Argentina’s State Oil Company Vows to Drill Off Uruguay. It Has Not Been Cleared To
YPF plans OFF-5 drilling off Uruguay by 2028, but the Eni block transfer awaits approval and lawsuits loom. Inside the...
July 10, 2026Topic
Oil
Colombia’s Market Slips as Ecopetrol Sinks While ETB Soars to a One-Year High
COLCAP slipped 0.41% to 2,260 on July 1 as Ecopetrol sank 5%+, but telecoms firm ETB surged 16% to a...
July 2, 2026
Colombia’s Stock Market Rebounds as the Election Overhang Lifts
Colombia stock market closed at 2,286, up 1.09% on June 26 as electoral confirmation of de la Espriella's win lifted...
June 29, 2026
A $6.7 Billion Quake Bill Hits Venezuela Mid-Default
Venezuela earthquake damage is put at a UN-estimated six point seven billion dollars, near six percent of GDP, as the...
June 28, 2026
Colombia’s Ecopetrol Settles With Union, Ending Strike Risk
Ecopetrol, Colombia's state oil giant, has reached a six-year deal with its main union, lifting a strike threat over the...
June 15, 2026
Bitcoin Jumps to a Two-Week High as the Iran Deal Reopens Hormuz
Bitcoin climbed about 2.4% to near 66,000, a two-week high, after a US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz...
June 15, 2026
Brazilian Stocks Snap Eight-Week Slide as Oil Fear Eases
Brazilian stocks ended an eight-week losing streak as Middle East tensions cooled, even as data showed the biggest foreign exit...
June 13, 2026
Global Economy Briefing — May 22, 2026
The Dow set a record close at 50,285.66 even as the Philly Fed manufacturing index collapsed to -0.4 (consensus 17.6)...
May 22, 2026
Global Economy Briefing — May 21, 2026
Oil crashed 5.7% after President Trump said Iran negotiations are in "final stages" and three supertankers left the Strait of...
May 21, 2026