Brazil’s Post Office Correios Pauses Restructuring Under Strike Threat
Brazil's postal service Correios paused agency closures and cost cuts until July 31 after a strike threat, testing a rescue...
July 13, 2026Section
Business
Economic and Business News in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil Truckers Strike Over a Freight Law About to Expire in the Senate
Brazil truckers began a port stoppage on Monday, pressing the Senate to pass a freight-floor law before it expires Thursday,...
July 13, 2026
Colombia’s Incoming Government Takes Ecopetrol Unit Cenit to Prosecutors
Colombia's incoming government filed two criminal complaints targeting Ecopetrol unit Cenit over a $5M contract and a $123M land programme,...
July 13, 2026
Colombia’s Incoming Government Says a Blackout Would Cost $50 Million an Hour
Colombia blackout risk hits $50M per hour as El Niño intensifies and only 7% of 2026 power capacity is online,...
July 13, 2026
Bolivia Chases $4 Billion in Mattress Dollars to Refill Bank Deposits
Bolivia wants to lure back about 4 billion dollars in cash held outside its banks, promising that new dollar deposits...
July 13, 2026
A $6.7 Billion Gap Clouds Guyana’s Count of Its Oil Revenue
A 6.7 billion dollar gap between Guyana's central bank and ExxonMobil figures raises fresh doubts over how the country's oil...
July 13, 2026
Panama’s Foreign Investment Fell 61% as It Pivots to Mercosur
Panama foreign investment fell 61.5% in the first quarter, sharpening a push to use Mercosur ties to draw fresh capital...
July 13, 2026
Honduras Bets $242 Million of IMF Cash Can Bring Investors Back
Honduras IMF clears reviews four and five, releasing $242M and pushing total disbursements to $725M of $847M—but ENEE reform remains...
July 13, 2026
Exxon Is Almost Done Scanning Trinidad’s Deepwater for a $21 Billion Oil Bet
Trinidad deepwater exploration advances as ExxonMobil nears completion of a large seismic survey on Block TTUD-1, with billions of dollars...
July 13, 2026