Argentina Left Out of Expanded US Beef Quota, Brazil Gains
Trump lifted the US beef quota by 300,000 tonnes for 90 days. Argentina is excluded, Brazil and Paraguay can ship, and US ranchers object.
Brazil Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.3% as Jobs Hit a Record
Brazil’s Current Account Deficit Widens to US$8.11 Billion in July
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View All →Brazil’s Habib’s Files for Judicial Recovery as OSX Creditors Back US$1.5 Billion Plan
Habib's owner filed for judicial recovery in Brazil with R$265.2 million (US$51.5 million) of debt, while OSX creditors...
Brazil’s Caixa Profit Rises 5.9% to US$757.0 Million in Second Quarter
Caixa Economica Federal, Brazil's state-owned bank, posted a Q2 2026 recurring profit of R.9 billion (US57 million), up...
Brazil Police Postpone Banco Master Founder’s Hearing on Alleged Central Bank ‘Spies’
Federal Police were set to question Banco Master founder Daniel Vorcaro over alleged paid informants inside the Central...
Brazil’s Petrobras Redeems US$1.08 Billion in Global Bonds Early
Petrobras will redeem US.08 billion of 5.999% global bonds due 2028 early, christened two Buzios FPSOs with Seatrium...
Brazil Industry Warns End of Blusinhas Tax Threatens 109,000 Jobs
Brazil's industry confederation warns ending the blusinhas tax on small imported parcels could cost 109,000 jobs in 2026,...
Argentina Ratifies Mercosur-Singapore Trade Deal in Final Vote
Argentina's deputies gave final approval to the Mercosur-Singapore trade deal on August 27, 2026, closing the last ratification...
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Thursday, August 27, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 27: Nvidia’s fifteenth beat, Jackson Hole opens with inflation at 3.7%,...
Europe Intelligence Brief — Thursday, August 27, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for August 27: eight unannounced CIA hours in Moscow, a Russian threat to British factories,...
Asia Intelligence Brief — Thursday, August 27, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for August 27: a glacier flood buries Nepal’s Rasuwa, India and China sign eight points,...
LatAm Pre-Open — Thursday, August 27, 2026
Latin American markets: LatAm pre-open, August 27: Ibovespa rides six straight gains as Brazil jobs and external-account data...
Global Economy Briefing — August 27, 2026
Global economy briefing for August 27, 2026: Wall Street slips, the Fed keeps rate hikes alive, Korea raises...
Brazil’s Votorantim Hands Nexa Control to Sweden’s Boliden
Votorantim sells 64.68% of Nexa Resources to Sweden's Boliden. The all-share Boliden Nexa deal is valued at US$1.31...
Your Brazilian Power Bill Just Dropped: The Itaipú Bonus Explained
Brazil's August power bills include the Itaipú bonus, an R$872 million (about US$170 million) credit. Who gets it, and why September rebounds.
JetSMART to Fly Buenos Aires to Porto Seguro From January 2027
Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief — Thursday, August 27, 2026
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View All →Colombia’s Peso Slides Past 3,100 per Dollar: What It Means for Expats
Colombia's TRM fixing jumped to 3,118.24 for Thursday, back above 3,100 for the first time since mid-August. What...
U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica Says Tourist Visa Appointments Continue Unchanged
The U.S. Embassy in San José clarified that tourist and business visa appointments are unaffected by the worldwide...
Trueno Opens His Turr4zo World Tour in Guayaquil
Argentine rap star Trueno opens his Turr4zo World Tour on September 17 at Arena Park in Guayaquil, with...
Santiago to Host The World’s 50 Best Vineyards for the First Time
Santiago will host The World's 50 Best Vineyards ceremony in November, the first time the global wine event...
Costa Rica Opens Legal Status Window for Thousands of Long-Resident Migrants
From September 1, Costa Rica's DGME accepts applications for a two-year renewable status for Nicaraguans, Cubans, Venezuelans and...
K-Pop’s YOUNITE Brings Its Brazil Tour to Porto Alegre’s Bar Opinião
K-pop boy group YOUNITE plays Porto Alegre's Bar Opinião on September 21 with its INYUN tour, extending Brazil's...
Coquetel Molotov Locks Fernanda Abreu and a Cross-Generation Lineup for Its 23rd Edition
The No Ar Coquetel Molotov festival returns to Recife's UFPE campus on November 28 with Fernanda Abreu, Cidadão...
Florianópolis Hosts Its First Acampamento Farroupilha This Weekend
Florianópolis holds its first Acampamento Farroupilha from August 28 to 30 at Arena Floripa, three free days of...
Mumuzinho Tops Belo Horizonte’s Weekend With a Downtown Samba Night
Mumuzinho headlines Belo Horizonte's weekend at Espaço Popular on August 28, leading a cultural agenda that includes Chico...
Paraguay’s FITPAR Fair Picks the Dominican Republic as Guest Country
FITPAR 2026, Paraguay's international tourism fair, runs October 16–18 in Asunción with the Dominican Republic as guest country,...
Caetano Veloso Opens Curitiba’s Cine Lido With an Intimate Night
Caetano Veloso inaugurated Curitiba's new Cine Lido venue on August 26 with an intimate show — the first...
Florianópolis Paints Itself Lusophone for the Third Street Art Tour
The third Festival Street Art Tour runs September 1–7 in Florianópolis with the theme Lusophone Connections, 100+ artists,...
Africa Intelligence Brief — Thursday, August 27, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 27: the UN names South Africa’s anti-migrant violence, Congo’s Ebola count rises, and gold pauses near $4,600.
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A Hundred Days In, Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Still Getting Bigger
DR Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has reached 5,656 confirmed cases and 2,715 deaths as of 25 August, still...
Nairobi’s Small Importers Say a New Customs Floor Will Finish Them
A customs rise from Sh2.5m (US9,300) to Sh3.2m (US4,700) per container has Nairobi traders threatening a nationwide shutdown...
A Council That Didn’t Exist Got US$975,000 in Nigeria’s Budget
Nigeria's Budget Office let a council that never legally existed into the 2026 budget with N1.3 billion (about...
Mozambique Clears the Last Step Before Opening a Development Bank
Mozambique approved the operating rules for its new development bank on 25 August 2026, the last step before...
Malawi’s State Oil Company Wired US$403,605 to a Stranger
Malawi's NOCMA wired US$403,605 to fraudsters after forged emails changed a supplier's bank details. Two senior officials have...
Nigeria Now Ships Seven Times More Fuel Than It Did Three Years Ago
Nigeria petroleum exports rose from 46,000 barrels a day in 2023 to 350,000 in the second quarter of...
Gold Fields Says It Will Not Give Up Tarkwa Without a Fight
The Tarkwa lease expires in April 2027 and Ghana has ruled out automatic renewal. Gold Fields says it...
Sudan Tells the UN Where It Thinks the RSF Gets Its Weapons
Sudan told the Security Council that RSF supply routes run through eastern Libya, Chad and Ethiopia. UN experts...
For the First Time, a Libyan Faces ICC Trial Over Migrant Abuse
A Libya ICC trial will proceed after judges confirmed 17 charges over Mitiga prison, the first case from...
Two Ethiopian Peacekeepers Are Killed in an Ambush in South Sudan
Two Ethiopian peacekeepers were killed and seven people injured when an eight-vehicle UN convoy was ambushed in Jonglei,...
Kenya Says the Mau Forest Evictions Are Finally Finished
Kenyas president says the Mau Forest evictions are closed after 13,000 evictees received Sh200,000 (US,550) each, Sh2.6 billion...
Africa Intelligence Brief — Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 26: Ramaphosa vows arrests, gunmen hit four Niger state villages, and gold miners...
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