Mexican Peso Hits a Two-Year High, Closing Below 17 to the US Dollar
The Mexican peso closed near 16.96 to the US dollar on August 20, its strongest in over two years, as...
August 20, 2026Section
Latin America News in English
Latin America news in English from The Rio Times — daily coverage of politics, economy and culture across the region.
Continental Resources Joins a US$4 Billion Argentina Shale Venture
Continental Resources agreed to take 50% of Mercuria's Phoenix Global Resources, with over US$4 billion planned for Argentina's Vaca Muerta...
August 20, 2026
Chile Stopped Two Highway Awards Just Before Signing, and Spain’s Builders Are Getting Nervous
Two Chile road concessions in Biobío were halted at the last procedural step on budget grounds, unsettling the Spanish groups...
August 20, 2026
Mexico’s State Power Company Wants to Borrow Up to US$1.2 Billion at Home, Some of It for Forty Years
The CFE peso bond plan would raise up to 20 billion pesos, about US$1.2 billion, in three tranches — one...
August 20, 2026
SQM Will Spend US$3 Billion by 2028, Most of It on One Salt Flat
The SQM investment plan puts about US$3 billion of capital spending into 2026-2028, centred on the Salar Futuro lithium project...
August 20, 2026
Argentina Just Told Banks How to Lend Dollars to Companies That Do Not Earn Them
The new Argentina dollar lending rules cap non-exporter loans at 15% of a bank's foreign-currency deposits. The central bank governor...
August 20, 2026
Venezuela’s Oil Minister Went to Houston and Signed Two Deals
Venezuela oil deals were signed in Houston with SLB and Hunt Oil, as the oil minister told investors the country...
August 20, 2026
Mexico’s Government Websites Went Dark for Nearly Two Hours
Every federal site on Mexico's gob.mx domain went down on 19 August 2026 for close to an hour and three...
August 20, 2026
Chile Fines a Santiago Broker for Faking Its Own Accounts
Chile's financial regulator fined the brokerage Nevasa about US$266,000 for reporting false information about its financial position and solvency ratios.
August 20, 2026