Issue Oct 28-Nov 03 2026: Uruguayan gas station owners are demanding a place in the country’s transition to electric automobiles. Daniel Sanguinetti, president of the country’s Union of Gasoline Vendors (Unvenu), sounded the alarm about decreasing sales in some stations and called for a framework within which they can sell the energy to fuel Uruguay’s

Issue Oct 28-Nov 03 2026: The Secretariat of Economy has filed an appeal for review, seeking to overturn a March 2026 court ruling that granted legal protection (amparo) to the Wixárika people and ejidatarios (communal landholders) in San Luis Potosí, shielding them from mining concessions within their sacred territory.

Issue Oct 28-Nov 03 2026: The former president of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (Cohep), Juan Carlos Sikaffy, stated that Honduras must strengthen legal certainty, simplify administrative procedures, and expedite the issuance of permits to leverage the international visibility gained by assuming the Secretariat of the Ibero-American Confederation of Business Organizations.

Issue Oct 28-Nov 03 2026: Annual energy inflation in Latin America and the Caribbean accelerated to 8.33% in August, its highest level in twelve months, and pressure on fuel prices continued in September and October, when diesel prices matched petrol for the first time, according to a report by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)

Issue Oct 21-27 2026: Ecuador’s food and beverage industry is facing challenges posed by a rapidly changing market in which customers are more demanding with regard to price as well as the ingredients and sustainability of the products they buy. Indeed, new purchasing habits are forcing companies to review their goods and reinvent their marketing

Issue Oct 21-27 2026: A small family business in the Cuban city of Taguasco has begun to market its own brand of rum. Called Don Gener, it operates under the trademarked company Gran Cubaya.

Issue Oct 21-27 2026: Jacob Ergas, the renowned Chilean businessman, has died at age 92. During his funeral, he was spoken of as an oak tree, giving enduring shelter to his family and community after years of serving in the real estate sector.

Issue Oct 21-27 2026: An extraordinary El Niño can have an impact through various channels: flooding and mudslides along the coast, crop losses in the southern Andean region, and a decline in artisanal fishing due to the warming of the sea.

Issue Oct 14-20, 2026: Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has announced that he seeks to expand his country’s international trade by forging closer ties with other nations in the region, forecasting a threefold increase in the commercial capacity of the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway when Bolivia begins exporting more iron and other products to the global market.

Issue Oct 14-20, 2026: BBVA Research has lowered its growth forecast for 2026 and 2027 to 2.9%. The momentum in private investment will not be enough to offset the more severe climate impact. What is the outlook for the fishing and agricultural sectors, and for the exchange rate?