Emerging Markets
Latin America, Africa and the Middle East: the currencies, commodities and companies of the emerging world.
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LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Wednesday, August 26, 2026
The Short Version In short: Your LatAm expat and nomad daily guide for Wednesday, August 26. Buenos Aires’s city airport is …
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Codelco and Pucobre Seal US$870 Million Tovaku Copper Alliance
Chile's state copper giant Codelco and mid-tier miner Pucobre have formed Minera Puntilla to develop the US$870 million Tovaku pro…
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Peru Export Record Fuels Tech, AI and Automation Supplier Boom
Peru exported US$45.13 billion between January and May 2026, up 37 per cent, and the boom is opening a large market for technology…
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Latin America News Roundup: Canal Engine, Nicaragua Reform, IHRA
ECLAC says the Panama Canal is still carrying the country's growth, projected at 4.4 per cent in 2026. In Nicaragua, evangelical p…
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Central America Business: IFX Bets US$400 Million on AI Data Centres
Data-centre operator IFX announced more than US$400 million in Latin American investment and a new corporate identity. The United …
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Chinese car brands squeeze Nissan, GM and Volkswagen in Mexico
Chinese car brands are taking ground from Nissan, General Motors and Volkswagen in Mexico, even after a 50% import tariff. The shi…
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Brazil shorts: Embraer’s self-landing jet, Haddad on Enel, security PEC
Brazil shorts for Wednesday: Embraer's Phenom 300EV became the first light jet certified with an emergency autoland system. Fernan…
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Guaraní surge pits Paraguay’s exporters against the central bank
Paraguay's exporters' chamber has turned on the central bank over a dollar down nearly 20% in a year. On the same day, doctors ext…
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Venezuela’s Chavismo Blocks Dollarization Push as Power Cuts Bite
Venezuela's chavista-led National Assembly has moved to shut down a legislative push to dollarize the economy, stripping deputy An…
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Caiado Asks Supreme Court to Lift Secrecy on Master, INSS Probes
Ronaldo Caiado used a nationally televised interview to appeal to Brazil's Supreme Court to lift the secrecy shielding the Banco M…
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Brazil Opens US$1.36 Billion Credit for Tariff-Hit Exporters
Brazil will channel US$1.36 billion in new financing to exporters hit by US tariffs under the Brasil Soberano plan. The provisiona…
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Brazil’s CVM Orders Oncoclínicas Tender Offer for Minorities
Brazil's securities regulator has ordered shareholder Centaurus to launch a tender offer for Oncoclínicas minority shares, in a ca…
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Caputo to Unveil Economic Measures as Argentina Faces Arrears Crisis
Economy Minister Luis Caputo holds a press conference at 10:00 on Wednesday 26 August 2026 at the Palacio de Hacienda to announce …
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Brazil Overtakes Mexico as Latin America’s Top FDI Destination in 2026
Brazil received US$46.99 billion of foreign direct investment in the first half of 2026, about US$12 billion more than Mexico's re…
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Oil Slides as Iran-Oman Talks Fuel Hopes of Strait of Hormuz Reopening
Oil prices fell for a second straight session on Wednesday 26 August 2026 as Iran and Oman discussed a temporary joint shipping co…
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Chile GDP Flat in Second Quarter, Joint-Weakest in the OECD
Chile's economy stagnated in the second quarter of 2026, posting zero growth and a year-on-year contraction. The figures landed in…
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Bolivia Swears In New Economy Minister as YPFB Owes US$1.056bn to Traders
President Rodrigo Paz swore in Christian Morales Burgos as Bolivia's new economy minister and told him to keep negotiating with th…
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Colombia Court Upholds Pension Reform but Returns Nine Articles
Colombia's Constitutional Court has upheld the core of the pension reform approved under President Gustavo Petro after two years o…
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Keeping Tango Alive Means Letting It Change: Ollantay Rojas on the Past, Present and Future of the Dance
Choreographer Ollantay Rojas curates tango at Casa de la Cultura, honours Claudio Segovia at the Buenos Aires Legislature and, wit…
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TotalEnergies Says Its Namibian Oil Decision Cannot Wait
The company says engineering is finished and contractor tenders will not stay valid indefinitely, putting pressure on talks with t…
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Grains Wrap: Corn Extends Rally, Soy Rebounds
Corn funds rose after the Pro Farmer tour cut the US yield estimate, wheat firmed on Black Sea disruption, and soybeans slipped de…
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Latin America Steel: SLX Gains, CSN Slips Tuesday
Latin American steel moved on Tuesday, August 25, 2026: SLX rose, Gerdau gained, CSN fell and Ternium edged up on tariffs and Chin…
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Oil Slides as Iran Sanctions Fail to Stop Selling
US crude proxy fell sharply Tuesday on Iran negotiation hopes and a surprise US inventory build. Petrobras, YPF, Ecopetrol tracked…
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Bitcoin Slips Under US$80,000; Stablecoins Rule LatAm
Bitcoin settled at US$78,565 on Tuesday after briefly piercing $80K. Altcoins fell harder while Latin American volumes stay domina…