Rio Times · Latin America

Key Facts

—Mexico An anxious high: record exports clash with a corporate IT nightmare, leaving the country feeling both globally vital and operationally vulnerable.

—Colombia A tense power shift at Ecopetrol after a marathon board meeting has the business class questioning the state oil giant’s political independence.

—Chile Satisfied relief mixed with old wounds as the Valparaíso port finally gets its permit, ending a bureaucratic saga that lasted over a decade.