Brazil Bomb Cyclone: Red Alert for Rio Grande do Sul
The Brazil bomb cyclone has put 214 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul under a red alert, with gusts above...
August 6, 2026Section
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Rand Near Its Strongest in a Month as Brent Slips Below US$80
The rand traded near R16.33 to the dollar on 6 August 2026 as Brent slipped below US$80 and gold held...
August 6, 2026
Ecopetrol Takes Control of Brava Energia for US$521 Million
Ecopetrol bought 25% of Brava Energia for R$2.67 billion (US$521 million), lifting it to 51% control. Settlement falls on 17...
August 6, 2026
São Paulo Nightlife Tonight — August 6, 2026
São Paulo nightlife tonight, Thursday 6 August: the punk band Inocentes play a full album free at 8pm, and a...
August 6, 2026
Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Tonight — August 6, 2026
Rio nightlife tonight, Thursday 6 August: live samba from 8.30pm at Carioca da Gema, plus Rio Scenarium, Trapiche Gamboa and...
August 6, 2026
Senegal Jails Three Pro-PASTEF Commentators for Offending the President
A Dakar court has jailed three pro-PASTEF commentators for offending President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in a TikTok video. Their lawyers...
August 6, 2026
Nigeria’s NAICOM Issues New Licences to 43 Recapitalised Insurers
Nigeria's NAICOM recapitalisation has licensed 43 insurers that met capital floors of up to ₦35bn (about US$26m), leaving up to...
August 6, 2026
Bank of America Bets on South African M&A Wave Despite Global Uncertainty
Bank of America expects South African dealmaking to hold up, and has promoted its South Africa investment banking head to...
August 6, 2026
Bradesco Q2 Profit Hits US$1.4 Billion as Bad Loans Rise
Bradesco Q2 profit rose 16.2% to US$1.38 billion, but the cost of credit climbed faster and bad loans edged up...
August 6, 2026
Petrobras Hits Record Oil Output Ahead of Q2 Results
Petrobras Q2 2026 results land after the close on 6 August, with record 3.34m boed output and analysts expecting about...
August 6, 2026
MercadoLibre Q2 Sales Pass US$10 Billion, Profit Falls 11%
MercadoLibre Q2 2026 revenue reached US$10.2 billion, a first, up 50%. Net income fell 11% to US$466 million as Brazil...
August 6, 2026
ECLAC Warns US-China Fight Will Reshape Latin America
ECLAC's High-level Commission releases its landmark report on 4 August 2026, charting Latin America's course through a fractured global order....
August 6, 2026
Petrobras Falls 1.92% as Latin America Oil Stocks Slide
WTI crude proxy USO fell 0.78% to US$114.88 on Wednesday. Petrobras dropped 1.92%, YPF slid 1.95%, and Ecopetrol rose 0.49%....
August 6, 2026
Saudi Arabia’s US$55 Billion EA Buyout Closes
A Saudi-led consortium has completed its $55 billion leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts, taking the FIFA and Madden publisher private...
August 6, 2026
Latin America Oil Markets Hit as US Oil Fund Drops 5.19%
WTI proxy USO slid 5.19% to US$115.78, dragging Petrobras, YPF and Ecopetrol lower. Weak demand signals from China and Europe,...
August 6, 2026
Tanzania Misses Its Own Deadline on a US$42 Billion LNG Deal
Tanzania said it would sign the legal framework for its US$42 billion LNG project before June 2026. The deadline passed...
August 6, 2026
Nigeria’s SEC Approves Tokenized Equities on NASD Platform
Nigeria’s SEC has approved tokenized equities trading on the NASD OTC Securities Exchange, with the first public digital securities offering...
August 6, 2026
LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Thursday, August 6, 2026
Cali locks down for Colombia's handover with a car-free day and dry law, Uruguay ends its territorial tax era, and...
August 6, 2026
12% Tax Hits Foreign Income for Uruguay Residents
Uruguay now taxes residents' foreign interest, dividends, rents and capital gains at 12%, with the first payment due in October...
August 6, 2026
Deep Yellow Pours US$40 Million Into Namibia’s Next Uranium Mine
Deep Yellow Tumas uranium spending hit N$725 million (US$40 million) in the year to June, keeping Namibia's fourth mine construction-ready.
August 6, 2026