China’s Rare-Earth Lever: Retaliation as Industrial Policy
Washington expanded its list of Chinese military-linked firms. Beijing answered not with a negotiation but with a chokehold — adding...
June 22, 2026Topic
Asia
The Currency Tell: When Asia’s Story Moved to Exchange Rates
Japan raised rates to a three-decade high, yet the yen barely moved. When a hiking central bank cannot lift its...
June 19, 2026
Two Speeds: Asia’s Great Central-Bank Divergence
One global shock, opposite answers: the Philippines raised rates to fight inflation while China held them at record lows to...
June 19, 2026
Brazil’s Petrobras monitoring Russia-Ukraine crisis
Petrobras' Executive Director for Marketing and Logistics Cláudio Mastella said yesterday, February 24, that the company is monitoring
February 25, 2022
Bolivia has become safe haven for “Narcosur,” the PCC’s drug cartel
From there, the Brazilian "narcos" travel in planes and helicopters to spend their vacations on the beaches of the northeast,
October 19, 2021
Covid-19: South Africa detects new coronavirus variant
The new variant, identified as C.1.2, was first detected in May and has now spread to most South African provinces...
August 30, 2021
Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement sets sights on entering the capital market
The world's largest social movement wants to plant its flag in the Mecca of capitalism: capital markets. The red banner...
July 16, 2021
Brazil financial markets are revving up for a promising week
The Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Brazilian Central Bank's (BCB) monetary policy decisions will be made on June 16
June 14, 2021
Growing migratory flow on Colombia-Panama border
The number of arrivals on the border between Colombia and Panama quadrupled compared to the same period last year, among...
May 18, 2021