Colombia Power Grid Lost 1,700 Megawatts When the Earthquake Hit
The Colombia power grid lost about 1,700 megawatts and 1.5 million customers after the August 10 quake. What broke, and...
August 20, 2026Section
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Chile Referendum Idea Raised on Security Reform, Then Dropped
A Chile referendum on Kast's security reform was floated by allies, then ruled out by his own ministers. What the...
August 20, 2026
Mexican Peso Hits a Two-Year High, Closing Below 17 to the US Dollar
The Mexican peso closed near 16.96 to the US dollar on August 20, its strongest in over two years, as...
August 20, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: The Treasury Rewrote Its Own Buyback Plan
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 20: the Treasury will double its long-dated buyback operations from 9 September, after...
August 20, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: Sweden Held Still And Warned It Might Have To Raise
Europe Intelligence Brief for August 20: Sweden held its policy rate at 1.75% for a seventh meeting and said an...
August 20, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: Japan Sold More Than Ever And Still Came Up Short
Asia Intelligence Brief for August 20: Japan set records for both exports and imports in July yet posted a third...
August 20, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: Ghana Asked For Dollars, Three Times Over
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 20: Ghana's central bank received US$399 million of bids against US$125 million on offer, and...
August 20, 2026
Continental Resources Joins a US$4 Billion Argentina Shale Venture
Continental Resources agreed to take 50% of Mercuria's Phoenix Global Resources, with over US$4 billion planned for Argentina's Vaca Muerta...
August 20, 2026
Brazil’s Electoral Court Bars Pablo Marçal From Debates, TV Time and Public Funds
Brazil's electoral court barred Pablo Marçal from debates, free radio and TV time and public campaign money while judges weigh...
August 20, 2026
São Paulo Nightlife Tonight — August 20, 2026
São Paulo nightlife tonight: Lino Krizz at Bourbon Street, Celso Fonseca at Blue Note, and Marcelo Jeneci playing free at...
August 20, 2026
Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Tonight — August 20, 2026
Rio de Janeiro nightlife tonight: Moa + Moura launch their album at Blue Note, Rio Scenarium is half price, and...
August 20, 2026
A Small Nigerian Refinery Has Been About to Start Making Petrol Since 2024
Aradel petrol production at the Ogbele refinery is now promised for 2027. The same unit was called mechanically complete in...
August 20, 2026
Nigeria Approved a US$45 Million Rail Link to Its Lagos Ports. Almost Nobody Noticed
Nigeria ports and rail links are the missing piece around the Dangote refinery. A US$45.3 million line to four Lagos...
August 20, 2026
Egypt Sets New Rules for Short Selling on the EGX Stock Exchange
Short selling on the EGX has a new rulebook: Egypt's regulator set 150% cover, a 40% free-float ceiling and an...
August 20, 2026
Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival Names Ten Films, Led by Berlin’s Golden Bear
El Gouna Film Festival named the first ten titles of its ninth edition, running 15-23 October on Egypt's Red Sea...
August 20, 2026
A.P. Moller Capital Agrees to Buy Control of a Moroccan Logistics Group
A.P. Moller Capital has agreed to buy control of Globex Investissement, a Moroccan logistics group, in a deal that still...
August 20, 2026
Republic of the Congo Oil Contracts Lock In a US$90 Windfall Trigger
Republic of the Congo oil contracts get a single US$90-a-barrel windfall trigger for their full term, under four bills approved...
August 20, 2026
Exxon Commits US$1.1 Billion to Mozambique’s Rovuma LNG Before Final Decision
ExxonMobil and its Area 4 partners have awarded about US$1.1bn in pre-investment contracts for Rovuma LNG in Mozambique, before any...
August 20, 2026
Chile Stopped Two Highway Awards Just Before Signing, and Spain’s Builders Are Getting Nervous
Two Chile road concessions in Biobío were halted at the last procedural step on budget grounds, unsettling the Spanish groups...
August 20, 2026
Mexico’s State Power Company Wants to Borrow Up to US$1.2 Billion at Home, Some of It for Forty Years
The CFE peso bond plan would raise up to 20 billion pesos, about US$1.2 billion, in three tranches — one...
August 20, 2026