Latin America Caught Between Energy Shocks and a Fragmenting World
Brent crude surges on Strait of Hormuz tensions as the Fed holds rates steady. We analyse how energy shocks, a...
July 16, 2026Section
Asia Trade & Geopolitics
Asia-Pacific is the main stage of US-China rivalry – over trade, tariffs, technology, Taiwan and the sea lanes that carry global commerce. The Rio Times covers the trade fights, alliances and great-power maneuvering across the region, and how each turn reshapes the terms of trade for the Global South, Latin America included.
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The Day Asia’s Floor Gave Way: How a Continental Crisis Reaches Latin America’s Shores
A Strait of Hormuz closure, India-Pakistan airstrikes and nuclear threats from North Korea are not just Asia's crisis. They signal...
July 15, 2026
How Chokepoint Chaos From Hormuz to Asia Raises Prices in Latin America
Brent crude near US$79 on fresh Hormuz strikes is not a distant story. For Latin America, it means fuel inflation,...
July 13, 2026
Democracy on Trial: How Seoul, Washington and Brasília Are Fighting the Same Battle
South Korea jails a martial-law aide, the US guts its election board and Brazil keeps an ex-president jailed - a...
July 11, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief — Friday, July 10, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief July 10 — Asia's July 10 news: Yoon Suk-yeol's sentence finalised, Guangxi floods trap thousands, Typhoon Bavi...
July 10, 2026
Vietnam Just Passed Mexico as America’s Biggest Trade Gap
Vietnam overtook Mexico in the US trade deficit for May, and Taiwan now outranks China. Washington is arguing over a...
July 10, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief — Thursday, July 9, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief July 9: South Korea seals Yoon's sentence, oil surges as the Iran ceasefire collapses, and a super...
July 9, 2026
The Oil Shock Nobody Wanted: How a Broken Ceasefire in the Gulf Reaches From Jakarta to Brasília
The US-Iran ceasefire collapse and Iran's Strait of Hormuz threat push Brent to $78, jolting Asia, Europe and Latin America...
July 9, 2026
The Strait That Divides the World: How One Sea Lane Split the Global Economy in Two
The Iran ceasefire's collapse and tanker strikes near Hormuz spiked oil and cut IMF growth to 3% - but the...
July 8, 2026