Brazil Passes Tax Arbitration as Betting Losses Mount
Brazil tax arbitration passed the Senate unanimously and awaits signature, alongside payroll-deducted rent and a CBS rate deadline of 14...
August 21, 2026Section
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Three Ceará Polls, Three Different Races
Ceará governor polls put Ciro Gomes anywhere from nineteen points ahead of Elmano de Freitas to dead level inside four...
August 21, 2026
Colombia’s Gas Terminal Opens Before Its Ship Arrives
Colombia gas import capacity at Puerto Bahía is targeted for December, but the chartered floating terminal only arrives in early...
August 21, 2026
Colombia Loses Nearly 10,000 Cattle to Drought
Colombia cattle deaths from drought have reached 9,865 across 15 departments, with losses of COP47 billion (US$15.4m) and El Niño...
August 21, 2026
Argentina Reserves Top US$50 Billion Again
Argentina reserves top US$50 billion as the central bank keeps buying dollars, reaching a seven-year high. Learn about the buying...
August 21, 2026
Argentina Flood Risk Covers 5.5 Million Hectares of Farmland
Argentina flood risk covers 5.5 million hectares of farmland, with wheat planting nearly complete and maize area projected lower.
August 21, 2026
Buenos Aires Digital Wallets Face a Lending Inquiry
Buenos Aires digital wallets face a provincial inquiry into lending practices, with fines up to US$1.26 million. Learn about the...
August 21, 2026
Mexico Waits on Argentina to Send Back Farías Laguna
Rear Admiral Farías Laguna is still held in Argentina, accused of running a fuel-smuggling network. His extradition hearing is set...
August 21, 2026
Mexico Growth Forecast Held at 1.3% by ECLAC
The Mexico growth forecast for 2026 stays at 1.3% as ECLAC trims regional growth to 2.2%. Bank of Mexico holds...
August 21, 2026
Marcelo Crivella Can Run for Brazil’s Senate
Marcelo Crivella can run for Brazil's Senate after the electoral court split 4-3, with the court president casting the deciding...
August 21, 2026
Mexico Gasoline Price Deal Is Extended for Another Six Months
The Mexico gasoline price deal is extended for six months, keeping regular gasoline below 24 pesos a litre. Learn the...
August 21, 2026
BP Takes a Venezuelan Gas Field Under New US Rules
The Lorán gas licence gives bp, XRG and UCC equal shares in four trillion cubic feet of Venezuelan gas, under...
August 21, 2026
Caixa Home Loans Now Count Uber and iFood Earnings
Caixa home loans now accept Uber and iFood earnings as formal income, helping informal workers get mortgages. Learn the requirements...
August 21, 2026
Brazil Election Security Adds Abin and the Armed Forces
Brazil election security gets a boost with new TSE bodies coordinating the Federal Police, Abin and the Armed Forces for...
August 21, 2026
Ecuador’s Mining Exports Overtake Its Bananas
Ecuador mining exports reached US$2.63 billion in the first half, up 40.6%, overtaking bananas for second place among non-oil exports...
August 21, 2026
US Court Restores the Delta-Aeroméxico Alliance
The Delta Aeroméxico joint venture keeps its antitrust immunity after an appeals court vacated the US order to unwind it...
August 21, 2026
Chile Ends Anonymous Prepaid Phone Lines
Chile SIM registration took effect on 20 August for prepaid lines only. Unregistered lines are not cut off — they...
August 21, 2026
In One Day, Chad Handed ARISE an Industrial Zone and Took a Chinese Grant
The Chad industrial zone at Zindjam goes to ARISE IIP under six contracts, while a 300 million yuan Chinese grant...
August 21, 2026
A Gold Pit Collapsed in Central Africa and Killed Miners From Three Countries
The Central African Republic suspended mining at Zamboye after a collapse the mines minister says killed 49 people from three...
August 21, 2026
Colombia Reconstruction Will Follow the 1999 Armenia Model, the Government Says
Colombia reconstruction after the August earthquake will copy the 1999 Armenia fund, and the state will cover part of wages...
August 21, 2026