
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, 2026The United States and Canada set the price of money, the direction of technology, and the trade rules the rest of the world lives by. The Rio Times covers North America through an emerging-market lens: the Fed and the dollar, Wall Street and the AI boom, tariffs and the policies that decide how capital flows to – or away from – Latin America. This hub gathers our daily US and Canada coverage and connects it to the wider Global South story.

Brent crude surges on Strait of Hormuz tensions as the Fed holds rates steady. We analyse how energy shocks, a...
July 16, 2026
Over 2,000 Brazilian goods including coffee, beef, and iron ore are exempted from the new 25% US tariff, but footwear...
July 16, 2026
The US has confirmed a 25% tariff on Brazilian goods effective July 22. Brazil invokes its Reciprocity Law and vows...
July 16, 2026
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
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief July 15 — A shooting in Toronto and Manitoba wildfires shake Canada as U.S. tariffs...
July 15, 2026
Rumble and Trump Media opposed Brazil's bid to dismiss their US lawsuit against Justice Moraes, keeping alive a cross-border free-speech...
July 15, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief July 14 — US forces hit 140 Iranian targets, Canada's Carney wins a majority and...
July 14, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief July 13 — A flamethrower attack in Colorado and a Toronto festival shooting shook the...
July 13, 2026
Brent crude near US$79 on fresh Hormuz strikes is not a distant story. For Latin America, it means fuel inflation,...
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