Barbershop Whispers...Diario Las Améяicas
— 20 AUGUST 2026 (Week 34) - de la Espriella government files corruption claim against former Petro government; Lights out in Cuba again; US crosses debt threshold of $40 billion, 140% of GDP.
Barbershop Whispers...Las Améяicas
All things South America and the Caribbean, focusing on investment opportunities and risks with an emphasis on the geoeconomic, geopolitical, and business environment.
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Venezuela’s Debt Restructuring on Delicate Rails: Will It Work?
Stability, Recovery and Transition depend on Washington’s control of Venezuela’s oil revenues and Miraflores’s ability to keep the Chavista coalition and security apparatus intact - money and guns.
Las Améяicas · Weekly Brief 34
New Colombian President declares economic emergency, Petrobras confirms new hydrocarbons find, Colombia joins Shield of Americas, and YPF files $51 billion LNG joint- venture project under RIGI.
Barbershop Whispers...Diario Las Améяicas
— 14 AUGUST 2026 (Week 33) - YPF files $51 billion LNG project under the RIGI program; former Colombian President Petro allowed to leave the country; Dominican Republic expels Cuban diplomats.
Barbershop Whispers...Diario Las Améяicas
— 13 AUGUST 2026 (Week 33) - Rubio compares Cuban reforms to Eastern Europe; Rodríguez government and Venezuelan opposition concluded with agreements; Colombian President invokes Economic Emergency.
Cuba’s Humanitarian Crisis: Another Mariel?
Cuba has nearly every ingredient for another Mariel but one: a permission slip. Havana holds it.
Barbershop Whispers...Diario Las Améяicas
— 11 AUGUST 2026 (Week 33) - A Cuban Black Swan á la 1980 Mariel boat lift, de la Espriella has a full plate - Earthquake and killing "El Russo" in Colombia, and Venezuelan political reform...really?
Las Améяicas · Weekly Brief 33
Week 33: 10 August 2026
Barbershop Whispers...Diario Las Améяicas
— 06 AUGUST 2026 (Week 32) - Oh my...CIA opens task force to influence Cuba, the Vatican announces the Pope's visit to Uruguay in November 2026, and the UN is negotiating fuel for Cuba.
Barbershop Whispers...Diario Las Améяicas
— 05 AUGUST 2026 (Week 32) - Cuba allows citizens to import electric cars, the US revokes Brazil's Ambassador to the US, and electric blackouts in Venezuela.
The Cuba Money Opportunity
The courts made Cuba's claims winnable; sanctions made them uncollectible. The money is in the paper that converts — and in the unwritten waterfall that decides who gets paid first.
Barbershop Whispers...Diario Las Améяicas
— 04 AUGUST 2026 (Week 32) - US institutionalizes regional counter-cartel operations, President Petro in Cuba, Rodríguez y Figuera...así arrancó, and UK court rules against Banco Nacional de Cuba.
The Cuba Money Opportunity
The courts made Cuba's claims winnable; sanctions made them uncollectible. The money is in the paper that converts — and in the unwritten waterfall that decides who gets paid first.
Las Améяicas · Weekly Brief - Milei submits central bank reform bill, UK court £18.1M judgement against Banco Central de Cuba
Week 32: 03 August 2026
Barbershop Whispers...Diario Las Améяicas
— 30 July 2026 (Week 31) - Protests in Havana over 48-hour blackout and water access; IMF in Venezuela, Paraguay and Argentina; Fresh arrest warrant for Evo Morales.
Mercosur: The Prison and the Spear
A prison you escape. A spear you pick up. Mercosur's two anchors are arguing about which one they are holding.
Barbershop Whispers...Diario Las Améяicas
— 28 July 2026 (Week 31) - Keito Fujimori's presidential inauguration today will gather presidents from Latin America, and the Milei-Lula rift escalates.
Las Améяicas · Weekly Brief - Nicaraguan President Abolishes Elections, US Tariffs Raised Across South America
Week 31: 27 July 2026
Diario Las Améяicas · Daily Business Brief
— 24 July 2026 (Week 30) - More US sanctions on Cuba, US Administration tariffs on Brazil with an effective rate of 37.5%, and $13 billion of oil revenues missing in Venezuela - not the first time.
Diario Las Améяicas · Daily Business Brief
— 23 July 2026 (Week 30) - Colombian President-elect de la Espriella issued a 17-day ultimatum to drug cartel, Mexican President to meet with US Trade Representative, and Brazilian politics.
Diario Las Améяicas · Daily Business Brief
— 22 July 2026 (Week 30) - Nicolás Maduro trial proposed for June 2027, US sends first shipment of aid to Cuba, and Ortega says no more elections.
Audentes Fortuna Iuvat: Venezuela's Asset Price Discovery Process Begins
Debt, oil, and permission as Venezuela's assets get their first price in fifty years.