Brazil’s Exchange Courts Small Savers as Lula Targets Betting Apps
B3 wants to open its event contracts to retail investors just as Brazil's finance ministry drafts a measure to ban...
September 18, 2026Section
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Peru Clears Pichincha to Buy Diners Club and Keeps Velarde at Central Bank
Peru's banking regulator cleared Banco Pichincha to buy Diners Club Peru, and the new Senate kept Julio Velarde at the...
September 18, 2026
Ecopetrol Hands Its Board to a Campaign Strategist as Output Falls
Ecopetrol's board elected Carlos Suarez, the strategist behind President De la Espriella's campaign, as chairman on 17 September, after months...
September 18, 2026
Chile Has Mined 7% Less Copper So Far in 2026 Than Last Year
Chile mined 2.9 million tonnes of copper from January to July, down 7.1% and the weakest since 2003. The official...
September 18, 2026
Colombia Quits the Global LGBTI Rights Coalition It Was Co-Chairing
Colombia left the Equal Rights Coalition on 17 September, part-way through the co-chair term it held with Spain. Domestic law...
September 18, 2026
Yucatan Monitors 180 People After Rare Amoeba Death in Merida
Yucatan health officials are monitoring 180 people after a rare amoeba infection killed a wakeboard instructor in Merida. What travellers...
September 18, 2026
Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief for Friday, September 18, 2026
Rio's first Semana de Arte runs to 27 September with more than 400 attractions. Friday brings harp recitals, Mart'nália at...
September 18, 2026
Latin America Sports Daily for Friday, September 18, 2026
Flamengo drew 1-1 with Independiente del Valle to reach the Libertadores semi-finals. Montevideo City Torque overturned a two-goal deficit to...
September 18, 2026
São Paulo Daily Brief for Friday, September 18, 2026
MASP opens until 9pm and is free from six. The SP Open reaches its quarter-finals at Parque Villa-Lobos, and today's...
September 18, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Friday, September 18, 2026
Three central banks moved this week and only Brazil cut. Argentina's economy shrank as its market rose, and Chile shuts...
September 18, 2026
Global Economy Briefing for Friday, September 18, 2026
The Bank of Japan raised rates to 1.25%, a 31-year high, two days after the Fed. Wall Street rebounded 1.14%...
September 18, 2026
Bitcoin Holds Above US$76,000 as Brazil’s Crypto Deadlines Approach
Bitcoin held above US$76,000 after the Fed's rate rise. Brazil bans crypto settlement of cross-border payments from 1 October and...
September 18, 2026
Gold and Silver Rebound the Day After the Federal Reserve Raised Rates
Gold recovered to about US$4,346 an ounce and silver rose 3.44% to US$65.43, a day after the Fed's increase knocked...
September 18, 2026
Latin American Steel Shares Rebound With the Broader Market
Gerdau rose 2.20% and Ternium 1.95% on a broad risk-on session. No trade measure broke on the day, and Brazilian...
September 18, 2026
Soybeans Hold Steady as China Buys Ahead of the Trump-Xi Meeting
The soybean fund was unchanged at US$27.97 while corn fell 0.70% and wheat 1.17%. Chinese buyers took about a million...
September 18, 2026
Oil Eases as Saudi Arabia Routes Crude Around Its Damaged Pipeline
Crude fell for a second session as Saudi Arabia moved exports through Oman. Petrobras signed eight offshore blocks in Côte...
September 18, 2026
Lithium Shares Jump as Albemarle Gains 5.10% and SQM Adds 4.54%
Albemarle rose 5.10% and SQM 4.54% as lithium prices steadied after a long slide. SQM also led Chile's IPSA higher...
September 18, 2026
Eight Firms Named in Audit of 210,000 Machu Picchu Reservations
An audit of Peru's Tu Boleto platform found eight firms held 209,051 Machu Picchu reservations, and 62.96 percent of them...
September 18, 2026
Zinc Rebounds on Tight Concentrate as Nexa Jumps Almost Seven Percent
London zinc rose 2.04% to US$3,888.70 a tonne after two losing sessions. Nexa Resources gained 6.95% and Buenaventura 4.96% on...
September 18, 2026
Trinidad Ends Its State of Emergency After 199 Days and 5,802 Arrests
Trinidad and Tobago's state of emergency ended on 17 September after 199 days, 5,802 arrests and 574 detention orders issued...
September 18, 2026