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Latin American Pulse for Saturday, February 21, 2026

Argentina
n nU.S. Sanctions Chilean Minister Over China Cable 18 Days Before Kast Takes Power; Lula–Modi Bilateral Caps Largest Brazilian Delegation...

USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — March 20, 2026

Latin America
What Matters Today 1 Trump Moves $1.7 Trillion Student Loan Portfolio to Treasury — Biggest Step Yet to Dismantle Education Dept. The...

Oil Majors Threaten to Sue Over Brazil Export Tax

Brazil
Key Points — Shell, TotalEnergies, PetroRio, and Repsol are preparing legal action against Brazil's new 12% oil export tax, arguing it violates constitutional tax principles —...

Brazil’s CSN Sale Race Heats Up With Three Bidders

Brazil
Key Points — J&F, Votorantim, and China's Huaxin Cement are all competing for CSN's cement division, with a potential price...

Latin America Sports Daily for Friday, March 20, 2026

Sports
Thursday was a blockbuster night for Latin America sports across three continents. In Luque, Paraguay, CONMEBOL drew the Copa...

Brazil’s CSN Sale Race Heats Up With Three Bidders

Brazil
Key Points — J&F, Votorantim, and China's Huaxin Cement are all competing for CSN's cement...

Brazil

Oil Majors Threaten to Sue Over Brazil Export Tax

Key Points — Shell, TotalEnergies, PetroRio, and Repsol are preparing legal action against Brazil's new 12% oil export tax, arguing...

Brazil’s CSN Sale Race Heats Up With Three Bidders

Key Points — J&F, Votorantim, and China's Huaxin Cement are all competing for CSN's cement division, with a potential price...

Brazil’s 50-Plus Consumers Drive Premium Shift

Brazil
Key Points — Brazilians aged 50 and over now represent more than a quarter of the population and are reshaping...

Brazil Fintech in 2026: Pix, Nubank, Open Finance and the Digital Banking Revolution

Key Points —Pix processes over 6 billion transactions per month in 2026 — more than all Brazilian debit and credit cards combined — making it the world’s most successful instant payment system outside China —Nubank,...

Brazil’s Processed Coffee Bucks the Green Bean Slump

Key Points — Brazil exported 7,409 tonnes of instant coffee in February, a 13.9% year-on-year jump and the best February in five years — despite...

São Paulo Daily Brief for Friday, March 20, 2026

Welcome to your São Paulo daily guide for Friday, March 20, 2026. Lollapalooza Brasil 2026 opens today at the Autódromo de Interlagos — Sabrina Carpenter, Deftones, Interpol, and Kygo headline a sold-out Day 1 that...

Lula Blames Bolsonaro as Vorcaro Eyes Plea Deal in Banco Master Scandal

Key Points — Banco Master founder Daniel Vorcaro was airlifted to Federal Police headquarters Thursday night to begin negotiating a plea deal that could implicate officials across all three branches of government — President Lula called the...

PicPay Profit Surges 136% but Stock Crashes 22%

3 Key Points —PicPay (PICS) delivered adjusted net income of R$188.2 million ($36M) in Q4 2025, up 136% year-over-year and 31.5% above the top of its own guidance, on revenue of R$3.0 billion ($574M) growing 69%...

Haddad Takes On Tarcísio in São Paulo’s Defining Race

Key Points — Finance Minister Fernando Haddad was confirmed as the PT's candidate for São Paulo governor, ending months of resistance to Lula's direct pressure to run — Datafolha's latest poll shows Governor Tarcísio de Freitas leading...

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