Colombia resumes Dollar buying to devalue Peso.  So does everyone else… a race to the bottom.  Now Argentina announces it will control wage growth.

Is anyone not corrupt in the Brazilian government?  The head of the Brazilian mint (Casa da Moeda) was supposedly taking kickbacks!

Brazil to lower interest rates.  Risky business says Economonitor, but they should turn out to be ok.

Japanese firms to enter lithium industry in Chile.  I think specific companies in this area will do well in the next decade.

Is Rio ready for the World Cup and the Olympics?  Some of the infrastructure problems leave observers uneasy.

Can Hugo Chavez lose?

Brazil getting China wary?

Mexico’s presidential election and the cartel war.