A Culture-Heavy Weekend in Córdoba, From About US$3 a Seat
A weekend in Córdoba with a Verdi and Bizet gala from about US$3. Plus a free festival at the Teatro...
August 20, 2026Section
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Free Circus in Recife: The Mostra de Circo Plays Its Last Weekend
The Mostra de Circo do Recife closes with free shows on 21, 22 and 23 August. Venues, times and the...
August 20, 2026
Car-Free Streets in Rio: How Residents Get Theirs Closed on Sundays
Car-free streets in Rio run on Sundays and holidays, never Saturdays. Here is the two-thirds petition rule residents use to...
August 20, 2026
Iberia Keeps Madrid–Havana Flights Grounded Until July 2027
Iberia Havana flights stay suspended through 30 June 2027. What it means for your booking, your refund and the only...
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
Izzi and Megacable Have Taken 1.2 Million Phone Lines
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