Brazil Suspends 14 Betting Sites, Including Three From a Company Facing Scrutiny
Brazil's finance ministry suspended 14 licensed betting sites from six companies, with fines of R$200,000 a day. Most failed to...
August 18, 2026Section
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Brazil’s Supreme Court Says Cities Cannot Tax a House for Being Big
Brazil's Supreme Court struck down municipal rules that set property tax rates by floor area. Value, location and use are...
August 18, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief August 18, 2026: Four Capitals, One Recalculation
Asia Intelligence Brief for 18 August: Wang Yi lands in Seoul, Japan's ten-year yield hits a 1996 high, and China's...
August 18, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief August 18, 2026: The Mood Turns, The Rhine Falls
Europe Intelligence Brief for 18 August: German expectations jump to 34.2 while ZEW names the Rhine as the risk, and...
August 18, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 18, 2026: Permits Up, Building Down
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for 18 August: builders filed more permits and poured less concrete, and a 50% tariff...
August 18, 2026
Venezuela Inflation Tops Latin America at 580% in July 2026
Venezuela's annual inflation reached 580% in July 2026, Latin America's highest, alongside a new rental law and aftershocks from June's...
August 18, 2026
Fitch Warns Colombia’s Fiscal Deficit Could Near 7% of GDP in 2026
Fitch warns Colombia's 2026 fiscal deficit could near 7% of GDP with growth near 2.7%, keeping public debt on a...
August 18, 2026
Braskem Idesa, Braskem’s Mexican Unit, Files US Chapter 11 to Cut US$920 Million in Debt
Braskem Idesa, Braskem's Mexican unit, filed US Chapter 11 to cut over US$920 million in debt, while parent Braskem SA...
August 18, 2026
Argentina Budget Surplus Fails to Calm Jittery Markets
The Argentina budget surplus held in July, yet country risk neared 500 points and New York shares fell about 4%...
August 18, 2026
Chile Economy Shrinks 0.2% as Mining Slump Drags Down Growth
The Chile economy shrank 0.2% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026 as mining and exports fell, though quarterly data...
August 18, 2026
Central America Culture Guide: Books, Flowers, Light
Panama's international book fair runs 25 to 30 August, and Petén stages its first flower festival in October. Antigua's light...
August 18, 2026
Venezuela Supermarket Sales Jump 21% in Units Amid 580% Inflation
Venezuela supermarket sales rose 21% in units sold from January to July, even as annual inflation hit 580%, while corn...
August 18, 2026
Central America: Diesel, Floods, TPS, Hospital Funds
Guatemala's diesel hits a five-year high, Costa Rica shelters hundreds after floods, and Honduras offers legal help to migrants losing...
August 18, 2026
Dominican Court Ends Falcondo Nickel Concession
A Dominican court has terminated the Falcondo nickel concession for breach after seven decades, with the site idle since November...
August 18, 2026
Panama Week: Railway Plans, Court Rulings, Tocumen Growth
Panama's railway to David advances in engineering studies, a court confirms Panama Papers acquittals, and Tocumen traffic climbs 15 percent.
August 18, 2026
Uruguay Cattle Fund Bankruptcy Leaves US$272 Million Shortfall
Uruguay's Conexión Ganadera bankruptcy left a US$272 million shortfall, and a court has ordered the central bank to pay four...
August 18, 2026
Mexico Consumer Spending Flat, Manufacturing Jobs Sag
Mexican private consumption stalled in July and manufacturing employment has now fallen year on year for forty straight months.
August 18, 2026
Mexico Fertilizer Duty Is Anti-Dumping Case, Not Payback, Says Sheinbaum
Sheinbaum says Mexico's duty on Chinese ammonium sulfate comes from an anti-dumping case opened in 2025, not from China's pecan...
August 18, 2026
China Lifts Suspension on 8 Ecuadorian Shrimp Plants
China has restored export authorisation to eight Ecuadorian shrimp plants suspended since late 2025, while six from the June wave...
August 18, 2026
Bolivia Links Large-Buyer Diesel to World Prices
Bolivia has moved diesel for large buyers to a world-linked price of 18 bolivianos a litre, and six business groups...
August 18, 2026