Refit Loses Fuel Licence As Suspended Tax ID Halts Operations
ANP revokes Refit licence over a suspended CNPJ, deepening the refinery's crisis and threatening fuel supply in Rio while the...
August 8, 2026Section
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Europe Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 8, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief August 8: Spain and Italy now check each other's borders, a drone explodes in Bulgaria, and Italy...
August 8, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 8, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief August 8: a Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan defence pact, Typhoon Dolphin closing Chinese ports, and SK Hynix betting US$38 billion...
August 8, 2026
Colombia Recognises Moroccan Sovereignty Over Western Sahara On Day One
Colombia Western Sahara policy reversed on day one: Bogotá recognises Moroccan sovereignty, drops the Sahrawi republic, and now votes on...
August 8, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 8, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 8: Todd Blanche confirmed 50-49, a stopgap clears the Senate, and Washington promises Bogotá...
August 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief August 8: two anti-gang officers killed near Johannesburg, the DA opens its election campaign, and WAFCON quarter-finals...
August 8, 2026
US Judges Allow Trump To End Protections For South Sudan And Myanmar Migrants
Two federal judges cleared the end of TPS for South Sudan and Myanmar on 7 August. The same ruling now...
August 8, 2026
Typhoon Dolphin Hits Okinawa As China Shuts Ports Ahead Of Landfall
Typhoon Dolphin injured six in Japan and shut the Ningbo-Zhoushan ports before landfall on 9-10 August. What it means for...
August 8, 2026
Guinea Signs Mining Convention With State-Owned Nimba Mining Company
Guinea signed a mining convention with state-owned Nimba Mining Company on 6 August, with Glencore as offtaker. A structural headwind...
August 8, 2026
São Paulo Nightlife Tonight — August 8, 2026
São Paulo nightlife for Saturday, August 8, 2026: Heavy House marks eight years with Danny Krivit, free music at MASP,...
August 8, 2026
Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Tonight — August 8, 2026
Rio nightlife for Saturday, August 8, 2026: live samba at Carioca da Gema and Rio Scenarium, a free China-Brazil film...
August 8, 2026
LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide For Saturday, August 8, 2026
Your LatAm expat nomad daily guide for Saturday, August 8: Colombia's wealth-tax pledge, a weak US jobs report, and Sunday's...
August 8, 2026
Argentina’s Country Risk Climbed To 451 While The Rest Of The Region Rallied
Argentina country risk closed at 451 basis points on Friday while the rest of Latin America rallied. The CCL gap...
August 8, 2026
Colombia’s New President Says The Wealth Tax Will Go — What That Means If You Live There
Colombia wealth tax abolition is the new president's first pledge. It is the levy reaching foreign residents' worldwide assets —...
August 8, 2026
Global Economy Briefing — August 8, 2026
The US economy shed 23,000 jobs in July, yet the S&P 500 closed at a record as investors read the...
August 8, 2026
Chilean Stocks Pause After Region’s Best Week As Inflation Cools
The IPSA slipped 0.17% on Friday but closed the week up 2.18%, the region's best, as Chilean inflation slowed from...
August 8, 2026
Mexican Stocks Jump As Weak US Jobs Data Lifts Miners And Peso
The IPC rose 0.82% to 66,938.64 on Friday and the peso reached 17.12, its strongest since February, after US employers...
August 8, 2026
Argentine Stocks Fall A Sixth Day As Country Risk Climbs To 451
The Merval fell 0.45% to 3,086,784 on Friday and country risk rose to 451 points, decoupling from a Wall Street...
August 8, 2026
Colombia Markets Closed For Boyacá; De La Espriella Takes Office
Colombia did not trade on Friday as the Battle of Boyacá holiday shut the exchange. The COLCAP ends the week...
August 8, 2026
Brazil Stocks Post Worst Week Since May As Petrobras Slides
The Ibovespa fell 1.73% to 172,513.42 on Friday, capping a 3.08% weekly loss, as Petrobras reversed and foreign money left...
August 8, 2026