Brazil Stocks Slip 0.5% as Real Weakens 1.4%
Brazil's Ibovespa fell 0.52% to 171,337 while the real lost 1.36% after hot US inflation. Here is what moved the market and what to watch next.
New Zealand’s New Party Meets Both Rivals
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Fleury Plans Cancer Clinics With US$13M
Fleury and Bradsaúde plan to invest about US$13 million to open seven FleuryOnco cancer clinics in São Paulo...
Energisa Profit Jumps 47% to US$170 Million
Energisa, a Brazilian power group, earned US$170 million in the third quarter, up 47%, and cut debt to...
Trump, Putin and Xi May Meet at China Summit
Leaders of 21 APEC economies meet in Shenzhen on Nov. 18-19. Trump expects talks with Putin and Xi;...
Brazil Fashion Chain Riachuelo Earns US$15M
Brazil's Riachuelo earned about US$15 million in the third quarter of 2026, but late card payments rose to...
Colombia Grocer Éxito Earns US$132M So Far
Colombia's Grupo Éxito earned about US$132 million in nine months of 2026, up 19.2% before currency effects, even...
Gold Falls 2.4% as US Bond Yields Near 5%
Global markets briefing for 11 November 2026: US 10-year yield at 4.983%, gold down 2.41%, dollar firmer, and...
Real Slides to 5.58 per Dollar as Petrobras Pays Out
Brazil morning call for 11 November: a near year-high dollar, Petrobras's US$2.7bn payout and tomorrow's inflation data frame...
Cuba Minister in China After US Sanctions
Cuba's foreign minister is in China from 10 to 13 November, days after US sanctions hit two Chinese...
Mexico Car Exports Fall 17.9%; Strike Eases
Mexico's car exports fell 17.9% in October, a voter card strike eased, and forces arrested an alleged cartel...
Chihuahua Denies Governor Knew of US Agents
Chihuahua's state prosecutor says its file shows Governor Maru Campos was kept in the dark on US agents;...
Prisons Took 51% of Cuba’s Logged Repression
A Cuban rights group says 154 of 303 abuses it logged in October hit prisoners, its highest share...
Honduran Wanted by FBI Dies in Prison
Héctor Paguada, a Honduran wanted in Texas over a double murder, was found dead in Támara prison on...
Colombia Peace Court Asks About Uribe Case
Colombia’s JEP peace tribunal asked the Supreme Court on 10 November whether ex-senator Sandra Ramírez is in the...
Argentine Peso Calm Hides Hedging Surge
Argentina's peso looks steady at about 1,545 per US$1, but a new study says the state sold US$14...
Petrobras Pays US$2.7 Billion as Rates Hold
Petrobras will pay shareholders US$2.7 billion as Brazil's central bank holds rates at 13.75%, a mix that matters...
Latin American Pulse for Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Latin America mood on 10 November 2026: Brazil fears its budget, Argentina waits for inflation, Mexico's migrants hope,...
Pastor Jorge Raschke Survives Garage Fall
Pentecostal pastor Jorge Raschke, reported to be 82, survived a fall from a Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, garage; police...
Soybean Fund Rises 2.8% as US Cuts Corn Yield
The soybean fund SOYB rose 2.78% and corn 1.11% on 10 November after the US cut its corn...
What to Do in São Paulo in November 2026
What to do in São Paulo in November 2026: Sepultura's farewell at Suhai Music Hall, Formula 1 at Interlagos, live shows and three holidays.
Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Tonight: Music in Botafogo
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Argentina vs Uruguay Friendly, Time and TV
Argentina vs Uruguay kicks off Friday 13 November at 6 p.m. Eastern at La Bombonera in Buenos Aires....
Cuba History From Colonisation to 2026
Cuba history in one guide: Spanish rule, US occupation, the 1959 revolution, the embargo and 2026 sanctions, explained...
Argentina’s Role and Weight in Latin America
Argentina is Latin America's third-largest economy at US$768 billion. See its Mercosur, US, China and Falklands ties and...
What to Do in Medellín in November 2026
Medellín in November: Chayanne on 19 Nov, Solís on 27 Nov, a 16 Nov holiday and orchestra tickets...
What to Do in Quito in November 2026
Quito in November 2026: The Strokes on 24 November, Hot Chip on the 20th, Soy Luna and classical...
Honduras People and Ethnic Groups Explained
Honduras population is about 11.0 million; 8.6% belong to nine Indigenous and Afro-Honduran peoples. Lenca, Garífuna and remittances...
Chile’s 16 Regions Explained
The 16 Chile regions explained: copper in the north, 40% of people in Santiago, Patagonia in the south,...
Brazil’s Regions and States Explained
Brazil has five regions, 26 states and a Federal District. See each one's people, economy and 2026 vote,...
Latin America Sports Daily for Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Libertadores final: Palmeiras meet Estudiantes in Montevideo on 28 November, with Boca v Atlético Mineiro in the Sudamericana...
Brazil Storm Alerts Explained for Visitors
An Inmet orange alert means 30 to 60 mm of rain an hour. Here is how to read...
Brazil History Explained, From Origins to 2026
Brazil history from Indigenous peoples to Lula’s 25 October 2026 runoff win: slavery, dictatorship, democracy and what it...
What to Do in Cartagena in November 2026
Cartagena in November 2026: Independence parade on 12 Nov, Festival Náutico and Bololó 13 and 14 Nov, Cabildo...
What to Do in Cali in November 2026
Cali in November 2026: free ballet from 11 November, Colombia vs Chile on the 13th, Nicky Jam on...
Peru Regions and Provinces Explained
Peru regions explained: 24 departments plus Callao, why Lima has no governor, the mining canon and the 6...
Cost of Living in Puerto Rico in 2026
Cost of living in Puerto Rico: a single person in San Juan needs about US$2,900 to US$3,500 a...
São Paulo Nightlife Tonight: Jazz on Paulista and in Moema
São Paulo nightlife for Tuesday, 10 November 2026: jazz at Blue Note SP on Avenida Paulista and the...
Latin American Teams in the November 2026 FIFA Window
Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and more play 12 to 17 November. See FIFA window November 2026 dates,...
Lima Closes Roads for Pope Leo’s Arrival
Pope Leo XIV lands in Lima on 11 November. Roads, Metro and bus routes change around Plaza Mayor...
Cameroon, Senegal, Algeria Play Africa Cup Qualifiers
AFCON 2027 qualifiers return Thursday 12 November at 2:00 p.m. ET with Cameroon, Senegal and Algeria in action. Full times and group tables.
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Kenya Pressed to Release IMF Graft Report
Pressure grows on Kenya to publish an IMF anti-corruption report after the World Bank put graft's cost at...
Iran Says 3 Tankers Burn in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say three tankers burned in the Strait of Hormuz on 10 November. We found no...
Congo Ebola Cases Pass 11,000, Deaths 5,387
Congo’s government data show 11,042 confirmed Ebola cases and 5,387 deaths as of 10 November, the second-largest outbreak...
Malawi Fights US$173M Defunct Bank Award
Malawi's attorney general will seek a review of the K300 billion (about US$173 million) award to defunct Finance...
Ghana Hires Ben Crump After US Killings
Ghana has approved hiring US civil rights lawyer Ben Crump to seek justice for Ghanaians killed in the...
Kenya Lawyers Demand Answers on Missing Abdi
Kenyan lawyers demand answers over Nairobi lawyer Abshir Abdi, missing since 1 November. Police deny holding him and...
Bissau Denies Police Raid at Sambú’s Home
Guinea-Bissau’s Interior Ministry denies a police raid at ex-minister Soares Sambú’s Bissau home and calls it a robbery....
Ghana Cedi at 11.70 as Gold Board Sells Dollars
Ghana’s cedi stood near GH¢11.70 per dollar on 10 November as the Gold Board sold US$1.011 billion to...
Sudan Lifts Its Ban on Kenyan Tea Imports
Sudan has ended its 20-month ban on Kenyan tea, reopening a market worth about US$70 million a year....
Congo’s President Signs Referendum Law
President Félix Tshisekedi signed DR Congo’s referendum law on 9 November. The opposition fears it opens the way...
Botswana to Double Its De Beers Stake to 30%
President Duma Boko said on 9 November 2026 that Botswana will double its De Beers stake to 30%...
Angola Court Voids Parts of New NGO Law
Angola's Constitutional Court struck down parts of the new NGO law, reported on 10 November 2026, citing legal...
Polisario Declares General Mobilisation
Polisario Front declared general mobilisation on 10 November 2026, citing Moroccan troop moves, after the UN Western Sahara...
Nigeria Recovers US$4 Million From Oil Firms
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency says Aiteo and Newcross paid back about US$3.97 million in unpaid stamp duty and pipeline...
Morocco’s Sulphur Imports Hit US$3.2 Billion
Morocco bought about US$3.2 billion of sulphur in nine months, nearly triple 2025, as phosphate group OCP swung...
Airtel Africa Buys Back 800,000 Shares
Airtel Africa bought 799,925 of its own shares on 5 and 6 November 2026 for about US$3.0 million,...
Ex-Oil Chief Kyari Says No US$156B Was Lost
Nigeria's ex-NNPC chief Mele Kyari told senators on 10 November that a disputed US$156 billion (N210 trillion) is...
What to Do in Abuja in November 2026
Abuja in November 2026: the free National Fair on 10 to 14 November, Afrojazz Festival on 21 November...
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