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Latin American Pulse for Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Argentina
Brazil-US Diplomatic Crisis: Trump Expels Federal Police Delegate over Ramagem Arrest — Lula from Hannover: "We Will Respond with...

Colombia’s “Total Peace” Is Over: Petro Cuts Calarcá, Gulf Clan Rejects Deal

Colombia
Key Points — President Gustavo Petro ordered High Commissioner for Peace Otty Patiño on Tuesday, April 21, to evaluate suspending...

São Paulo Daily Brief for Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Art and Culture
Welcome to your São Paulo daily guide for Wednesday, April 22, 2026 — the first working day after Tiradentes and the return to São...

Lula’s Lisbon Sarcasm: Give Trump the Nobel, Let the Wars End

Brazil
Key Points — Lula told reporters in Lisbon on Tuesday, April 21, that the Nobel committee should "just give" Trump...

Latin America Sports Daily for Monday, April 20, 2026

Sports
A weekend that Latin America sports fans will remember. Boca Juniors conquered the Superclásico at the Monumental, beating River...

B3 Returns to Ceasefire Extension and Petrobras Ex-Dividend

Markets
Rio Times Daily Market Brief · Brazil Wednesday, April 22, 2026 · Pre-Open · B3...

Brazil

São Paulo Daily Brief for Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Welcome to your São Paulo daily guide for Wednesday, April 22, 2026 — the first working day after Tiradentes...

Lula’s Lisbon Sarcasm: Give Trump the Nobel, Let the Wars End

Key Points — Lula told reporters in Lisbon on Tuesday, April 21, that the Nobel committee should "just give" Trump...

The Ramagem Expulsion: A New Brazil-US Diplomatic Breach

Brazil
Key Points — The US State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs ordered Brazilian Federal Police Commissioner Marcelo Ivo de...

Latin America’s Silent 2026 Risk: A Returning El Niño

Key Points — NOAA’s April 2026 outlook gives a 61% probability of El Niño emergence in the May-July window rising to 62% for June-August, with a 1-in-3 chance the event classifies as “strong” during October-December 2026. —...

São Paulo Nightlife Guide for Tuesday, April 21, 2026

The Rio Times · RT SP Nightlife Desk Tiradentes — national holiday · MASP Free Tuesday 10h–20h · Blue Note SP evening resumes · Ó...

Brazil: Six Weeks of Upward Inflation Revisions Before Copom

Key Points — The Banco Central do Brasil Focus survey published Monday raised the 2026 IPCA projection for a sixth consecutive week to 4.80%, up from 4.71% the prior week and 4.17% four weeks ago —...

São Paulo Daily Brief for Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Welcome to your São Paulo daily guide for Tuesday, April 21, 2026 — Tiradentes, a national holiday honouring the martyr of the Inconfidência Mineira. The B3 is closed, banks are closed, and most commerce runs...

BRB Offloads Master Crisis to a R$15B Quadra Capital Fund

Key Points — The Banco de Brasília board approved a memorandum of understanding with Quadra Capital on Monday night, April 20, to create a R$15 billion investment fund that will absorb all Banco Master-derived assets currently...

Two Hundred Tourists Trapped by Rio Shootout on Dois Irmãos

Key Points — Roughly 200 tourists, including Portuguese and other European visitors, were stranded on the summit of Rio’s Morro Dois Irmãos early Monday after a joint Rio-Bahia police operation triggered a heavy firefight at the...

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