Thursday’s Latin American Pulse opens with Argentina’s MERVAL clearing three million points for the first time since April. YPF’s ADR topped $50 for the first time since 2011, and the index decoupled from a falling oil price.
Bolivia’s twin dialogue tables collapsed when the strike leaders refused to appear. President Paz warned that “time is running out,” with the emergency law now in hand.
Mexico’s security cabinet reported a 49% fall in the daily homicide average. The president has set her two-year report for Sunday.
ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are still pressing for the guarantees that would bring them back to Venezuela. Washington has declared the oil money no longer stolen.
Colombia’s banking shares surged into the final stretch before Sunday’s first round. In Peru, the left-wing finalist saw his criminal hearing pushed to three days before the runoff.
