Emerging Markets

El Salvador Executed Just 27.98% of Public Investment by June

El Salvador public investment executed US$786.52 million of a US$2,815.47 million annual programme by the end of June 2026. The sh…

Pecém Terminal Reshapes Fuel Supply in Brazil’s Northeast

Grupo Dislub Equador is finishing a US$124 million fuel terminal at the Pecém port complex in Ceará. It aims to cover a fifth of N…

Mexico Signs Arizona Semiconductor Agreement in Phoenix

Mexico's economy minister signed a cooperation accord with Arizona State University on August 26, 2026. The Mexico semiconductor a…

Mexico Aerospace Investment Halves as Exports Reach New Highs

Foreign capital going into Mexican aerospace plants halved last year, to US$171.8 million. Exports, employment and factory expansi…

Mexico’s State Power Firm Charts US$39.8 Billion Power Expansion Through 2030

Mexico's state power utility published a five-year investment map on 26 August 2026. The CFE development programme commits US$39.8…

Colombia’s Restaurant Sector Asks for Urgent Post-Earthquake Lifeline

The Colombian restaurant sector wants tax suspension, payroll subsidies and a halt to debt collection after the earthquake. No res…

Mexico’s Mining Chamber Presses Sheinbaum to Restart Concessions

Mexico mining concessions have not been granted since late 2018. The country's mining chamber says about US$11 billion of projects…

Barbados and Venezuela Set Out a Multi-Destination Tourism Plan

Barbados and Venezuela signed a joint declaration in Caracas on August 24 covering energy, food, education and tourism. The touris…

Colombia Tourism Revenue Now Tops Coffee and Coal Exports

Colombia tourism revenue overtook coffee and coal export earnings in 2025, on balance-of-payments data. The 30th Anato congress op…

Colombia’s Peso Slides Past 3,100 per Dollar: What It Means for Expats

Money: Colombia Key Facts —The TRM fixing in force on Thursday 27 August is 3,118.24 pesos per dollar, up 1.19 percent from Wednes…

LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Thursday, August 27, 2026

The Short Version In short: Your LatAm expat and nomad daily guide for Thursday, August 27. Buenos Aires’s city airport reop…

Your Brazilian Power Bill Just Dropped: The Itaipú Bonus Explained

Money: Brazil Key Facts —Brazil’s mid-month inflation gauge, the IPCA-15, fell 0.40 percent in August, the first monthly def…

Morgan Stanley Sees Argentina as the Next Mining Frontier

Morgan Stanley says the Argentina mining investment case has changed, with more than US$50 billion of projects identified. Courts,…

Haddad Makes Brazil’s Tax Reform a São Paulo Campaign Fight

Haddad used a radio interview in Ourinhos to make Brazil's tax reform a campaign issue. His targets were Flávio Bolsonaro and Tarc…

Argentina LNG Project Reaches Río Negro’s Coastal Towns

YPF and Río Negro took the Argentina LNG project to Sierra Grande and San Antonio Oeste this week. Local firms were told what the …

Argentina Bank Delinquency Is the Highest in Latin America

Household loan arrears in Argentina stood at 12.8% in June 2026. That is more than double a year earlier and the highest ratio in …

Brazil Sets 1 September Vote on Blusinhas Tax Measure

Senate President Davi Alcolumbre pledged a committee vote on 1 September. The rule lapses on 8 September, restoring a 20 percent d…

Brazil Senate Set to Vote Redata Data Center Tax Bill by September 4

Brazil's Senate has scheduled the Redata data center tax bill for its August 31 to September 4 voting week. The regime offers five…

Lula Presses Brazil’s Senate on the Critical Minerals Bill

Brazil's Senate has sat on a critical minerals law since May. Lula met congressional leaders on August 26 and got it onto the agen…

Brazil’s Poorest Households Carry Record Debt Into a Weaker 2027

Record borrowing among low-income families is the weak point in the country's consumer story. Forecasters now see growth easing in…

IMF Renews Chile’s Credit Line With a US$11.8 Billion Backstop

The IMF has approved a new two-year Flexible Credit Line for Chile worth about US$11.8 billion. Chile's IMF credit line is precaut…

Ghana’s Petrosol Bond Is 1.8 Times Oversubscribed as Bids Reach GH¢178m (US$15.9m)

A Ghana corporate bond from fuel retailer Petrosol closed 178 percent subscribed, drawing GH¢178.07m (US$15.9m) of bids against a …

Zanzibar Starts Spending a US$3.1 Billion Health Promise With Washington

The five-year memorandum is worth about 8.2 trillion shillings. Zanzibar now has to turn it into laboratories, staff and systems t…

Congo Signs the Lobito Corridor Rail Concession With Mota-Engil

Kinshasa has signed away 30 years of the Dilolo-Sakania railway for an indicative US$1.258 billion, a 7.5 percent royalty and a se…