Key Points — Brazil tax revenue hit R$229.249 billion in March 2026, Receita Federal reported Tuesday April 28 — the highest March result since the historical series began in 1995. Real terms growth (IPCA-adjusted): 4.99 percent year-on-year. Q1 2026 cumulative total: R$777.12 billion nominal, R$784.24 billion in real terms (+4.6% YoY) — also the strongest […]

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Key Points — Cosan SA (B3:CSAN3, NYSE:CSAN) is preparing the Compass IPO Brazil — taking subsidiary Compass Gás e Energia public on B3 at an estimated R$25 billion valuation (US$5 billion) — in what would be the first major Brazilian IPO in over five years. Cosan filed the registration request with CVM on March 5 […]

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Key Points — Colombia’s Banco de la República (BanRep) is expected to deliver its third Colombia rate hike of 2026 on Thursday April 30, raising the benchmark policy rate by 50 basis points from 11.25 percent to 11.75 percent. The cycle began in late January with a 100bp hike to 10.25 percent, followed by a […]

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Key Points — Colombia recorded 48 massacres by the end of April 2026 according to Indepaz tracking data — already exceeding more than half the 54-massacre total Indepaz documented for all of 2025. The Colombia massacres 2026 trajectory marks the worst decade-start since systematic tracking began. Average pace: one massacre every three days. Total victims […]

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Key Points — Brazilian power producer Engie Brasil Energia (B3: EGIE3) is working with Banco Itaú BBA and Banco Santander Brasil on a follow-on equity offering of up to R$10 billion (approximately US$2 billion). The Engie Brasil share offer is expected by mid-year, with additional banks possibly joining the syndicate. The transaction would be one […]

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Key Points — US oil cargoes transiting the Panama Canal exceeded 200,000 barrels per day in April 2026 — close to the highest level since July 2022, according to maritime intelligence firm Kpler. The Panama Canal oil traffic surge reflects Asian refineries’ rapid pivot to American crude as Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of […]

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Key Points — Ecuador signed a US$1.7 billion mining contract Monday April 27 with ODIN Mining del Ecuador, the local subsidiary of China’s CMOC Group, for the Los Cangrejos gold-copper project in El Oro province. The Ecuador China gold mine deal projects total state revenue of US$4.39 billion over the project’s 26-year mine life through […]

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Key Points — The Chile Codelco debt situation has reached a structural inflection point under President José Antonio Kast’s new government. The state-owned copper giant — the world’s largest copper producer with 1.332 million tonnes in 2025 (29.6% of national output, 6.1% of world supply) — carries debt above US$20 billion as of late 2025, […]

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Key Points — The World Bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook published Tuesday April 28 forecasts global energy prices to surge 24 percent in 2026 — the largest spike since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The World Bank commodity shock outlook projects overall commodity prices rising 16 percent in 2026 driven by the Iran war’s disruption of […]

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Key Points — The Brazil inflation IPCA-15 indicator accelerated to 0.89 percent in April 2026 from 0.44 percent in March, the IBGE statistics agency reported Tuesday April 28 — but came in below the 0.99 percent median Bloomberg forecast. The 12-month accumulated rate climbed to 4.37 percent, up from 3.9 percent in March, but still […]

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