Global Economy Briefing — August 29, 2026
Global economy: Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole speech pushed September hike odds to about 57%, lifted the dollar 0.5% and knocked gold 3.2% to about US$4,456.
Brazil Poll: Flávio Bolsonaro Closes on Lula and Edges Ahead in Run-Off
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Ecuador Convicts Ex-President Lenín Moreno in Sinohydro Bribery Case
Ecuador's National Court sentenced former president Lenín Moreno to five years in the Sinohydro bribery case over the...
Latin America Defense Monitor — August 22–29, 2026
Latin America Defense Monitor: Colombia bombs FARC camps in Guaviare, a US laser downs cartel drones, US troops...
Zinc Slips as Peru-Brazil Miner Nexa Slides on Boliden Deal
Zinc: the metal eased 0.46% on Friday while Nexa fell 3.96%, as investors weighed Boliden's US$1.31 billion deal...
Fed Rate Hike Odds Jump After Warsh Speech, Brazil’s Real Slides
Kevin Warsh's hawkish Jackson Hole debut pushed Fed rate hike odds toward 59% for September, weakening Brazil's real...
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — August 29, 2026
Mexico IPC: the index fell 0.53% to 65,484 points on Friday as GAP dropped 3.4% and the peso...
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — August 29, 2026
Ibovespa rose 0.30% to 175,665 points on Friday, an eighth straight gain, as Petrobras climbed 2.0%; the real...
Latin America Steel Falls: SLX, Gerdau, CSN, Ternium Drop
Latin America steel: Gerdau fell 2.34%, CSN 3.77% and Ternium 1.77% on Friday as a hawkish Fed lifted...
Soybeans, Corn, Wheat: Black Sea Risks Lift Grains
Grains: the WEAT wheat fund rose 2.65% on Friday on Black Sea supply risk, with soybeans up 1.64%...
Bolivia Files Illicit Enrichment Charge Against Adviser Cerimedo
Bolivia's illicit enrichment case against Fernando Cerimedo turned formal on 28 August after he told prosecutors he earns...
Argentine Household Debt Arrears Stay at Record as Tax Reform Slips
Argentine household debt arrears held at a record 12.8% in June, the central bank says, and the tax...
Washington Presses Argentina to Ratify the US Trade Agreement
Washington asked Buenos Aires on 27 August to ratify the Argentina trade agreement in Congress. The February accord...
Ecopetrol Board Vote Set for 15 September as Output Falls
Colombia's government published a nine-name slate for the Ecopetrol board vote on 15 September, with six new directors...
LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Saturday, August 29, 2026
Your daily briefing for expats and nomads in Latin America: Warsh puts a September Fed hike on the table, Colombia's TRM jumps to 3,202.79, Brazil's PTAX
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Vale Nihon Matsuri in Campos do Jordão, Brazil: Free Japan-and-Korea Festival Runs Through Sunday
The 12th Vale Nihon Matsuri fills Campos do Jordão's Parque Capivari in Brazil through Sunday: four days of...
American Airlines Returns to Caracas on September 3 With Two Daily Miami Flights
American Airlines' Caracas flights return September 3 with two daily Miami rotations — E175 and Boeing 737-8 —...
No Te Va Gustar Plays Mexico City Tonight: Uruguay’s Rock Giants at the Pepsi Center WTC
No Te Va Gustar plays Mexico City's Pepsi Center WTC tonight, August 29, 2026 — the Uruguayan band...
Van Gogh & Impressionistas Opens in Campina Grande, Brazil: Immersive Show Debuts in Paraíba
The immersive Van Gogh & Impressionistas exhibition opens in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil — a first for the...
Pato Fu Plays a Free Show Today in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, at the Festival Laços
Pato Fu plays a free show today, August 29, in Juiz de Fora, Brazil: the Festival Laços takes...
Colombia: Barranquilla Confirms IndyCar Race for April 2028 on Magdalena River Circuit
Colombia Barranquilla Confirms: — What happened: Barranquilla mayor Alejandro Char confirmed IndyCar will race in the Colombian city...
Argentina’s FIT 2026 Travel Fair in Buenos Aires Will Be the Largest in Its History
Argentina Travel Fair: — What happened: Argentina officially presented FIT 2026, the 30th edition of Latin America’s international...
Jamaica’s Royalton Negril Reopens With 960 Workers Back as Tropical Storm Dolly Crosses the Atlantic
Jamaica ’ Royalton: — What happened: Royalton Negril reopened on 25 August, returning 573 rooms and 960 workers...
Latin America Sports Daily for Saturday, August 29, 2026
Santa Fe beat River Plate 8-7 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Buenos Aires, reaching the Copa...
Tonight at Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón, Argentina: Beethoven’s ‘Sacred’ Fourth Piano Concerto
The Teatro Colón hosts Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 tonight, August 29: pianist Margarita Höhenrieder joins the Camerata...
Morismas de Bracho in Zacatecas, Mexico: 10,000 Reenact Moors vs. Christians This Weekend
The Morismas de Bracho fill Zacatecas, Mexico, August 28–30: a 190-year-old reenactment of the battle between Moors and...
Coffee Lovers Bistek in Florianópolis, Brazil: 100+ Coffees, Free Tastings — Last Day Today
Florianópolis, Brazil: Coffee Lovers Bistek brings 100+ coffee labels with free tastings — the 4th edition's last day...
Africa Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 29, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 29: AU ministers draft prevention decisions in Luanda, Congo’s outbreak reaches 5,794 confirmed cases, and a Borgu
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Tunisia’s Saied Calls the Power Cuts Sabotage and Names No One
Tunisia power cuts and water outages were deliberately planned sabotage, President Kais Saied said, without naming a suspect,...
Egypt and Russia Talk Up a Reactor and an Unopened Suez Zone
Egypt Russia relations were reviewed in a ministers call covering the El-Dabaa nuclear plant and a Suez industrial...
Nigeria’s Central Bank Cut a Rate Its Market Was Pushing Higher
Nigeria treasury bills cleared at 17.15 percent for one year, a 44 basis point cut, after bids of...
Ghana Orders Gold Refined at Home, With No Accredited Refinery
Ghana gold refining becomes compulsory for aggregators from 1 September, though none of the licensed plants holds London...
Morocco Is Becoming the West’s Training Ground for African Armies
Morocco NATO cooperation is being extended to training African militaries, a report says, while a US centre at...
London-Listed Aminex Threatens Arbitration Over Tanzanian Gas
Tanzania Ntorya gas development faces a dispute notice from Ndovu Resources against operator ARA Petroleum, months before a...
Kinshasa and Luanda Push Shared Oil Zone and Fuel Deal
The Congo Angola oil zone and a Sonangol fuel supply arrangement were pushed forward when the two presidents...
Eight Million Kilos of Kenyan Tea Are Stuck in Mombasa
Kenya tea Iran shipments fell 40.7 percent in the first quarter and about 8 million kilos now sit...
Government Denies Bulawayo Millers Have Stopped Over Maize
A Zimbabwe maize shortage has closed milling at Blue Ribbon and 23 smaller millers in Bulawayo, according to...
Two Mexicans, Three Zimbabweans in Court Over Limpopo Meth Lab
A Limpopo meth lab raid near the Zimbabwean border led to five arrests, with drugs and equipment valued...
Woodside Drops Its Climate Target and Leans Harder on Senegal
Woodside Sangomar is now central to the company plan after it scrapped a Scope 3 emissions target and...
Two Southern African Airports Hit Jet Fuel Trouble in One Week
A jet fuel shortage disrupted supply at OR Tambo after a Sasol refinery outage, while a contaminated cargo...
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