The U.S. Overstated Beef Export Sales Tenfold. Brazil Prices Against That Number
USDA beef export data for the week to June 25 was published at 126,062 tonnes, then cut ninety percent to...
July 10, 2026Topic
Latin America
Cocoa Prices Are Rising Again. Ecuador Has Less Left to Sell
Ecuador cocoa exports earned $668m from January to April, down 59% on a year earlier, as prices hit an eight-month...
July 10, 2026
A Brazilian Banker Hired $1.5m of Influencers to Attack His Regulator
Federal police raided the adman behind a paid influencer campaign against Brazil central bank, ordered after regulators blocked the sale...
July 10, 2026
Offering Pix Now Costs Brazil’s Small Firms an Extra $1m in Capital
Offering Pix adds R$5m to Brazil minimum capital rules, and 679 of 1,751 firms could fall short. See who is...
July 10, 2026
Colombia Has Lost 425 Homebuilders in Four Years
Camacol says 425 homebuilding firms have vanished since 2022, a 28% drop to 1,093. What the Colombia housing market loss...
July 10, 2026
Suriname Bet Its Bondholders on Oil It Has Not Pumped Yet
Suriname's debt restructuring settled $2.4 billion by tying bondholders to oil it will not pump until 2028, the first deal...
July 7, 2026
The Debutant Ceiling: How Far the World Cup’s Newcomers Really Got
In the first 48-team World Cup, the newcomers reached the last thirty-two and pushed the giants to the final kick...
July 4, 2026
Chilean Stocks Pause After the Breakout as Copper Holds the Line
Chile's IPSA eased 0.26% to 10,812 on July 1, pausing after a three-day rally. The index holds 60% yearly gains...
July 2, 2026
BTG Makes Its First Growth Bet Outside Brazil, on a Colombian Fintech
Brazil's biggest investment bank has led an eighty-five-million-dollar round in Colombian fintech Addi, its first growth-equity deal beyond home.
July 1, 2026