Canada’s Biggest Infrastructure Project Ever Just Hired Spain — the World’s Quiet High-Speed Rail Superpower

by Paul Brown | Jul 8, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report

The Hispano-Luso Report — Wednesday 8 July 2026 The largest infrastructure project in Canadian history — a 1,000-kilometre high-speed railway from Toronto to Quebec City, with trains running at 300 km/h — has just brought in its expert advisers. Among them, working...

Argentina and Britain, in the Same Club: The CPTPP Application That Breaks a 44-Year Pattern

by Paul Brown | Jul 6, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report

The Hispano-Luso Report — Monday 6 July 2026 For the first time since the Falklands War, Britain and Argentina could end up inside the same trade pact — the CPTPP — and it is Argentina asking to come in. In early June, Argentina’s foreign minister, Pablo Quirno,...

The World’s Biggest Trade Deal Just Started a 10-Year Countdown

by Paul Brown | Jul 3, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report

The Hispano-Luso Report — Friday 3 July 2026 On Wednesday, on a quiet video call between three trade ministers, the largest trade agreement on Earth began a ten-year countdown towards its own expiry. The occasion was the first formal joint review of the USMCA — the...

Petrobras Just Became Latin America’s Most Valuable Company. Here’s the Part That Should Worry You.

by Paul Brown | Jul 1, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report

This week, Petrobras overtook Mercado Libre to become the most valuable publicly traded company in Latin America, with its market capitalisation jumping from roughly US$75 billion to more than US$101 billion. Itaú Unibanco also leapfrogged Mercado Libre in the...

Argentina joins Pax Silica: why a mining pact is really an AI story

by Paul Brown | Jun 29, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report

Hispano-Luso Report — from the Spanish- and Portuguese-language press, before it reaches the English-language news On Friday, Argentina signed up to Pax Silica, a US-led alliance of 35 countries built to secure the raw materials, energy and semiconductors that...