LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Thursday, August 27, 2026
The Short Version In short: Your LatAm expat and nomad daily guide for Thursday, August 27. Buenos Aires’s city airport reopens at 4 p.m. after 55 hours dark, the Colombian peso slides past 3,100 to the dollar, and the Jackson Hole symposium opens with US inflation running hot. 01 Aeroparque reopens this afternoon. The 55-hour […] The post LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Thursday, August 27,…
Good morning. Buenos Aires regains its city airport, Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, after a 55-hour closure for preventive runway work. Colombian peso sees a rare strengthening advantage over the US dollar, with the TRM fixing at 3,118.24 per dollar. Roughly 900 flights were affected during the closure, with most rescheduled to Ezeiza.
Monday's guide mentions the resumption of commercial operations in Pereira, Colombia, following an earthquake that closed Matecaña airport. The peso has shown significant fluctuations recently, weakening against the dollar but bouncing back slightly from a low in August. Argentina's peso reaches a daily nominal record, while Brazil's IPCA shows a slight decline in consumer prices.
Chile's peso slightly weaker against the dollar, and Mexico's economy ministry corrects its foreign-investment figure. Presidential candidate Renan Santos in Mexico pledges public spending cuts and pension reform.
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