El Salvador Growth Forecast of 4.5 Percent Tops Official Estimates
El Salvador's industrialists say the economy could grow 4.5 percent this year, a rate not seen in decades. The El...
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South Africa’s Defence Force Cannot Cover Its Own Wage Bill
South Africa defence spending on salaries will overshoot by R3.3 billion this year, the minister told parliament, with larger gaps...
August 28, 2026
Argentina and Chile Press Their Cross-Border Mining Treaty at Santiago Summit
Chile convened a regional mining summit in Santiago and used it to advance its 1997 mining treaty with Argentina, a...
August 28, 2026
Venezuela Weighs Leaving OPEC, the Group It Helped Found in 1960
Bloomberg says a Venezuela OPEC exit is under study, more than sixty-five years after the country helped found the group....
August 28, 2026
Argentina Confirms 33,650 Tonnes of Uranium Across Seven Mining Projects
Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission has put a firm number on the country's uranium wealth: 33,650 tonnes across seven projects...
August 28, 2026
Colombia Pension Reform Survives Court Test as Uribe Drafts a Counter-Reform
The Constitutional Court has rescued the Colombia pension reform, the flagship social law of the Petro era, and the opposition...
August 28, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Friday, August 28, 2026
Latin America Pulse: Lula shrugs off Brazil's debt, Mexico exports hit a record, and Chile faces a diplomatic row. Today's...
August 28, 2026
Brazil: Santa Catarina Ends São Paulo’s 14-Year Run as Most Competitive State
For fourteen years, one question in Brazilian economics had a single answer. This week it changed: the country s most...
August 28, 2026
Global Economy Briefing — August 28, 2026
Global economy: Overnight markets: Wall Street drifts, dollar softens, yields edge up and LatAm — led by Brazil — extends...
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