USA Rare Earth Closes In on Brazil’s Serra Verde in US$2.8 Billion Deal
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Lima Cinema Guide: Screens, Prices and Addresses
Lima cinema guide: screens, prices and addresses for Cineplanet, Cinemark, Cinépolis and UVK. Find deals and showtimes in...
Guadalajara Cantinas: Three Century-Old Bars to Visit
Guadalajara cantinas worth a stop: La Iberia, La Sin Rival and Los Famosos Equipales, with addresses, founding years...
Inside a Recoleta Petit Hotel: Buenos Aires Cheese Bar
Porte Bar hides inside a Recoleta petit hotel in Buenos Aires, pouring wine and serving cheese from 6.30pm...
Arte Foto Florianópolis Puts 38 Photographers on Show
Arte Foto Florianópolis 2026 opens 27 August with 38 photographers at Helena Fretta Galeria de Arte. See dates,...
Cúcuta Book Fair Returns to Colombia From 31 August
The Cúcuta Book Fair returns to Colombia from 31 August with a 22nd edition, expanding to new towns...
Sven Väth in Curitiba: Techno Long Set on 28 August
Sven Väth in Curitiba: the German techno figure plays Cine Lido on 28 August 2026. Doors 9pm, show...
Arte Core 2026 Returns Free to Rio de Janeiro’s MAM
Arte Core 2026 returns free to Rio de Janeiro's MAM on August 29-30, with art, skate, music, fashion,...
Nova Twins São Paulo Show Set for Cine Joia on 6 September
Nova Twins São Paulo: the British duo headline Cine Joia on 6 September 2026. Tickets run R$175 to...
Quito Planetarium Lists Free Entry and Booking Rules
Discover the Quito planetarium at the Centro Cultural Pedro Vicente Maldonado: free entry, booking rules, show times, and...
Pitty Tour 2026 Takes Brazil’s Rock Star to 10 Cities
Pitty Tour 2026 takes Brazil's rock star to 10 cities across 7 states, starting 17 October. Tickets on...
Roberta Campos in Campinas: Free Folk Show on 29 August
Roberta Campos in Campinas: free folk show on 29 August at Centro Cultural Sesi Campinas Amoreiras. Reserve your...
Rio Gastronomia 2026 Brings 30-Plus Restaurants to Rio
Rio Gastronomia 2026 brings 30-plus restaurants to Rio over three weekends. Find dates, venue, music lineup, and ticket...
LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Your LatAm expat nomad daily guide for Tuesday, August 25: the wholesale peso breaks 1,500, Aeroparque shuts for 55 hours, Jackson Hole opens Friday.
Argentina’s Wholesale Peso Breaks 1,500 for the First Time
Nine Painters From One Rio Studio Show for Free
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São Paulo Daily Brief — Tuesday, August 25, 2026
São Paulo daily brief for Tuesday 25 August 2026: weather, markets, what's open today, transport and tonight's picks...
Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief — Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Rio de Janeiro today: cool and wet with rain most of the day, free museums open in Centro,...
Jackson Hole With a Rate Rise Priced: What Warsh’s Debut Means for Latin America
Kevin Warsh gives his first Jackson Hole keynote as Fed chair on Friday, with markets pricing a September...
Latin America Sports Daily for Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Copa Libertadores today sees Independiente del Valle host Deportes Tolima in Quito for a quarter-final place. Also Liga...
Four Brazil Mountain Towns That Stay Cool All Winter
Brazil mountain towns like Campos do Jordão, Gramado, São Joaquim and Domingos Martins offer cool winter escapes. Learn...
Kid Abelha Fortaleza Show Ends 13-Year Band Hiatus
Kid Abelha Fortaleza marked the band's return after a 13-year hiatus, with a concert at the Centro de...
Café Vinilo Festival Returns to Buenos Aires in September
The Café Vinilo Festival returns to Buenos Aires in September with eight nights of independent music at a...
Jazz na Serra: Free Festival in Santo Antônio do Pinhal
Jazz na Serra 2026 is a free festival in Santo Antônio do Pinhal, Brazil, on 28-29 August. Two...
Vitória da Conquista Hosted the Bahia Winter Festival
The Bahia Winter Festival closed its 20th edition in Vitoria da Conquista with Maria Bethania, Ludmilla and Bell...
Over 100 Buenos Aires Bodegones Offer Deals This Week
Buenos Aires Bodegones Week runs from August 24-28, 2026, with over 100 canteens offering discounts and special menus...
Simone in Recife: Tickets From US$18 for September 25
Simone in Recife: Tickets from R$95 (US$18.40) for Friday 25 September 2026 at Teatro Guararapes. A night of...
Maná in Mexico City Closes a Five-Country Stadium Tour
Maná in Mexico City closes the Vivir Sin Aire Tour 2026 on 17 December at Estadio GNP Seguros....
Africa Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 25: Tanzania's vice president quit on cue, DR Congo's Ebola outbreak passed 100 days, and Egypt banked $15 billion.
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Mozambique Halved the Card Limit Abroad and Made It Permanent
The Mozambique card payment limit fell from six million to three million meticais a year on 28 July...
Angola’s Deficit More Than Quadrupled While Oil Prices Were Rising
The Angola fiscal deficit widened 326% to 3,943.8 billion kwanzas in the first half of 2026, about US$4.3...
China’s Zijin Took 9.2% of the Miner Building Ethiopia’s Kurmuk
Zijin Gold took 9.2% of Allied Gold for US$295 million after its US$4bn takeover lapsed, tying it to...
MTN Is Growing Fast in Nigeria and Ghana, and Barely at All at Home
MTN half-year results to 30 June 2026: adjusted earnings up 21.3%, Nigeria and Ghana growing fast, and South...
Congo and Its Northern Neighbour Just Agreed to Share Military Intelligence
Congo and the Central African Republic signed two defence memoranda in Kinshasa on 21 August 2026, along a...
Africa Intelligence Brief — Monday, August 24, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 24: Namibia approves a local-content policy it has not gazetted, Libya initials a...
The Sahel Juntas Open a Parliament in Niamey
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger convene their first joint parliamentary session in Niamey this week. Members were appointed,...
Nigeria Opens Central Bank Bills to Small Savers
Nigeria's central bank reopened its bill auctions to ordinary savers at about 20%. The Lagos stock market has...
Nigeria’s Power Grid Fell to 1,132 Megawatts
Nigerian electricity generation collapsed to 1,132 megawatts on Saturday night. Distributors began load shedding and no official explanation...
Kenya’s Cost of Running Government Hits a Record
Kenya spent KSh1.317 trillion, about US$10.2 billion, just running the government last year. The jump was the largest...
Kenya Gives Investigators 60 Days on Fuel Case
Kenya's Senate has given investigators 60 days to report on emergency petrol imports bought at three and a...
Pakistan Signs a Defence Deal With Somalia
Pakistan and Somalia signed a defence memorandum in Islamabad. India was asked about it, and answered in a...
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