Mercado Libre’s Founder Faces a Criminal Usury Complaint Over Loans Costing Up to 1,375% a Year
A criminal usury complaint targets Marcos Galperin over Mercado Pago loan rates in Argentina, where the published total annual cost...
August 19, 2026Latin America news in English from The Rio Times — daily coverage of politics, economy and culture across the region.
A criminal usury complaint targets Marcos Galperin over Mercado Pago loan rates in Argentina, where the published total annual cost...
August 19, 2026
A Santiago court ordered pre-trial detention for four executives in the Chile Sartor fund case, where the charging itemises about...
August 19, 2026
Peru's energy and mines minister set a target of unblocking at least US$40 billion of a mining portfolio worth more...
August 19, 2026
Bolivia's legislature censured Economy Minister Espinoza by 91 votes to 34. The constitution obliges the president to remove him within...
August 19, 2026
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
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
Tocopilla is under a state of catastrophe after about 30 millimetres of rain fell in hours, leaving one dead, three...
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'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