SANTIAGO – Chile posted a trade deficit of $302 million in August, its first in two years, alongside a decline in exports of copper, its principal product, the central bank reported on Friday.
Copper exports softened by 13 percent over the same month in 2017 amid U.S.-China trade tensions that have affected the price of the red metal.
Chile is the world’s top copper producer.
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina has opened an inquiry into what caused a massive blackout that left nearly 50 million people without power, Energy Minister Gustavo Lopetegui said on Monday. Technical data from the “black boxes” […]
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil has re-opened its border to Venezuelans fleeing economic and political turmoil, just hours after a judge ordered the frontier to be closed amid a growing regional migration crisis. After a […]
BRASILIA – Chinese company Ced Prometheus has announced it will invest USD 330 million in a 300-MWp solar power plant in the Mato Grosso state of Brazil. The park will be located in the municipality […]
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