1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1132+ words) —Bill. It is a bill, not yet law: the government’s revised project would raise the cap on foreign ownership of rural land from the current 15% to 25%. —Compromise. After roughly 17 drafts, La Libertad Avanza dropped its original push to scrap the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1327+ words) —Project — Novandino Litio, the Codelco–SQM joint venture, has entered its roughly US$3 billion Salar Futuro plan into Chile’s environmental review system. —Timeline — The plan would extend lithium output at the Salar de Atacama from a current horizon near 2030 out…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (349+ words) Uruguay’s exports rose 5% in September to US$1.242 billion, a solid month that says a lot about how this small economy plugs into big global trends. The headline is simple: beef and soy did the heavy lifting, pulp cooled, and China…...