Police Say Vorcaro Sought a File on Itau’s Chief Executive
Federal police allege jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro asked a publicist to compile a confidential file on Itau Unibanco chief executive...
September 8, 2026Section
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More Than 25 Firms Weigh Venezuela Entry as Licences Widen
A Colombian daily counts more than 25 companies weighing Venezuelan entry. US licences allow signing contracts, not yet performing most...
September 8, 2026
Senate Calls Petrobras and IG4 to Answer for Maceio
Brazil’s Senate economic affairs committee invited Petrobras chief Magda Chambriard and IG4 Capital to explain what the Braskem ownership change...
September 8, 2026
Mexican Crude Up 69% but Oil Revenue Still Misses Budget
Mexico’s export crude blend is up 69% in 2026 at US$90.94 a barrel. Falling volumes mean oil revenue still came...
September 8, 2026
Argentina Hands Its Central Bank US$2bn in Dollar-Linked Debt
Argentina’s Treasury gave the central bank up to US$2 billion of dollar-linked letters. It is not a currency swap and...
September 8, 2026
Court Refuses Tarcisio Bid to Call Water Rise No Increase
Sao Paulo’s electoral court rejected Governor Tarcisio de Freitas’s request to punish a Haddad advert over the 6.11% Sabesp water...
September 8, 2026
Guatemala Diesel Cap Proposed as Road Blockades Continue
President Arevalo has sent Congress a bill capping diesel at about US$5.12 a gallon, as fuel-price road blockades enter a...
September 8, 2026
Guyana Qatar Talks in Doha End With Nothing Signed
President Irfaan Ali held official talks with Qatar's Amir in Doha on 8 September, covering investment and energy. No agreement...
September 8, 2026
Jamaica Tourism Runs 17 Percent Below Last Year After Melissa
Jamaica tourism brought 2.34 million visitors and US$2.5 billion in earnings through 31 August, with arrivals 17 percent below the...
September 8, 2026
Uruguay AI Centre Opens in Montevideo on a US$10 Million Loan
Uruguay launched its national artificial intelligence centre in Montevideo on 7 September, funded by a US$10 million IDB loan over...
September 8, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, September 8, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for September 8: Canada's C$27.6 billion in counter-tariffs on American goods take effect at 12:01...
September 8, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for September 8: Germany's near-final count puts the AfD at 44.1 per cent in Saxony-Anhalt, Russian strikes...
September 8, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for September 8: China's August exports jump 25 per cent to a $119.1 billion trade surplus, Nepal...
September 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 8: Nigeria's government won't confirm a three-month ceasefire it quietly holds with Boko Haram, a...
September 8, 2026
Mexico 2027 Budget Goes to Congress With Its Rating in View
Mexico delivered its 2027 budget package to Congress on 8 September, on the constitutional deadline, with two of three rating...
September 8, 2026
Heidelberg Materials Buys 70 Percent of Peru’s Cementos Inka
Heidelberg Materials has agreed to buy 70 percent of Peru's Cementos Inka, a binding deal with no price disclosed, expected...
September 8, 2026
Cuba Tourism Falls 62.8 Percent in the First Seven Months
Cuba tourism fell 62.8 percent between January and July 2026, with 419,863 international visitors against 1,128,831 a year earlier, per...
September 8, 2026
YPF Metrogas Sale Clears a Hurdle as Argentina Suspends an Old Order
Argentina suspended two old gas-regulator rulings that constrained YPF's Metrogas stake, clearing one obstacle to the US$780m sale to Edenor.
September 8, 2026
Rubio Colombia Visit Opens a Latin America Tour in Barranquilla
The Rubio Colombia visit began in Barranquilla on 8 September with earthquake relief, counter-narcotics and trade on the agenda, and...
September 8, 2026
Brazil Poll Puts Flavio Bolsonaro Ahead of Lula for the First Time
A BTG Pactual and Nexus Brazil poll puts Flavio Bolsonaro on 46 percent against Lula on 45, the first time...
September 8, 2026