Brazil Inspected Six in a Hundred of Its Riskiest Dams Last Year
The Brazil dam safety report names 213 dams as critical, and fewer than six percent of regulated dams were inspected...
July 10, 2026Topic
Latin America
A Judge Says Two of Brazil’s Biggest Banks Helped Hide Americanas Debt
A federal judge saw indications that Itaú and Santander hid Americanas fraud debts. Itaú flatly denies any coordination as courts...
July 10, 2026
Brazilian Judges Are Paid Far Above the Legal Cap. Their Courts See No Problem
Payments hit ten times Brazil's R$46,366 cap. After the STF penduricalhos ruling, seven state courts were summoned to explain and...
July 10, 2026
Brazil Says $1.5bn Was Laundered Through Rio Petrol Stations
Coaf traced R$7.6bn ($1.48bn) in a Rio fuel station laundering case. A Senate hopeful and former police chief are among...
July 10, 2026
The U.S. Overstated Beef Export Sales Tenfold. Brazil Prices Against That Number
USDA beef export data for the week to June 25 was published at 126,062 tonnes, then cut ninety percent to...
July 10, 2026
Cocoa Prices Are Rising Again. Ecuador Has Less Left to Sell
Ecuador cocoa exports earned $668m from January to April, down 59% on a year earlier, as prices hit an eight-month...
July 10, 2026
A Brazilian Banker Hired $1.5m of Influencers to Attack His Regulator
Federal police raided the adman behind a paid influencer campaign against Brazil central bank, ordered after regulators blocked the sale...
July 10, 2026
Offering Pix Now Costs Brazil’s Small Firms an Extra $1m in Capital
Offering Pix adds R$5m to Brazil minimum capital rules, and 679 of 1,751 firms could fall short. See who is...
July 10, 2026
Colombia Has Lost 425 Homebuilders in Four Years
Camacol says 425 homebuilding firms have vanished since 2022, a 28% drop to 1,093. What the Colombia housing market loss...
July 10, 2026