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Argentina’s Inflation Is Falling Monthly and Rising Annually
Macro Key Facts —The forecast. Consultancies put June between 1.8% and 1.9%, with one outlier at 2.1%. —The last reading. May came in at 2.1% monthly, 14.7% for the year and 33.2% over twelve months. —The base. June 2025 registered just 1.6%, the lowest month in the comparison window. —The consequence. A reading of 1.9% […] The post Argentina’s Inflation Is
Peru’s Central Bank Ranks First in the World. Its Economy Ranks 60th.
Macro Key Facts —The verdict. Citi Research expects Peru to grow 2.9% this year and 3% in 2027. —The ranking. The 2026 competitiveness study by Swiss business school IMD places Peru 60th of 70 economies, its score falling to 43.33. —The outlier. Central bank policy ranks first in the world; government efficiency ranks 60th. —The […] The post Peru’s Central B
Colombia’s Exports Jumped 19%. It Shipped 18% Less Oil.
Trade Key Facts —The headline. May exports reached $5,193m, a rise of 19.2% on a year earlier. —The volume. Colombia shipped 11.4 million barrels of crude in May, down 18.1%. —The share. Fuels and extractive products were 44.5% of May’s exports and 40% of the year to date. —The year. January to May exports totalled […] The post Colombia’s Exports Jumped 19%.
Uruguay’s EV Tax Exempts Cheap Chinese Cars and Hits Tesla
Autos Key Facts —The decree. Signed June 30 by President Yamandú Orsi, it takes effect on January 1, 2027. —The bands. Customs value up to $19,000 pays nothing; $19,001-$27,000 pays 5%; above that, 9%. —The translation. Officials say a car retailing near $30,000 still pays no tax at all. —The timing. Tesla confirmed its Uruguayan […] The post Uruguay’s EV Ta
LATAM Calls a Buyback Vote. The 5% Is Chile’s Legal Cap.
Companies Key Facts —The vote. LATAM’s board called an extraordinary shareholders meeting for August 3. —The ceiling. Chilean company law caps any buyback at 5% of paid shares and five years. —The precedent. The March 2025 meeting authorised 1.6%, not the maximum. —The spend. Two programmes last year absorbed $585 million across roughly 5% of […] The post LA
Paraguay Lets Starlink Exceed the UN’s Satellite Power Limits
Telecoms Key Facts —The ruling. Paraguay’s regulator Conatel approved new conditions for Starlink on July 7. —The claim. SpaceX says it unlocks eight times more capacity and speeds up to 1 Gbps. —The mechanism. New frequency bands, known as E and W, plus higher permitted power density. —The threshold. SpaceX says Paraguay is among the […] The post Paraguay L
Colombia’s One Gas Terminal Is Already Promised to Three Power Plants
Energy Key Facts —The bottleneck. Colombia’s only import terminal, SPEC in Cartagena, is all but spoken for: about 450 of its 465 units of daily capacity are reserved for three power stations. —The remainder. Only about 5% of the terminal is left for homes, shops and industry. —The share. Imports covered about a third of […] The post Colombia’s One Gas Termi
Colombia Hiked Rates to 12%. Inflation Broke 6% a Week Later.
Macro Key Facts —The reading. Annual inflation reached 6.14% in June, the highest in about two years. —The miss. Analysts had forecast a range of 6.01% to 6.13%. Every one of them was low. —The timing. The central bank had raised rates to 12% eight days earlier, on June 30. —The forecast. The bank’s own […] The post Colombia Hiked Rates to 12%. Inflation Bro
Mexico’s Prices Fell Again in June. Core Inflation Rose Again.
Macro Key Facts —The headline. Annual inflation fell to 3.37% in June from 3.94% in May, a second month inside target. —The divergence. The index fell 0.27% on the month while the core index, which strips out the volatile items, rose 0.24%. —The repeat. May did the same, with the index down 0.21% and the […] The post Mexico’s Prices Fell Again in June. Core
Brazil’s Cancer Giant Has $24m in Cash and $680m Due This Year
Corporate Distress Key Facts —The gap. On March 31 the company held R$124m ($24m) in cash against R$3.5bn ($680m) of short-term financial obligations. —The ask. Financial creditors are being pushed toward a write-off of 40 to 50 percent on R$3.3bn ($640m) of debt. —The bank. R$430.9m ($84m) of company cash was trapped in deposits at […] The post Brazil’s Can
Ecopetrol’s Brazil Takeover Stalls Over What Minorities Get Paid
Markets Key Facts — The escalation. On 7 July Brava told the market that Ecopetrol's appeal has gone to the full board of Brazil's securities regulator. The offer stays frozen. — The two halves. Ecopetrol (NYSE:… The post Ecopetrol’s Brazil Takeover Stalls Over What Minorities Get Paid appeared first on The Rio Times .
Brazil Will Let Households Pick Their Power Supplier in 2028
Energy Key Facts —The document. The energy ministry sent a draft decree to the president’s office on Friday, setting the dates the 2025 electricity law left open. —The dates. Small shops and workshops may switch supplier from November 2027, households from 25 November 2028. —Already open. The free market held roughly 85,000 participants at the […] The post B
Brazil’s Dollar Inflows Look Strong. Look at Who Is Leaving
Markets Key Facts —The headline. Net foreign-exchange inflows reached $16.824bn in 2026 through July 3, on central bank data. —The engine. The trade channel alone brought in $34.423bn, on exports of $158.805bn against imports of $124.382bn. —The drain. The financial channel lost $17.599bn net, on purchases of $366.245bn against sales of $383.844bn. —The turn