.25% for an 11th meeting, even as a murder spike and a...
August 14, 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro Files 2026 Presidential Run at TSE
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro filed a 2026 presidential run at Brazil's TSE, declaring R$8.1 million in assets, as the court froze...
August 14, 2026
SalfaCorp Profit More Than Halves on Nueva Centinela Charges
SalfaCorp's second-quarter 2026 profit more than halved to about US$6.8 million after surprise charges on Chile's Nueva Centinela copper project.
August 14, 2026
Petrobras Tupi Hits 4 Billion Barrels; Pemex Deal Follows
Petrobras' Tupi field passed 4 billion barrels of oil equivalent in August 2026, as Brazil and Mexico's Pemex build a...
August 14, 2026
Embraer’s Saber M200 Radar Takes On Small Drones in Brazil Test
Brazil put its Saber M200 radar to work against small drones at Exercise Sagitta Primus 2026, a new counter-drone role...
August 14, 2026
BP, XRG Sign Venezuela Loran Gas Deal as Thaw Builds
BP, the UAE's XRG and Qatar's UCC signed a Venezuela Loran gas deal this week, alongside a US-backed power plan...
August 14, 2026
Ecuador Trade Surplus Hits Record as Ratings Improve
Ecuador posted a record US$2,339 million trade surplus in the first half of 2026, and its sovereign credit ratings are...
August 14, 2026
BTG Pactual Raises Its Méliuz Stake to 10.51% in New Filing
BTG Pactual has raised its Méliuz stake to 10.51%, about 10.96 million shares, in the Brazilian cashback and Bitcoin-treasury fintech.
August 14, 2026
Cosan Puts Its São Luís Port Terminal Up for Sale to Cut Debt
Cosan is moving to sell its TUP São Luís port terminal in Maranhão for about R$300 million, another step in...
August 14, 2026
Chile’s Competition Court Fines Metrogas About US$3.6 Million
Chile's competition court, the TDLC, fined Metrogas about US$3.6 million for an excessive gas tariff and ordered it reset. The...
August 14, 2026
Mexico’s Investment-Grade Rating at Risk, IMEF Warns
IMEF warns Mexico's investment-grade rating is at risk as public debt nears the danger line. What it means for the...
August 14, 2026
CSN Weighs Selling a Minority Stake in Its Logistics Business
CSN is weighing the sale of a minority stake in its Brazilian ports, railway and trucking platform to cut a...
August 14, 2026
Bitcoin Steady at US$63,402; Crypto Flat Thursday
Bitcoin settled at US$63,402 on Thursday, August 13, 2026 as major coins traded flat. What the session means for Latin...
August 14, 2026
Gold & Silver Drop: Dollar, Yields Hit Metals
Gold fell 1.29% to US$4,357 and silver 1.14% to US$64.55 on Thursday as a firmer dollar and real yields pressured...
August 14, 2026
Copper Falls: Freeport, Southern Copper Drop Thursday
Copper tracked by CPER slipped 0.42% Thursday. Southern Copper and Freeport-McMoRan fell harder as investors weighed a softer US inflation...
August 14, 2026