Stories for 2026

Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 22:12 UTC
Uruguay’s peso the most “overvalued” currency as it tops Big Mac index ranking

Uruguay’s peso has been labelled the world’s most “overvalued” currency against the U.S. dollar on a GDP-per-capita-adjusted basis, according to the latest Big Mac Index published by The Economist and cited by Uruguayan media. Under the adjusted methodology, the peso is estimated to be 83.9% above its implied “long-run equilibrium.” In the unadjusted ranking, Uruguay places second, with 43.1% overvaluation, behind the Swiss franc.
Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 12:57 UTC
Paraguay’s long-run growth leads South America, but income gains lag

From 1960 to 2024, Paraguay posted the highest cumulative GDP expansion in South America, according to calculations published by Forbes Paraguay and Colombia’s La República, drawing on World Bank constant-2015-dollar series. Over that span, Paraguay’s economy rose from roughly US$2.8 billion to about US$46 billion (2015 prices), multiplying more than sixteen-fold.
Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 12:53 UTC
Orsi, Xi Jinping sign cooperation deals in Beijing as Uruguay backs “one China” and trade talks with Mercosur are floated

China’s President Xi Jinping met Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi in Beijing on Tuesday, a visit framed by both sides as a bid to deepen political alignment and broaden economic ties at a moment of heightened geopolitical competition.
Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 12:34 UTC
Argentina’s stats chief quits as Milei’s government freezes inflation index overhaul

Argentina’s national statistics agency, INDEC, said its director, Marco Lavagna, stepped down on Monday after more than six years in the post, just as the country was preparing to launch a revamped consumer price index (CPI). Within hours, Economy Minister Luis Caputo confirmed the methodology change would be delayed indefinitely “until the disinflation process is consolidated,” with no new date set.
Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 11:11 UTC
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 02:08 UTC
Betting spike ahead of Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize and suspected cyber breach trigger leak probe

The Norwegian Nobel Institute concluded that a cyberattack is the “most likely” explanation for the leak of information about the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, after prediction markets registered an abrupt—and highly profitable—shift in favor of María Corina Machado a few hours before the official announcement.
Monday, February 2nd 2026 - 23:50 UTC
Petro’s high-stakes Trump meeting tests a strained U.S.–Colombia partnership

Colombian President Gustavo Petro will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 3, in what both capitals frame as an attempt to steady a relationship under pressure from disputes over counternarcotics policy, regional security and trade.
Monday, February 2nd 2026 - 18:12 UTC
First three weeks Illex squid catches in Argentina considered “encouraging”

The Illex squid season in Argentina, taking into account catches of the three first seeks of 2026 can be considered, “encouraging”, according to Marcela Ivanovic, head of the Cephalopods’ Program from the Fisheries Research and Development Institute, INIDEP.
Monday, February 2nd 2026 - 18:07 UTC
Falklands, 4 PARA current Roulement Infantry Company at BFSAI

The Parachute Regiment (4 PARA), 4th Battalion have officially taken over from B Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) as the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) Roulement Infantry Company (RIC), located at MPC, Falkland Islands.
Monday, February 2nd 2026 - 17:58 UTC
UK loses measles elimination status, WHO reports

The United Kingdom has lost its measles elimination status, the World Health Organization has announced. The move was based on the spread of cases in 2024 when there were 3,600 suspected cases. However elimination status means there is no sustained transmission so this decision was largely expected, given the scale of the outbreaks in 2024.