Brazil’s Supreme Court Crisis Deepens Before the October Election
Brazil's Supreme Court crisis is deepening, with justices investigating each other and a police revolt, five weeks before the October election.
Global Economy Briefing — September 9, 2026
LatAm Pre-Open — Wednesday, September 9, 2026
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Oil Wrap: USO Jumps 2.87% as Hormuz Risk Flares
WTI proxies jumped Tuesday as Houthi attacks on Saudi energy sites and Iran threats slowed Hormuz traffic. Petrobras,...
Bitcoin Below $80K on Oil Shock; LatAm Stablecoins Rise
Bitcoin tested US$78,439 as oil prices revived US rate-hike fears. Ether and Solana slipped while XRP rose. Stablecoin...
Iron Ore Holds Above US$100 as Vale Rises 1.90%
Iron ore steadied above US$100 a tonne as China's peak steel season began, lifting Vale shares 1.90%. Read...
Gold Slips While Silver Edges Higher on Tuesday, Sept 8
Spot gold eased about 0.9 percent to around US$4,400 an ounce on Tuesday while silver rose about 0.4...
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — September 9, 2026
Argentina's Merval stock index rose 1.36% to 3,075,982 on September 8 as the peso held at 1,512 per...
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — September 9, 2026
Chile's S&P IPSA fell 1.14% to 11,315.26 on September 8 while the peso strengthened to 925.28 per dollar....
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — September 9, 2026
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.44% to 65,010 on Tuesday, shrugging off a Televisa slump, while the peso held...
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — September 9, 2026
Brazil's Ibovespa stock index rose 1.20% to 187,367 on Tuesday, while the real strengthened to 5.0856 per dollar....
Brazil’s First Presidential Debate Is Off, and Nobody Said Why
Eleven broadcasters cancelled the 14 September presidential debate after Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro let the confirmation deadline pass...
Chevron Says It Will More Than Double Its Drilling Rigs in Venezuela
Chevron's finance chief said the company will more than double its rigs in Venezuela. No before and after...
Brazil’s Bar Opens an Ethics Case Over a Justice’s Family Law Firm
The Brasilia bar opened ethics proceedings against partners of a firm linked to Justice Moraes's family, over contracts...
Latin American Pulse for Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Latin America mood for September 9, 2026: Rubio talks trade in Barranquilla, Brazil’s STF infighting deepens, and Mexico...
Matteo Bocelli Plays Four Brazilian Cities in October, Not Two
Matteo Bocelli plays Sao Paulo, Curitiba, Rio and Belo Horizonte in October. Full prices, the age limits that differ by city, and what the show is not.
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Rio’s Armed Group Map Put 1.6 Million People Under One Faction
A Geni/UFF and Fogo Cruzado study published in December 2025 put 1.6 million people under Comando Vermelho control....
Brazil Congress Centrão Bloc Keeps Trading Ministries for Billions in Secret Budget Amendments
Centrao Brazil Congress bloc trades votes for ministries and billions in budget amendments. See how opaque emendas shape...
Petrobras Lifts Brazil Pre-Salt Oil Past 4 Million Barrels Daily as FPSO Hub Sets Records
Brazil pre-salt oil now drives four of every five barrels produced nationally as output tops 4 million bpd...
Brazil Agribusiness Posts Record Exports as China Buys 35% of Sales
Brazil agribusiness posted record 2025 exports and keeps expanding in 2026. China buys over a third of foreign...
Brazil Starts Replacing Five Consumption Taxes with a Dual VAT System in 2026 Pilot
Brazil tax reform enters its pilot phase in 2026 as CBS and IBS start replacing five consumption taxes....
Solomun Sold Out Buenos Aires. Here Is the Only Legal Way to Get In
Solomun plays Mandarine Park on October 24 and eight sales rounds have gone. What Argentine law says about...
The Latin Grammy Winner Touring Brazil With an Accordion and No S
Joao Gomes, Jota.pe and Mestrinho tour Brazil with the album that won the 2025 Latin Grammy. Twenty-seven dates,...
Beéle Plays Santiago in October, at an Arena That Just Changed Its Name
Beele plays Santiago on October 7 at the venue renamed Santander Arena two days ago. Full prices, entry...
Ty Segall Plays Brazil for the First Time, After Almost Twenty Years
Ty Segall plays his first Brazilian show on November 15 at Audio in Sao Paulo. Prices from R$180,...
The Guyana-Trinidad Ferry Has Been Announced Five Times and Never Sailed
CARICOM agreed in July to try a cargo ferry using a Trinidadian vessel. It is the fifth such...
The Mars Volta Play Mexico City, and This Time the Whole Catalogue
The Mars Volta play the Pepsi Center WTC on November 29, with a career-spanning set rather than one...
Martin Garrix Plays Bogotá and a Brand-New Arena Near Medellín
Martin Garrix plays Bogota on December 4 and the new DAVIarena near Medellin on December 5. Prices, the...
Zanzibar Has Turned a Doorway in Stone Town Into an Export Industry
The Zanzibar Freddie Mercury Museum in Stone Town has become a fixed stop on the island's cultural tourism circuit, in a heritage economy.
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Kenya’s Best-Known Investment Manager Just Moved to the Public Side
James Mworia Centum ties end after 18 years as he takes over Kenya's new National Infrastructure Fund, with...
The World Bank Says Liberia Is Leaving 5% of Its Economy on the Table
Liberia fiscal space could widen by 3.9% to 5.3% of GDP a year by 2030 with tax and...
Guinea Has Started Switching On the Port That Simandou Was Built For
Guinea's Morebaya port has begun progressive commissioning, SimFer says, the last piece of the Simandou iron ore export...
Ghana Wants Private Operators Inside Its Power Utility, and Labour Is Digging In
Ghana ECG private sector participation is targeted for early 2027, but the Trades Union Congress has threatened legal...
Ghana’s New Bond Drained Its Own Secondary Market
Ghana bond market turnover fell 68% week on week to GH¢2.12bn, as investors moved cash into the new...
Egypt Turned Small-Business Loans Into a Bond, and Investors Bought It
An Egypt MSME securitisation of EGP 1.383bn has closed, the first tranche of a three-year EGP 5bn programme...
A Libyan Bank Is About to Put China’s Payment App in Its Customers’ Hands
Libya Alipay payments are coming: North Africa Bank says customers will soon pay Chinese suppliers by phone, as...
A Hunting Lodge Just Tested Mozambique’s Gas Wager
Insurgents raided a hunting camp in Niassa on 3 September. It did not open a new front, but...
Africa Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 8: Nigeria's government won't confirm a three-month ceasefire it quietly holds with Boko...
Congo’s Copper Mines Are Building the Power Stations the State Never Could
DR Congo solar installations are set to rise 544% in 2026, Ember says, after a 233 MW array...
Liberia Is US$45m Away From Its First Billion-Dollar Revenue Year
Liberia domestic revenue has reached US$954.7m in fiscal 2026, leaving the state US$45.3m short of its first US$1bn...
Mozambique Signs an Industrial Park Deal Inland, Away From the Gas
A Manica industrial parks agreement was signed at FACIM, with a first site planned at Selva in Vanduzi...
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