Brazil Bank Strike Shuts Branches as the Six-Day Week Bill Advances
Brazil bank strike: a 24-hour walkout shut branches in Minas Gerais, the Federal District and Parana as the 6x1 six-day week bill moved in the Senate.
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Vale Says Fixing Brazil’s Permit System Is Worth 1.3 Trillion Reais. It Also Wants a Mineral Washington Is Chasing
Vale mining permitting changes could yield up to R$1.3 trillion in tax revenue over ten years, the company...
Colombia Formally Charges the Man Who Ran Its State Oil Company Until Last Month
Ricardo Roa indicted in two separate cases: a luxury flat linked to an Ecopetrol subsidiary contract, and campaign...
Mexico City Is Rebuilding Buenavista for Trains That Do Not Run Yet
The Buenavista terminal expansion in Mexico City is due in June 2027, with the Queretaro platform in September...
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: The Treasury Rewrote Its Own Buyback Plan
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 20: the Treasury will double its long-dated buyback operations from 9...
Brazil’s Dario Durigan Pledges a Fiscal Squeeze if Lula Wins Again
Dario Durigan says a fourth Lula term would keep Brazil's spending framework and deliver a fiscal effort worth...
Europe Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: Sweden Held Still And Warned It Might Have To Raise
Europe Intelligence Brief for August 20: Sweden held its policy rate at 1.75% for a seventh meeting and...
Asia Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: Japan Sold More Than Ever And Still Came Up Short
Asia Intelligence Brief for August 20: Japan set records for both exports and imports in July yet posted...
Brazil’s Electoral Court Bars Pablo Marçal From Debates, TV Time and Public Funds
Brazil's electoral court barred Pablo Marçal from debates, free radio and TV time and public campaign money while...
Chile Referendum Idea Raised on Security Reform, Then Dropped
A Chile referendum on Kast's security reform was floated by allies, then ruled out by his own ministers....
Brazil Bad-Loan Provisions Hit US$9.1 Billion as Defaults Climb
Brazil bad-loan provisions at the four biggest banks reached about US$9.1 billion in the second quarter as household...
Mexican Peso Hits a Two-Year High, Closing Below 17 to the US Dollar
The Mexican peso closed near 16.96 to the US dollar on August 20, its strongest in over two...
Continental Resources Joins a US$4 Billion Argentina Shale Venture
Continental Resources agreed to take 50% of Mercuria's Phoenix Global Resources, with over US$4 billion planned for Argentina's...
Lima Gets an 80-Brand Gourmet Fair Next Saturday, and Entry Is Under Five Dollars
Expo Gourmet 2026 Lima runs on 29 August at the Javier Prado convention centre, with more than 80 brands, tastings and masterclasses for S/15.
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View All →A Show About a Girl, a Grandmother and a Magic Box Plays Mexico City Twice on Saturday
MEXICA CDMX plays two performances only on 22 August at the Marketeatro in Roma, a multidisciplinary show about...
Abel Pintos Has Never Played the Gran Rex. In November He Plays It Five Times
Abel Pintos Gran Rex dates: 13, 14, 15, 19 and 20 November 2026, his first run at the...
Three Generations of Mendoza Rock Share One Stage Next Friday
The Nave Cultural Mendoza hosts three generations of local rock on 28 August, with La Pandilla de la...
The Chiles en Nogada Origin Story Historians No Longer Accept
The chiles en nogada origin story is rejected by four named specialists, and by the Puebla convent museum...
Xuna: A Michelin-Starred Chef’s Mexico City Menu From US$88
Xuna Mexico City serves a six-course tasting menu from about US$88 in Roma Norte. The address, the prices,...
Valparaiso’s Free Dance Biennial Ends This Week, and Tonight Is One of the Last Two Nights
The Valparaiso dance biennial closes on 21 August with free performances at the Parque Cultural. Nine contemporary works,...
Alvaro Diaz Sold Out Bogotá in Three Days, So He Added Another Night
Alvaro Diaz Bogota dates: the Puerto Rican rapper sold out 3 September at the Movistar Arena in under...
Creamfields Argentina 2026: The Lineup, and US$138 All In
Creamfields Argentina 2026 lands on 14 November at Parque de la Ciudad. The confirmed lineup, the venue, and...
Free Circus in Recife: The Mostra de Circo Plays Its Last Weekend
The Mostra de Circo do Recife closes with free shows on 21, 22 and 23 August. Venues, times...
Montaner’s Farewell Tour Opened Its Second Leg With Four Straight Sell-Outs
The Ricardo Montaner tour El Ultimo Regreso opened its second leg with four consecutive sold-out shows, taking it...
On Saturday, Chilean Restaurants Give Part of the Till to Families the Storms Left Without Roofs
Chile Cocina por Chile runs on 22 August: restaurants, cafes and food trucks donate part of the day's...
What Is On in Mendoza This Friday, From a Soda Stereo Show to Free Stand-Up
Mendoza weekend shows for Friday 21 August: Soda Stereo ECOS at Arena Maipu, theatre at Teatro Mendoza and...
Africa Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: Ghana Asked For Dollars, Three Times Over
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 20: Ghana's central bank received US$399 million of bids against US$125 million on offer, and South African core
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Nigeria Cement Prices Probed as Regulator Summons the Biggest Producers
Nigeria cement prices rose from about US$7 a bag in January to as much as US$11 by July....
Ethiopia Birr Hits Record Low as Central Bank Sells US$500 Million in One Day
The Ethiopia birr fell to a record low near 162 per dollar, and the central bank called a...
Kenya’s KCB Opens a Five-Year Green Bond Programme in October
The KCB sustainability bond programme is worth up to KSh300 billion over five years, with a first tranche...
Nigeria Shuts an Insurer That Could Not Raise Enough Capital
NAICOM revoked the Universal Insurance licence after the company missed Nigeria's new minimum capital requirement. A liquidator was...
Ecobank Shrinks Its Board and Drops the Term Limit for Directors
The Ecobank ETI board falls from 15 seats to 12, and the nine-year cap on non-executive directors is...
Payment Failures at Ghana’s Ports Are Driving Up Import Costs
Ghana port payment failures are stranding containers and adding demurrage charges. Importers say the state platform and its...
Liberia Will Take 1,200 Deportees from the US, Starting Today
Liberia agreed to accept up to 1,200 foreign deportees from the United States. The first group of 20...
Museveni Says Uganda Is Middle-Income, the World Bank Says Not Yet
Uganda middle-income status is disputed. The World Bank's July 2026 classification still lists Uganda as low income, about...
A Nigerian Startup Lets You Cash Out Crypto Inside WhatsApp
MYPADI AI has built a WhatsApp crypto off-ramp for Nigeria, turning stablecoins into naira inside a chat. Nigeria...
Africa’s Nuclear Plans Lack the People to Run Them, Ghana Warns
A nuclear workforce shortage threatens Africa's reactor plans, Ghana's atomic agency says. Building a plant takes a decade;...
Ghana’s Cedi Rallied 7% in a Week. Street Rates Barely Moved
The Ghana cedi gained about 7 percent against the dollar in a week on the interbank market. The...
Only a Fifth of Absa Kenya Shareholders Took the US$239m Offer
Absa Bank Kenya minority holders took up barely a fifth of a US$239 million tender offer. The parent...
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