The Argentine government has asked oil companies to finance their own imports for 90 days due to the shortage of foreign currency at the country's central bank, an official source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Ecuador's state oil company, Petroecuador, said on Monday that daily production at two of its blocks in the Amazon is down more than 50% after "vandalism" at the facilities, which have been subject to community protests.
Argentina's grains inspectors' union ended a week-long strike after securing a deal to more than double salaries in line with the country's surging inflation rate, it said on Wednesday.
Cooxupe, the world's largest coffee cooperative and Brazil's number one exporter, said on Friday it sees this year's coffee harvests in Brazil improving after climate issues stifled recent years' crops.
Argentina's Rosario agro-port hub terminals were operating normally on Thursday in the midst of a strike by the Urgara grain receivers union aimed at storage centers, the country's Chamber of Port and Maritime Activities (CAPyM) said.