Foreigners Pulled US$2.4 Billion Out of Brazil’s Stock Market in a Single Week, the Most on Record
B3 foreign outflows reached R$12.6 billion in the week to 14 August, about US$2.4 billion — the heaviest week in...
August 20, 2026Section
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Nigeria cement prices rose from about US$7 a bag in January to as much as US$11 by July. The FCCPC...
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August 20, 2026
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August 20, 2026
Rio’s Former Assembly Speaker Goes on Trial Over a Tipped-Off Police Raid
The Rodrigo Bacellar trial proceeds at the STF over alleged obstruction of a Comando Vermelho investigation, after a judge allegedly...
August 20, 2026
Brazil’s Top Court Extends Its Domestic-Violence Protections Beyond the Home
Brazil's Supreme Court ruled that Maria da Penha protective measures can apply to violence against women with no domestic or...
August 20, 2026
Argentina Just Told Banks How to Lend Dollars to Companies That Do Not Earn Them
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August 20, 2026
Ethiopia Birr Hits Record Low as Central Bank Sells US$500 Million in One Day
The Ethiopia birr fell to a record low near 162 per dollar, and the central bank called a US$500m special...
August 20, 2026
Brazil Court Orders Retailer Casas Bahia to Rehire Workers
A Brasilia labor judge ordered Casas Bahia to reverse its August mass layoffs within five days, as a Sao Paulo...
August 20, 2026
Mexico’s Government Websites Went Dark for Nearly Two Hours
Every federal site on Mexico's gob.mx domain went down on 19 August 2026 for close to an hour and three...
August 20, 2026
Chile Fines a Santiago Broker for Faking Its Own Accounts
Chile's financial regulator fined the brokerage Nevasa about US$266,000 for reporting false information about its financial position and solvency ratios.
August 20, 2026
Paraguay Wants a Quarter of Mercosur’s EU Export Quotas
Paraguay wants an equal quarter of the EU export quotas Mercosur negotiated with Brussels. The four members have not agreed...
August 20, 2026
Three in Ten Uruguayans Feel Poor Even as New Money Arrives
Uruguay's official income poverty rate is 16.6 percent, but about three in ten people say they feel poor. Two new...
August 20, 2026
Honduras Puts 75 Municipalities on Red Alert Over Drought
Honduras has declared a red alert in 75 municipalities over an El Niño drought. In all, 234 of its 298...
August 20, 2026
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Two Mexican cable companies have a net gain of 1,199,072 postpaid lines through number portability. Almost all came from Telcel,...
August 20, 2026
Lightning Set a Pemex Tank Alight in Veracruz. Nobody Was Hurt
A lightning strike started a fire on a disused tank at Pemex's Pajaritos terminal in Coatzacoalcos on 19 August 2026....
August 20, 2026
Ecuador Plans Its First Banana Shipment to Brazil in Years
Ecuador's banana exporters are preparing a trial shipment to Brazil after nearly seven years of closure, with Agrocalidad handling the...
August 20, 2026
Ecuador Registers 53,534 Candidates for Its November Vote
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August 20, 2026
Colombia’s Trade Gap Nearly Doubled in June as Imports Surged
Colombia's June trade deficit reached US$2.16 billion as imports jumped 26.4 percent year on year, the statistics agency DANE reported.
August 20, 2026
South Korean Rocket Destroyed Minutes After Leaving Brazil
An Innospace rocket launched from Brazil's Alcântara base was destroyed after it strayed off course. It fell in a safety...
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