Key Points — Colombia received US$1,225.69 million in remittances during March 2026, an increase of 12.51 percent year-on-year, the Banco de la República reported Monday. The Q1 total reached US$3,346.96 million, up 6.9 percent compared to the same period of 2025. The Colombia remittances March print extends the structural growth pattern observed since 2023 — […]

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Key Points — Colombia agro exports rose from approximately 20 percent of total exports in 2022 to roughly 30 percent of US$50.2 billion in total exports in 2025, according to data from the National Statistics Department (DANE) compiled by La República for the 100-day Petro government economic balance. Over the same period, the share of […]

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Key Points — A New York Times investigation published Sunday by Colombian photojournalist Federico Ríos documented a Clan del Golfo gold mine operating not just adjacent to but partly inside the Battalion Rifles 31 Colombian army base in Caucasia, Antioquia. Drone footage showed extraction reaching to roughly 137 meters from the base commander’s private pool. […]

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Key Points — Mexico’s total goods exports rose 27.65 percent year-on-year in March 2026, INEGI confirmed Monday, sharply accelerating from January’s 8.1 percent and February’s 15.8 percent. The surge in Mexico exports March 2026 was driven entirely by non-petroleum manufacturing, which expanded 29.59 percent, while petroleum exports fell 20.41 percent — the twelfth consecutive monthly […]

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Key Points — Banamex began a round of investor consultations Monday ahead of a new bond issuance, according to IFR reporting picked up by Reuters and confirmed by El Economista. The Banamex bond issuance roadshow is the first major debt-market move by Mexico’s second-largest retail bank since Citigroup began the formal separation from its US […]

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Key Points — Grupo México, the conglomerate of Mexican billionaire Germán Larrea, told the Mexican Stock Exchange on Monday it will combine its power-generation assets with Saavi Energía, the country’s largest private power producer, owned by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), the BlackRock-owned infrastructure fund. The Grupo Mexico Saavi Energia platform will operate 14 plants with […]

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Peru F-16 Crisis: Chancellor and Defence Minister Resign, US Ambassador Threatens Reprisals, MEF Pays $462M Anyway — Brazil Expands Minha Casa Minha Vida to R$600,000, Middle Class Enters Housing Programme — Argentina: Milei Bans All 60 Journalists from Casa Rosada, Hosts Peter Thiel Same Day, Approval Crashes to 14th of 18 LATAM Leaders — Peru […]

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Key Points —Punta del Este is being positioned as Latin America’s dominant luxury wealth hub, anchored by the US$500 million Cipriani Ocean Resort Club Residences & Casino opening its first phase in 2026. —Luxury beachfront homes trade at US$7 million to US$20 million; prime condo prices reach US$7,000–US$10,000 per square metre. Real estate sales in […]

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Key Points —Chile’s Kast government committed on April 23 to keep the 12.5% first-category corporate tax rate on small and medium enterprises (PyMEs) permanent, after a two-hour La Moneda meeting with sector leaders. —The commitment reverses the Reconstrucción Nacional bill’s schedule, which had the PyME rate rising to 23% in 2029 — matching Kast’s planned […]

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Key Points —Mercado Libre raised US$300 million on April 21 via a Fondo Común de Inversión Cerrado de Créditos — the largest closed FCI in Argentine capital markets history. —The fund was issued at 411.17 billion pesos, at the Tamar reference rate (currently 24.96% TEA) plus a 4.25% spread, with a 15-month term and an […]

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Key Points —Moody’s Ratings downgraded Ecopetrol’s global credit rating from Ba1 to Ba2 on Thursday, April 24, citing a weaker assessment of government support from Colombia (Baa3 stable). —The agency flagged higher risk of government interference, lower predictability of support mechanisms, and specific delays in Fuel Price Stabilization Fund (FEPC) payments. Outlook shifted from negative […]

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The criminal case against Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores in a Federal Court of New York has entered a critical phase.

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