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Latin American Pulse for Friday, May 8, 2026

Argentina
Lula-Trump Three Hours at White House: "Important Step," Working Group on Tariffs, No Critical-Minerals MoU — Banxico Confirms 25...

Mexico Stocks Above 70K — Triple Confirmation Ends the Correction

Latin America
Rio Times Daily Market Brief · Mexico Friday, May 8, 2026 · Covering the session of Thursday, May 7 The Big...

Brazil Court Halts Vote on Rio’s R$9.9B Oil Royalty Case

Brazil
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) resumed on May 7 the long-awaited judgment on petroleum royalty distribution and immediately stalled again after Justice Flávio Dino...

Brazil’s April Trade Surplus Hits Record US$10.5B as US Exports Fall

Brazil
Brazil posted a record April trade surplus of US$10.537 billion in 2026, up 37.5% year-on-year and the highest April...

Latin America Sports Daily for Thursday, May 7, 2026

Sports
Latin America sports delivered a Wednesday of historic firsts on May 6, 2026. Independiente Rivadavia became the first club...

Ibovespa Falls 2.38% to 183,218 — Worst May Session, Kijun Lost Again

Markets
Rio Times Market Report · Brazil Friday, May 8, 2026 · Covering close of Thursday,...

Brazil

Brazil Court Halts Vote on Rio’s R$9.9B Oil Royalty Case

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) resumed on May 7 the long-awaited judgment on petroleum royalty distribution and immediately stalled...

Brazil’s April Trade Surplus Hits Record US$10.5B as US Exports Fall

Brazil posted a record April trade surplus of US$10.537 billion in 2026, up 37.5% year-on-year and the highest April...

Banco Master Crisis Spreads to Centrão, Bolsonaros, and Tether

Brazil
The Banco Master scandal widened sharply on May 7 as multiple converging fronts drew in the Centrão political bloc,...

Lula and Trump Set 30-Day Deadline to Resolve Brazil Tariff Dispute

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and US President Donald Trump met at the White House on May 7 for more than three hours, including a working lunch, and ordered both economic teams to...

Azul Posts First Results After Chapter 11: Loss Shrinks 98%

Azul (B3: AZUL3, NYSE: AZUL), Brazil's third-largest airline, reported its first quarterly results since exiting Chapter 11 in February, with an adjusted net loss...

Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Friday, May 8, 2026

Ibovespa −2.38% · New Correction Low 183,218 · Petrobras −2.2% · Brent $100 · US Struck Qeshm Port · Iran: Ceasefire Broken · NFP Today · Banxico Cut to 6.50% · Warsh in 7 Days...

Brazil’s Enter Becomes Latin America’s First AI Unicorn at $1.2B

Enter, a São Paulo-based legal-AI startup founded in 2023, tripled its valuation to US$1.2 billion (R$5.9 billion) in a Series B round announced May 5 that raised over US$100 million led by Peter Thiel’s Founders...

Brazilian Federal Police Targets Senator Ciro Nogueira in Master Case

Brazil’s Federal Police (Polícia Federal) executed search warrants on May 7 at addresses linked to Senator Ciro Nogueira (PP-PI) and detained Felipe Cançado Vorcaro, cousin of Banco Master controller Daniel Vorcaro, in the fifth phase...

São Paulo Nightlife Guide for Thursday, May 7, 2026

The Rio Times · RT SP Nightlife Desk By Adele Cardin · Updated 2026-05-07T15:00:00Z São Paulo nightlife runs at full Thursday capacity tonight with five major venues programming simultaneously across the city. Blue Note SP opens a...

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