Lithium Wrap: LIT Slips, Albemarle and SQM Climb
The lithium-proxy board split on Thursday: the LIT ETF slipped 0.73%, while Albemarle gained 1.67% and SQM rose 1.28% amid...
August 14, 2026Section
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Iron Ore Falls: Vale Drops 4.3% on China Demand Worry
Vale's New York shares fell 4.30% to US$13.80 and CSN Mineração sank 5.18% as China steel demand fears hit iron...
August 14, 2026
Zinc Slips as Nexa, Buenaventura Fall on August 13
Zinc proxies fell on Thursday, August 13, 2026, as Nexa Resources lost 1.65% and Buenaventura dropped 2.69%, tracking a broader...
August 14, 2026
Latin America Steel Wrap: CSN Jumps, SLX Slips
A mixed Thursday for Latin American steel equities as CSN's ADR rose 3.41%, while Ternium and Gerdau fell. Cheap Chinese...
August 14, 2026
Oil Falls: USO, Petrobras, Pemex, YPF — the Rio Times
Oil prices fell Thursday as refining outages and Hormuz stalemate pulled traders two ways. Read the Latin America view on...
August 14, 2026
Grains Pull Back as Corn Profit-Taking Sets the Tone
Corn tracker CORN fell 1.59% on profit-taking after a USDA data rally, while soybean and wheat trackers dipped only 0.16%....
August 14, 2026
Global Economy Briefing — August 14, 2026
Global economy: Global markets overnight: Fed, dollar, Brazil. Wall Street edges up, gold slides and the real watches Washington. A...
August 14, 2026
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Friday, August 14, 2026
Ibovespa: Brazil's B3 pre-market setup for August 14, 2026: Copom wagers, the USD/BRL open, today's data calendar and the stocks...
August 14, 2026
Ecopetrol Moves to Keep Colombia’s Lights On as El Niño Squeezes the Grid
Ecopetrol moved to keep gas flowing to Colombia's power plants as a strengthening El Niño and an August earthquake strain...
August 14, 2026
Chile’s Constitutional Court Trims the Kast Tax Reform, Striking an Environmental Compensation Clause
Chile's Constitutional Court trimmed the Kast tax reform, striking an environmental-compensation clause while most of the overhaul survives.
August 14, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — August 14, 2026
Ibovespa closed down 0.23% at 167,101 and USD/BRL rose 0.20% to 5.1887. Domestic fiscal concerns hit big banks and Sabesp.
August 14, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — August 14, 2026
Mexico stocks fall as peso gains to 17.03 per dollar. The S&P/BMV IPC closed at 65,336, down 0.64%, while US...
August 14, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — August 14, 2026
Chile's S&P IPSA closed at 11,000, up 0.16%, while the peso held near 914.67 per dollar. Falabella slid 2.1% but...
August 14, 2026
US Frames Drug Cartels as Targets, Raising Brazil Sovereignty Concerns
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cast drug cartels as a 'target just like ISIS' in Panama, as Brazil warned the...
August 14, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — August 14, 2026
Argentina's Merval held near record highs while the peso firmed slightly. YPF led turnover on a $51bn gas export plan;...
August 14, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — August 14, 2026
Colombia's COLCAP index edged up 0.07% to 2,432 while the peso weakened to 3,146 per dollar. Oil and global caution...
August 14, 2026
YPF Files US$51 Billion ‘Argentina LNG’ Project Under the RIGI Investment Regime
YPF has filed its US$51 billion Argentina LNG project under the RIGI regime and posted a record quarterly adjusted EBITDA...
August 14, 2026
LatAm Pre-Open — Friday, August 14, 2026
Latin American markets: LatAm pre-open: dollar softens as Brazil bleeds. Regional mood tested as Ibovespa extends losses and US retail...
August 14, 2026
Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief — Friday, August 14, 2026
Rio de Janeiro: Rio Friday guide: weather, beach state, cultural picks and tonight's bars for 14 August 2026.
August 14, 2026
São Paulo Daily Brief — Friday, August 14, 2026
Your São Paulo daily brief for Friday 14 August 2026: weather, what's on today, the market mood in words, transport...
August 14, 2026