Issue May 20-26 2026: A recent leak in one of Peru’s gas pipelines paralyzed the industry and strained the supply of natural gas throughout the country.

Issue May 20-26 2026: Increasing levels of informal labor in Mexico are causing people to spend less, especially on basic items. According to the BBVA Mexico Financial Group, over the last three years, there has been a drop of 10% in formal labor and an increase of 10% in informal labor in Mexico. Currently, 55%

Issue May 20-26 2026: Aloizio Mercadante, the president of a large Brazilian Bank, outlined the bank’s plans to invest in maritime exploration for oil and gas, influenced by the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz.

Issue May 13-19 2026: The Maritime Week Americas 2026 convention kicked off its events in Panama City with a speech by Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, CEO of Ship Energy, who recalled the profound infrastructural transformations that Panama has undergone since the 1990s, changes symbolized in his view by the successful passage of the liquid natural gas-powered Zim

Issue May 13-19 2026: According to a new analysis from Alejandro Reyes, senior economist at BBVA Research for Colombia, the South American country’s economy experienced economic growth of 2.2% in the first quarter of 2026, a figure almost identical to that seen at the end of 2025, when its GDP grew by 2.1% in spite

Issue May 13-19 2026: Two new social programs created by Mexico’s Sheinbaum administration last year, Pensión Mujeres Bienestar and Salud Casa por Casa, have gone over budget, according to a report just released by Ethos Innovation.

Issue May 13-19 2026: After dipping in February, economic activity in Argentina climbed by 3.5% in March, according to the country’s National Institute of Statistics, situating the year-on-year variation at 5.5%.

Issue May 06-12 2026: The sixteenth edition of the International Meeting of Mining interests, organized by Peru’s Society of Mining, Oil, and Energy (SNMPE), will be holding a round table called “Latin America in the Context of Global Competition for Critical Minerals” to analyze the strategic role played by the region in the new geopolitics

Issue May 06-12 2026: Exports from Argentina’s key economic region of Patagonia have declined sharply over the last year, with one of its main goods, apples, falling by nearly 35% during the first fiscal quarter of this year.

Issue May 06-12 2026: The president of Bolivia’s National Chamber of Industries (CNI), Gonzalo Morales, has warned that ongoing road blockades by protesters are not only damaging the economy, but also putting the lives and health of Bolivians at risk by preventing the movements of vehicles carrying oxygen.